TY  - BOOK
AU  - Attard,Phil
TI  - Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics: equilibrium by entropy maximisation 
SN  - 9788131200933
AV  - QC 311 .A83 2002 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - San Diego, CA
PB  - Academic Press
KW  - Thermodynamics
KW  - Statistical mechanics
KW  - Entropy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Prologue; 1.1; Entropy in Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics; 1.2; An Example: Scrambled Eggs; 1.3; Basic Notions; 1.4; Reservoirs --; 2; Isolated Systems and Thermal Equilibrium; 2.1; Definitions of Thermodynamics Quantities; 2.2; Heat Reservoir; 2.3; Properties of Thermodynamics Systems --; 3; Various Reservoirs; 3.1; Constant Linear and Angular Velocity; 3.2; Constant Chemical Potential; 3.3; Constant Pressure; 3.4; Constant Enthalpy; 3.5; Constant Entropy; 3.6; Thermodynamic Second Derivatives; 3.7; Equivalence of Systems; 3.8; Extensivity --; 4; Probability and the General Formalism; 4.1; Probability Distributions; 4.2; Constrained and Equilibrium Potentials; 4.3; Partition Function; 4.4; Specific Reservoirs --; 5; Classical Statistical Mechanics; 5.1; Constant Energy Hamiltonian System; 5.2; Various Reservoirs --; 6; Ideal Systems; 6.1; Ideal Quantum Systems; 6.2; Spin-Lattice Models; 6.3; One-Dimensional Harmonic Crystal; 6.4; Classical Ideal Gas; 6.5; Mean Field Theory --; 7; Interacting Particles; 7.1; Intermolecular Potentials; 7.2; Partition Function and Derivatives; 7.3; Particle Densities and Distributions --; 8; Diagrammatic and Functional Expansions; 8.1; Virial Expansion; 8.2; Cluster Diagrams; 8.3; Functional Differentiation; 8.4; Particle Densities; 8.5; Expansions of the Density and Pressure --; 9; Pair Functions; 9.1; Density Expansions of the Pair Function; 9.2; Ornstein-Zernike Equation; 9.3; Closure Relations; 9.4; Born-Green-Yvon Hierarchy; 9.5; Thermodynamic Properties; 9.6; Asymptotic Analysis --; 10; Functional and Perturbation Theory; 10.1; Uniform System; 10.2; Singlet Functionals; 10.3; Pair Functionals; 10.4; Perturbation Theory --; 11; Inhomogeneous Systems; 11.1; Spherical Inhomogeneity; 11.2; Planar Walls; 11.3; Other Solute Geometries; 11.4; Inhomogeneous Ornstein-Zernike Equation --; 12; Coulomb Systems; 12.1; Mean Field Approximation; 12.2; Electrolytes; 12.3; Electric Double Layer; 12.4; Algebraic Correlations along a Wall; 13; Computer Simulations; 13.1; Molecular Dynamics; 13.2; Periodic Boundary Conditions; 13.3; Monte Carlo; 13.4; Advanced Techniques
N2  - "Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics will be an invaluable aid to research scientists in the field of statistical mechanics or equilibrium thermodynamics who want an up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the field. Upper level undergraduates, graduate students studying for a Ph.D. or M.Sc. and lecturers in physical chemistry, theoretical chemistry, chemical engineering or physics will also find the book an excellent reference with a fresh approach."--BOOK JACKET
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