Statistical Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications

Laurendeau, Normand M.

ISBN 10: 0521846358 / ISBN 13: 9780521846356

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Synopsis:

Building on the Maxwell-Boltzmann method of step-by-step development of the subject, this book makes few presumptions concerning students' previous exposure to statistics, quantum mechanics, or spectroscopy. The book begins with the fundamentals of statistical thermodynamics, pauses to recover needed knowledge from quantum mechanics and spectroscopy, and then moves on to applications involving ideal gases, the solid state, and radiation. A full introduction to kinetic theory is provided, including its applications to transport phenomena and chemical kinetics. Modern applications, such as laser-based diagnostics, are also discussed.

Book Description: Statistical Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications discusses the fundamentals and applications of statistical thermodynamics for beginning graduate students in the engineering sciences. This book features a step-by-step development of the subject with few presumptions concerning previous exposure of students to statistics, quantum mechanics or spectroscopy. Each chapter is carefully written to address student difficulties in learning this challenging subject, which is fundamental to combustion, propulsion, transport phenomena, spectroscopic measurements and nanotechnology. Students are made comfortable with their new knowledge by the inclusion of both example and prompted homework problems.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Statistical Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: new