Applied Statistical Thermodynamics

✍ Scribed by Klaus Lucas (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 529
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book guides the reader from the foundations of statisti- cal thermodynamics including the theory of intermolecular forces to modern computer-aided applications in chemical en- gineering and physical chemistry. The approach is new. The foundations of quantum and statistical mechanics are presen- ted in a simple way and their applications to the prediction of fluid phase behavior of real systems are demonstrated. A particular effort is made to introduce the reader to expli- cit formulations of intermolecular interaction models and to show how these models influence the properties of fluid sy- stems. The established methods of statistical mechanics - computer simulation, perturbation theory, and numerical in- tegration - are discussed in a style appropriate for newcom- ers and are extensively applied. Numerous worked examples illustrate how practical calculations should be carried out.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Classical and Molecular Thermodynamics: a Review....Pages 1-29
Elements of Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics....Pages 30-96
The Ideal Gas....Pages 97-155
Intermolecular Forces....Pages 156-251
Real Gases....Pages 252-308
Liquids....Pages 309-445
Mixtures....Pages 446-508
Back Matter....Pages 509-514

✦ Subjects

Thermodynamics; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity; Physical Chemistry