Frank Weinhold

Classical and Geometrical Theory of Chemical and Phase Thermodynamics

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Produktbeschreibung

Simplified, innovative alternative to standard calculus-based thermodynamics

This textbook proves how equilibrium thermodynamics, a traditionally difficult subject, can be accurately expressed using basic high school geometry concepts. Specifically, the text deals with classical equilibrium thermodynamics and its modern reformulation in metric geometric terms. The author emphasizes applications to chemical and phase equilibria in complex chemical systems, statistical mechanical origins, and extensions to near-equilibrium transport properties.

The text is divided into three parts:
Part One: Inductive Foundations of Classical Thermodynamics
Part Two: Gibbsian Thermodynamics of Chemical and Phase Equilibria
Part Three: Metric Geometry of Equilibrium Thermodynamics

In addition to a rigorous introduction to the principles of chemical and phase thermodynamics, this text takes a novel, innovative approach, reformulating and extending these principles in the framework of Euclidean and Riemannian geometry. The resulting "thermodynamic geometry" provides a powerful alternative to the traditional calculus-based formulation of equilibrium thermodynamics. Students will find that this approach simplifies many mathematical derivations and clarifies thermodynamic logic. Moreover, this approach suggests novel extensions to equilibrium and nonequilibrium systems of arbitrary chemical and phase complexity.

This text also provides a general introduction to vector- and matrix-algebraic methods that are highly effective for thermodynamics as well as applications in quantum mechanics and other advanced topics in physical chemistry.

With its unique simplified approach to thermodynamics coupled with its discussions of the historical and conceptual development of the field, this text is ideal for both undergraduate and graduate students in physical chemistry, chemical engineering, thermal physics, and materials sciences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 988g
• ISBN-13: 9780470402368
• ISBN-10: 0470402369
• Artikelnr.: 25445796

Autorenporträt

Frank Weinhold received his PhD from Harvard and held postdoctoral and teaching appointments at Oxford, Berkeley, and Stanford before moving to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976, where he served as Professor of Chemistry and a member of the Theoretical Chemistry Institute until achieving emeritus status in 2007. He is the author of more than 170 technical publications and software packages, including the Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) analysis program, widely incorp-orated in modern ab initio quantum chemistry packages. In addition to the metric geo-metric theory of equilibrium thermodynamics, Dr. Weinhold's research examines upper and lower bounds for quantum-mechanical properties, complex-coordinate rotation methods for autoionizing resonances, and quantum cluster equilibrium descriptions of water and other H-bonded fluids.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE. PART I INDUCTIVE FOUNDATIONS OF CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS. 1.
Mathematical Preliminaries: Functions and Differentials. 2. Thermodynamic
Description of Simple Fluids. 3. General Energy Concept and the First Law.
4. Engine Efficiency, Entropy, and the Second Law. PART II GIBBSIAN
THERMODYNAMICS OF CHEMICAL AND PHASE EQUILIBRIA. 5. Analytical Criteria for
Thermodynamic Equilibrium. 6. Thermodynamics of Homogeneous Chemical
Mixtures. 7. Thermodynamics of Phase Equilibria. 8. Thermodynamics of
Chemical Reaction Equilibria. PART III METRIC GEOMETRY OF EQUILIBRIUM
THERMODYNAMICS. 9. Introduction to Vector Geometry and Metric Spaces. 10.
Metric Geometry of Thermodynamic Responses. 11. Geometrical Representation
of Equilibrium Thermodynamics. 12. Geometrical Evaluation of Thermodynamic
Derivatives. 13. Further Aspects of Thermodynamic Geometry. Appendix: Units
and Conversion Factors. AUTHOR INDEX. SUBJECT INDEX.