The Newman Lectures on Thermodynamics

✍ Scribed by John S. Newman (Author); Vincent S. Battaglia (Author)

• Publisher: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Leaves: 392
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Prof. Newman is considered one of the great chemical engineers of his time. His reputation derives from his mastery of all phases of the subject matter, his clarity of thought, and his ability to reduce complex problems to their essential core elements. He has been teaching undergraduate and graduate core subject courses at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), USA, since joining the faculty in 1966. His method is to write out, in long form, everything he expects to convey to his class on a subject on any given day. He has maintained and updated his lecture notes from notepad to computer throughout his career. This book is an exact reproduction of those notes.

The book presents concepts needed to define single- and multi-component systems, starting with the Gibbs function. It helps readers derive concepts of entropy and temperature and the development of material properties of pure substances. It acquaints them with applications of thermodynamics, such as cycles, open systems, and phase transitions, and eventually leads them to concepts of multiple-component systems, in particular, chemical and phase equilibria. It clearly presents all concepts that are necessary for engineers.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction

Part A. Pure Substances

1. Thermodynamics

2. The Concept of Temperature

3. PVT Properties of Gases

4. Conservation of Energy

5. Thermal Properties of Gases

6. Second Law of Thermodynamics

7. Thermodynamic Relationships for PVT Systems

8. Entropy, Irreversibility, Randomness, and Natural Philosophy

9. The Virial Equation

10. Surface Systems

11. Phase Transition and Thermodynamic Diagrams

12. Work Processes and Cycles

13. Refrigeration and heat pumps

Part B. Multicomponent Systems

14. Mixtures

15. PVT Properties of Gas Mixtures

16. Thermodynamic Relationships

17. Ideal-Gas Mixtures

18. The Fugacity Coefficient

19. Gas-Phase Reactions

20. Dilute Solutions

21. Liquid Mixtures

22. Surface Systems

✦ Subjects

Engineering & Technology;Chemical Engineering;Biotechnology;Mathematics & Statistics;Applied Mathematics;Applied Mechanics;Fluid Dynamics;Physical Sciences;Physics;Plasmas & Fluids