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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laurendeau, Normand M., 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statistical thermodynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 448 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 2006 textbook discusses the fundamentals and applications of statistical thermodynamics for beginning graduate students in the physical and engineering sciences. Building on the prototypical Maxwell-Boltzmann method and maintaining a step-by-step development of the subject, this book assumes the reader has no previous exposure to statistics, quantum mechanics or spectroscopy. The book begins with the essentials 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. A highlight of the textbook is its discussion of modern applications, such as laser-based diagnostics. The book concludes with a thorough presentation of the ensemble method, featuring its use for real gases. Numerous examples and prompted homework problems enrich the text.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Probability and Statistics; 3 The Statistics of Independent Particles; 4 Thermodynamic Properties in the Dilute Limit; 5 Basics of Quantum Mechanics; 6 Quantum Analysis of Internal Energy Modes; 7 The Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules; 8 Interlude: From Particle to Assembly; 9 Thermodynamic Properties of the Ideal Gas; 10 Statistical Thermodynamics for Ideal Gas Mixtures; 11 Concentration and Temperature Measurements; 12 Thermodynamics and Information; 13 Elements of the Solid State; 14 Equilibrium Radiation

15 Elementary Kinetic Theory16 Kinetics of Molecular Transport; 17 Chemical Kinetics; 18 The Canonical and Grand Canonical Ensembles; 19 Applications of Ensemble Theory to Real Gases; 20 Whence and Whither; APPENDIX A Physical Constants and Conversion Factors; APPENDIX B Series and Integrals; APPENDIX C Periodic Table; APPENDIX D Mathematical Procedures; APPENDIX E Thermochemical Data for Ideal Gases; APPENDIX F Summary of Classical Thermodynamics; APPENDIX G Review of Classical Mechanics; APPENDIX H Review of Operator Theory; APPENDIX I The Spherical Coordinate System

APPENDIX J Electronic Energy LevelsAPPENDIX K Energy-Mode Parameters for Molecules; APPENDIX L Normal Mode Analysis; APPENDIX M Tabulation of Debye Function; APPENDIX N Maxwell-Boltzmann Energy Distribution; APPENDIX O Force Constants for the Lennard-Jones Potential; APPENDIX P Collision Integrals for Calculating Transport Properties from the Lennard-Jones Potential; APPENDIX Q Reduced Second Virial Coefficient from the Lennard-Jones Potential; APPENDIX R References and Acknowledgments; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-441) and index.

ISBN:

0-511-13849-0

1-107-15233-X

1-107-38609-8

9786612394447

0-511-64399-3

1-282-39444-4

0-511-81592-1

0-511-13908-X

0-511-14062-2

0-511-56774-X

0-511-13985-3

OCLC:

71819273