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Statistical thermodynamics : fundamentals and applications / Normand M. Laurendeau.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005Description: xvi, 448 paages illustration same colorContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521846356
  • 0521846358
  • 9780521154192
  • 0521154197
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 536.7 22
LOC classification:
  • QC 311.5 LAU
Other classification:
  • Uccec
Contents:
1. Introduction -- PART ONE. FUNDAMENTALS OF STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS -- 2. Probability and Statistics -- Problem Set I. Probability Theory and Statistical Mathematics (Chapter 2) -- 3. The Statistics of Independent Particles -- 4. Thermodynamic Properties in the Dilute Limit -- Problem Set II. Statistical Modeling for Thermodynamics (Chapters 34) -- PART TWO. QUANTUM MECHANICS AND SPECTROSCOPY -- 5. Basics of Quantum Mechanics -- 6. Quantum Analysis of Internal Energy Modes -- 7. The Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules -- Problem Set III. Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy (Chapters 57) -- PART THREE. STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS IN THE DILUTE LIMIT -- 8. Interlude: From Particle to Assembly -- 9. Thermodynamic Properties of the Ideal Gas -- Problem Set IV. Thermodynamic Properties of the Ideal Gas (Chapters 89) -- 10. Statistical Thermodynamics for Ideal Gas Mixtures -- 11. Concentration and Temperature Measurements -- Problem Set V. Chemical Equilibrium and Diagnostics (Chapters 1011) -- PART FOUR. STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS BEYOND THE DILUTE LIMIT -- 12. Thermodynamics and Information -- 13. Elements of the Solid State -- 14. Equilibrium Radiation -- Problem Set VI. The Solid State and Radiation (Chapters 1314) -- PART FIVE. NONEQUILIBRIUM STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS -- 15. Elementary Kinetic Theory -- 16. Kinetics of Molecular Transport -- 17. Chemical Kinetics -- Problem Set VII. Kinetic Theory and Molecular Transport (Chapters 1517) -- PART SIX. THE ENSEMBLE METHOD OF STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS -- 18. The Canonical and Grand Canonical Ensembles -- 19. Applications of Ensemble Theory to Real Gases -- Problem Set VIII. Ensemble Theory and the Nonideal Gas (Chapters 1819) -- 20. Whence and Whither -- PART SEVEN. APPENDICES -- A. Physical Constants and Conversion Factors -- B. Series and Integrals -- C. Periodic Table -- D. Mathematical Procedures -- E. Thermochemical Data for Ideal Gases -- F. Summary of Classical Thermodynamics -- G. Review of Classical Mechanics -- H. Review of Operator Theory -- I. The Spherical Coordinate System -- J. Electronic Energy Levels -- K. Energy-Mode Parameters for Molecules -- L. Normal Mode Analysis -- M. Tabulation of Debye Function -- N. MaxwellBoltzmann Energy Distribution -- O. Force Constants for the LennardJones Potential -- P. Collision Integrals for Calculating Transport Properties from the LennardJones Potential -- Q. Reduced Second Virial Coefficient from the LennardJones Potential -- R. References and Acknowledgments
Summary: Building on the Maxwell-Boltzmann method of step-by-step development of the subject, this book makes few presumptions concerning students' previous exposure to statistics, quantum mechanics, or spectroscopy. The book begins with the fundamentals of statistical thermodynamics, pauses to recover needed knowledge from quantum mechanics and spectroscopy, and then moves on to applications involving ideal gases, the solid state, and radiation. A full introduction to kinetic theory is provided, including its applications to transport phenomena and chemical kinetics. Modern applications, such as laser-based diagnostics, are also discussed.
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1. Introduction -- PART ONE. FUNDAMENTALS OF STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS -- 2. Probability and Statistics -- Problem Set I. Probability Theory and Statistical Mathematics (Chapter 2) -- 3. The Statistics of Independent Particles -- 4. Thermodynamic Properties in the Dilute Limit -- Problem Set II. Statistical Modeling for Thermodynamics (Chapters 34) -- PART TWO. QUANTUM MECHANICS AND SPECTROSCOPY -- 5. Basics of Quantum Mechanics -- 6. Quantum Analysis of Internal Energy Modes -- 7. The Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules -- Problem Set III. Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy (Chapters 57) -- PART THREE. STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS IN THE DILUTE LIMIT -- 8. Interlude: From Particle to Assembly -- 9. Thermodynamic Properties of the Ideal Gas -- Problem Set IV. Thermodynamic Properties of the Ideal Gas (Chapters 89) -- 10. Statistical Thermodynamics for Ideal Gas Mixtures -- 11. Concentration and Temperature Measurements -- Problem Set V. Chemical Equilibrium and Diagnostics (Chapters 1011) -- PART FOUR. STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS BEYOND THE DILUTE LIMIT -- 12. Thermodynamics and Information -- 13. Elements of the Solid State -- 14. Equilibrium Radiation -- Problem Set VI. The Solid State and Radiation (Chapters 1314) -- PART FIVE. NONEQUILIBRIUM STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS -- 15. Elementary Kinetic Theory -- 16. Kinetics of Molecular Transport -- 17. Chemical Kinetics -- Problem Set VII. Kinetic Theory and Molecular Transport (Chapters 1517) -- PART SIX. THE ENSEMBLE METHOD OF STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS -- 18. The Canonical and Grand Canonical Ensembles -- 19. Applications of Ensemble Theory to Real Gases -- Problem Set VIII. Ensemble Theory and the Nonideal Gas (Chapters 1819) -- 20. Whence and Whither -- PART SEVEN. APPENDICES -- A. Physical Constants and Conversion Factors -- B. Series and Integrals -- C. Periodic Table -- D. Mathematical Procedures -- E. Thermochemical Data for Ideal Gases -- F. Summary of Classical Thermodynamics -- G. Review of Classical Mechanics -- H. Review of Operator Theory -- I. The Spherical Coordinate System -- J. Electronic Energy Levels -- K. Energy-Mode Parameters for Molecules -- L. Normal Mode Analysis -- M. Tabulation of Debye Function -- N. MaxwellBoltzmann Energy Distribution -- O. Force Constants for the LennardJones Potential -- P. Collision Integrals for Calculating Transport Properties from the LennardJones Potential -- Q. Reduced Second Virial Coefficient from the LennardJones Potential -- R. References and Acknowledgments

Building on the Maxwell-Boltzmann method of step-by-step development of the subject, this book makes few presumptions concerning students' previous exposure to statistics, quantum mechanics, or spectroscopy. The book begins with the fundamentals of statistical thermodynamics, pauses to recover needed knowledge from quantum mechanics and spectroscopy, and then moves on to applications involving ideal gases, the solid state, and radiation. A full introduction to kinetic theory is provided, including its applications to transport phenomena and chemical kinetics. Modern applications, such as laser-based diagnostics, are also discussed.

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