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Treatise on Thermodynamics
Author(s): Jared B. Waterbury (Author)
- Publisher: Forgotten Books
- Publication Date: 24 Aug. 2018
- Language: English
- Print length: 318 pages
- ISBN-10: 144009425X
- ISBN-13: 9781440094255
Book Description
Explore the laws that govern energy, heat, and the balance of complex systems. This rigorous work presents foundational ideas in thermodynamics, from the first and second laws to the meaning of energy, entropy, and equilibrium. It explains how real substances behave beyond ideal gases, and shows how mixtures, solutions, and phase changes fit into a coherent framework.
Readers will gain a clear view of how energy, work, and heat interact in engines, solvents, and salts. The text links theory to measurable quantities and discusses the conditions that determine when different substances share a common state, as well as how to describe equilibrium in multi-component systems.
- How dilution and mixing influence dissociation, solubility, and ionic behavior in solutions.
- How equilibrium is established and described for systems with several independent constituents.
- Methods to define and determine absolute temperature independently of a specific substance.
- Key theoretical tools such as distribution laws and the treatment of dilute solutions.
Ideal for readers of advanced thermodynamics and physical chemistry, and for those seeking a rigorous bridge between theory and experimental practice.
