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Heat and thermodynamics : an intermediate textbook / Mark W. Zemansky and Richard H. Dittman.

By: Zemansky, Mark Waldo, 1900-1981.
Contributor(s): Dittman, Richard.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : McGraw-Hill, 1983Edition: Sixth edition.Description: xv, 543 p. : ill.. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Heat | ThermodynamicsDDC classification: 536
Contents:
Part 1: Fundamental concepts -- Temperature -- Simple thermodynamic systems -- Work -- Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- Ideal gases -- Engines, refrigerators, and the second law of thermodynamics -- Reversibility and the Kelvin temperature scale -- Entropy -- Pure substances -- Part 2: Applications of fundamental concepts -- Statistical mechanics -- Thermal properties of solids -- Higher-order phase transitions: critical phenomena -- Chemical equilibrium -- Ideal-gas reactions -- Heterogeneous systems -- Special topics -- Ionic paramagnetism and cryogenics -- Nuclear magnetism, negative temperatures, and the third law of thermodynamics.
Holdings
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General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Store 536 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00191900
Total holds: 0

Bibliography: (pages 531-532). and index.

Part 1: Fundamental concepts -- Temperature -- Simple thermodynamic systems -- Work -- Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- Ideal gases -- Engines, refrigerators, and the second law of thermodynamics -- Reversibility and the Kelvin temperature scale -- Entropy -- Pure substances -- Part 2: Applications of fundamental concepts -- Statistical mechanics -- Thermal properties of solids -- Higher-order phase transitions: critical phenomena -- Chemical equilibrium -- Ideal-gas reactions -- Heterogeneous systems -- Special topics -- Ionic paramagnetism and cryogenics -- Nuclear magnetism, negative temperatures, and the third law of thermodynamics.