Modern Thermodynamics: Based on the Extended Carnot Theorem

✍ Scribed by Jitao Wang (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 290
• Edition: Jointly published with Science Press.2012
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Modern Thermodynamics- Based on the Extended Carnot Theorem" provides comprehensive definitions and mathematical expressions of both classical and modern thermodynamics. The goal is to develop the fundamental theory on an extended Carnot theorem without incorporating any extraneous assumptions. In particular, it offers a fundamental thermodynamic and calculational methodology for the synthesis of low-pressure diamonds. It also discusses many "abnormal phenomena", such as spiral reactions, cyclic reactions, chemical oscillations, low-pressure carat-size diamond growth, biological systems, and more. The book is intended for chemists and physicists working in thermodynamics, chemical thermodynamics, phase diagrams, biochemistry and complex systems, as well as graduate students in these fields. Jitao Wang is a professor emeritus at Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
An Outline of Modern Thermodynamics....Pages 1-18
Brief Histories of Thermodynamics....Pages 19-52
Fundamentals of Classical Thermodynamics....Pages 53-88
Fundamentals of Modern Thermodynamics....Pages 89-129
Dissipative Thermodynamics....Pages 130-158
Thermodynamics Coupling Model for Activated Low-Pressure Diamond Growth....Pages 159-192
Nondissipative Thermodynamics and Binary Nonequilibrium Phase Diagrams....Pages 193-225
Nondissipative Thermodynamics and Ternary Nonequilibrium Phase Diagrams....Pages 226-246
Carat-Size Low-Pressure Diamonds and Other Thermodynamic Issues....Pages 247-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-279

✦ Subjects

Thermodynamics;Physical Chemistry;Characterization and Evaluation of Materials;Theoretical and Computational Chemistry;Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity