The collected works of Lars Onsager : (with commentary) / editors, P.C. Hemmer, H. Holden, S. Kjelstrup Ratkje.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Onsager, Lars, 1903-1976.

Contributor:

Hemmer, P. C. (Per Christian), 1933-

Holden, H. (Helge), 1956-

Kjelstrup, Signe.

Series:

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics

World Scientific series in 20th century physics ; v. 17

Standardized Title:

Works. 1996

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1087 p.)

Other Title:

Lars Onsager

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; New Jersey : World Scientific, 1996 (1998 printing)

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume contains the collected works of the eminent chemist and physicist Lars Onsager, one of the most influential scientists of the 20th Century.The volume includes Onsager's previously unpublished PhD thesis, a biography by H C Longuet-Higgins and M E Fisher, an autobiographical commentary, selected photographs, and a list of Onsager discussion remarks in print.Onsager's scientific achievements were characterized by deep insights into the natural sciences. His two best-known accomplishments are his reciprocal relations for irreversible processes, for which he received the 1968 Nobel Pri

Contents:

PREFACE; CONTENTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY - LARS ONSAGER; LARS ONSAGER; NORWAY (1903 - 1925); ZÜRICH ( 1926 - 1928); JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (1928); BROWN UNIVERSITY (1928 - 1933); YALE - THE PREWAR YEARS ( 1933 - 1939); YALE - THE MIDDLE YEARS (1940 - 1947); YALE - THE LATER YEARS (1949 - 1972); CORAL GABLES (1972 - 1976); RETROSPECT; APPOINTMENTS; DEGREES; HONORARY DEGREES; MEDALS AND PRIZES; ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS AND DISTINCTIONS; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL COMMENTARY OF LARS ONSAGER; Chemistry 1968; THE MOTION OF IONS: PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS; REFERENCES

Onsager's reciprocal relations and thermodynamics of irreversible processesReciprocal relations for irreversible processes before 1930; The principle of Microscopic Reversibility; Situation and developments after 1931; References; Simultaneous irreversible processes; RECIPROCAL RELATIONS IN IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES. I; I. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXAMPLES OF MUTUAL INTERACTION OF IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES; 3. ANALOGY WITH CHEMICAL REACTIONS; 4. HEAT CONDUCTION AND FLUCTUATIONS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY IN A CRYSTAL; 5. THE PRINCIPLE OF THE LEAST DISSIPATION OF ENERGY

6. STATIONARY FLOW AND QUASI-THERMODYNAMICS7. NON-REVERSIBLE SYSTEMS; RECIPROCAL RELATIONS IN IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES. II; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GENERAL THEORY OF FLUCTUATIONS; 3. THE REGRESSION OF FLUCTUATIONS; 4. RECIPROCAL RELATIONS; 5. THE PRINCIPLE OF THE LEAST DISSIPATION OF ENERGY; 6. NONREVERSIBLE SYSTEMS; On the Theory of Isotope Separation by Thermal Diffusion; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE CONVECTION FIELD AND THE TRANSPORT EQUATION; Description of apparatus and notation; General treatment of the convection and diffusion field; Specialization to the Maxwellian case

III. SEPARATION FACTOR AND SPEED OF OPERATIONDiscontinuous operation; Continuous operation; Comparison of the two types of operation in single-stage apparatus; General remarks on speed of operation; Effects of asymmetry; general constructional considerations; IV. A NUMERICAL EXAMPLE: C12; Separation of Gas (Isotope) Mixtures by Irreversible Processes; Theory of Isotope Separation by Thermal Diffusion; Turbulence in Convection in Gases Between Concentric Vertical Cylinders; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; THEORIES AND PROBLEMS OF LIQUID DIFFUSION; INTRODUCTION

SYSTEMS OF DESCRIPTIONThe Generalization of Fick's Law; Diffusion and Hydrodynamics; DIFFUSION OF NON-ELECTROLYTES; Dilute Solutions; Concentrated Solutions; SOLUTIONS OF ELECTROLYTES; Diffusion and Electrolytic Conduction; The Effects of Coulomb Forces; Concentrated Solutions of Electrolytes; Apparatus for Isotope Separation by Thermal Diffusion; CONSTRUCTION FEATURES; NEON ISOTOPE SEPARATION; A General Theory for the Gouy Diffusion Method; The Phase Function and Amplitude Equation; Integration of the Amplitude Equation for the Diffusion Boundary

Integration of the Amplitude Equation for the Diffusion Boundary

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789812795786

9812795782