Heat and thermodynamics : an intermediate textbook

By: Zemansky, Mark WContributor(s): Dittman, Richard HMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1981Edition: 6th edDescription: xv, 543 pages : illustrationsISBN: 9780070728080; 0070728089 Subject(s): Heat | ThermodynamicsDDC classification: 536
Contents:
pt. I. Fundamental concepts. Temperature -- Simple thermodynamic systems -- Work -- Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- Ideal gases -- Engines, refrigerators, and the second law of thermodynamics -- Reversibility and the Kelvin temperature scale -- Entropy -- Pure substances -- Phase transitions: melting, vaporization, and sublimation -- pt. II. Applications of fundamental concepts. Statistical mechanics -- Thermal properties of solids -- Higher-order phase transitions; critical phenomena -- Chemical equilibrium -- Idea-gas reactions -- Heterogeneous systems -- Special topics -- Ionic paramagnetism and cryogenics -- Nuclear magnetism, negative temperatures, and the third law of thermodynamics
Summary: This respected text deals with large-scale, easily known thermal phenomena and then proceeds to small-scale, less accessible phenomena. The wide range of mathematics used in Dittman and Zemansky's text simultaneously challenges students who have completed a course in impartial differential calculus without alienating those students who have only taken a calculus-based general physics course. Examples of calculations are presented shortly after important formulas are derived. Students see the solutions of problems related to the formulas. Actual thermodynamic experiments are explained in detail. The student sees the applicability of abstract thermodynamic concepts and formulas to real situations.
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pt. I. Fundamental concepts. Temperature --
Simple thermodynamic systems --
Work --
Heat and the first law of thermodynamics --
Ideal gases --
Engines, refrigerators, and the second law of thermodynamics --
Reversibility and the Kelvin temperature scale --
Entropy --
Pure substances --
Phase transitions: melting, vaporization, and sublimation --
pt. II. Applications of fundamental concepts. Statistical mechanics --
Thermal properties of solids --
Higher-order phase transitions; critical phenomena --
Chemical equilibrium --
Idea-gas reactions --
Heterogeneous systems --
Special topics --
Ionic paramagnetism and cryogenics --
Nuclear magnetism, negative temperatures, and the third law of thermodynamics

This respected text deals with large-scale, easily known thermal phenomena and then proceeds to small-scale, less accessible phenomena. The wide range of mathematics used in Dittman and Zemansky's text simultaneously challenges students who have completed a course in impartial differential calculus without alienating those students who have only taken a calculus-based general physics course. Examples of calculations are presented shortly after important formulas are derived. Students see the solutions of problems related to the formulas. Actual thermodynamic experiments are explained in detail. The student sees the applicability of abstract thermodynamic concepts and formulas to real situations.

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