Thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, & kinetics /
Thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, and kinetics.
Thomas Engel, Philip Reid.
- 3rd ed.
- Boston : Pearson, 2013.
- xvii, 628 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fundamental concepts of thermodynamics -- Heat, work, internal energy, enthalpy, and the First Law of Thermodynamics -- The importance of state functions : internal energy and enthalpy -- Thermochemistry -- Entropy and the Second and Third Laws of Thermodynamics -- Chemical equilibrium -- The properties of real gases -- Phase diagrams and the relative stability of solids, liquids, and gases -- Ideal and real solutions -- Electrolyte solutions -- Electrochemical cells, batteries, and fuel cells -- Probability -- The Boltzmann distribution -- Ensemble and molecular partition functions -- Statistical thermodynamics -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Transport phenomena -- Elementary chemical kinetics -- Complex reaction mechanisms.