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Complex Thermodynamic Systems

Thermodynamic methods of analysis have in recent years found ever-growing extensions in diverse regions of modern tech­ nology. The object of the present book is to apply these methods to the description of materials of varying physical properties. I hope the book will illustrate the wide variety an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sychev, V. V.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1973, 1973
Edition:1st ed. 1973
Series:Studies in Soviet Science
Subjects:
Complex Systems
System Theory
Mathematical Physics
Theoretical, Mathematical And Computational Physics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 7.3. Entropy of a System in a Gravitational Field
  • 7.4. Adiabatic Flow in a Gravitational Field
  • 7.5. Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere
  • 8 Liquids in the Weightless State
  • 8.1. Features of the Behavior of Two-Phase Systems in the Weightless State
  • 8.2. Possibility That One of the Phases May Lose Contact with the Walls of the Vessel
  • 8.3. Stable Equilibrium States of a Two-Phase System
  • 9 Radiation
  • 9.1. Radiation in a Cavity as a Thermodynamic System
  • 9.2. The Equations of State for a Photon Gas
  • 9.3. Entropy and Chemical Potential of the Photon Gas
  • 9.4. Thermodynamic Processes in a Photon Gas Heat Capacity
  • 10 Elasticity of Solids
  • 10.1. Basic Thermodynamic Relations for Solids
  • 10.2. The Equation of State for an Elastically Deformed Rod
  • 10.3. The Caloric Properties of an Elastically Deformed Rod
  • 10.4. Adiabatic and Isothermal Deformation of a Rod
  • Supplementary Readings
  • 4.5. The Piezoelectric, Electrostriction, Electrocaloric, and Pyroelectric Effects
  • 5 Superconductivity
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Thermodynamics of the Transition from the Superconducting State to the Normal State
  • 5.3. The Phase Diagram of a Superconductor
  • 5.4. The Heat Capacity in the Superconducting and Normal Phases — Rutgers Formula
  • 5.5. Magnetostriction of a Superconductor
  • 6 Surface Phenomena
  • 6.1. Some Basic Properties of Surfaces Separating Phases
  • 6.2. Surface Tension
  • 6.3. Basic Thermodynamic Relations for Surfaces
  • 6.4. The Effect of Surface Phenomena on the Thermodynamic Properties of a System
  • 6.5. Phase Equilibrium Conditions Taking Account of the Properties of the Phase Separation Surface
  • 6.6. Capillarity
  • 7 Gases and Liquids in a Gravitational Field
  • 7.1. Basic Thermodynamic Relations for a System in aGravitational Field
  • 7.2. Distribution of Pressure and Other Quantities with Height of a Gas or Liquid Column
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1. The Equations of the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics
  • 1.2. Work
  • 1.3. Heat Capacities
  • 1.4. The Differential Equations of Thermodynamics
  • 2 Equilibrium Thermodynamic Systems Which Undergo Other Forms of Work in Addition to Work of Expansion
  • 2.1. Criteria for Equilibrium in Thermodynamic Systems
  • 2.2. The Chemical Potential
  • 2.3. Equilibrium Conditions in an Isolated Homogeneous System
  • 2.4. The Conditions for Phase Equilibrium
  • 2.5. The Maxwell Equations
  • 3 Magnets
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Basic Thermodynamic Relations for Magnets
  • 3.3. The Heat Capacities of a Magnet
  • 3.4. Thermodynamic Processes in Magnets
  • 3.5. The Magnetocaloric, Magnetostrictive, and Magnetoelastic Effects
  • 3.6. Adiabatic Demagnetization
  • 4 Insulators
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. The Basic Thermodynamic Relations for Insulators
  • 4.3. The Heat Capacities of an Insulator
  • 4.4. Thermodynamic Processes in Insulators

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