{"product_id":"modern-thermodynamics-isbn-9781118371817","title":"Modern Thermodynamics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e presents a comprehensive introduction to 20th century thermodynamics that can be applied to both equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems, unifying what was traditionally divided into ‘thermodynamics’ and ‘kinetics’ into one theory of irreversible processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive text, suitable for introductory as well as advanced courses on thermodynamics, has been widely used by chemists, physicists, engineers and geologists.  Fully revised and expanded, this new edition includes the following updates and features:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a completely new chapter on Principles of Statistical Thermodynamics.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents new material on solar and wind energy flows and energy flows of interest to engineering.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers new material on self-organization in non-equilibrium systems and the thermodynamics of small systems.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights a wide range of applications relevant to students across physical sciences and engineering courses.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces students to computational methods using updated Mathematica codes.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes problem sets to help the reader understand and apply the principles introduced throughout the text.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSolutions to exercises and supplementary lecture material provided online at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/modernthermodynamics\/\"\u003ehttp:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/modernthermodynamics\/\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students taking a course in thermodynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition: Why Thermodynamics? xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes for Instructors xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Variables xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI Historical Roots: From Heat Engines to Cosmology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Basic Concepts and the Laws of Gases 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Thermodynamic Systems 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Systems 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Biological and Other Open Systems 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Temperature, Heat and Quantitative Laws of Gases 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 States of Matter and the van der Waals Equation 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1.1 Partial Derivatives 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1.2 Elementary Concepts in Probability Theory 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1.3 \u003ci\u003eMathematica \u003c\/i\u003eCodes 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The First Law of Thermodynamics 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Idea of Energy Conservation Amidst New Discoveries 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The Nature of Heat 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics: The Conservation of Energy 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Elementary Applications of the First Law 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Thermochemistry: Conservation of Energy in Chemical Reactions 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Extent of Reaction: A State Variable for Chemical Systems 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Conservation of Energy in Nuclear Reactions and Some General Remarks 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Energy Flows and Organized States 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2.1 \u003ci\u003eMathematica \u003c\/i\u003eCodes 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2.2 Energy Flow in the USA for the Year 2013 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Arrow of Time 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 The Birth of the Second Law 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 The Absolute Scale of Temperature 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 The Second Law and the Concept of Entropy 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Modern Formulation of the Second Law 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Examples of Entropy Changes due to Irreversible Processes 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Entropy Changes Associated with Phase Transformations 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Entropy of an Ideal Gas 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Remarks about the Second Law and Irreversible Processes 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 3.1 The Hurricane as a Heat Engine 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 3.2 Entropy Production in Continuous Systems 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Entropy in the Realm of Chemical Reactions 125\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Chemical Potential and Affinity: The Thermodynamic Force for Chemical Reactions 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 General Properties of Affinity 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Entropy Production Due to Diffusion 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 General Properties of Entropy 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4.1 Thermodynamics Description of Diffusion 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExample 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII Equilibrium Thermodynamics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Extremum Principles and General Thermodynamic Relations 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtremum Principles in Nature 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Extremum Principles Associated with the Second Law 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 General Thermodynamic Relations 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Gibbs Energy of Formation and Chemical Potential 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Maxwell Relations 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Extensivity with Respect to \u003ci\u003eN \u003c\/i\u003eand Partial Molar Quantities 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Surface Tension 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Basic Thermodynamics of Gases, Liquids and Solids 169\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Thermodynamics of Ideal Gases 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Thermodynamics of Real Gases 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Thermodynamics Quantities for Pure Liquids and Solids 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReference 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Thermodynamics of Phase Change 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Phase Equilibrium and Phase Diagrams 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 The Gibbs Phase Rule and Duhem’s Theorem 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Binary and Ternary Systems 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Maxwell’s Construction and the Lever Rule 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Phase Transitions 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Thermodynamics of Solutions 207\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Ideal and Nonideal Solutions 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Colligative Properties 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Solubility Equilibrium 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Thermodynamic Mixing and Excess Functions 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Azeotropy 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Thermodynamics of Chemical Transformations 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Transformations of Matter 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Chemical Reaction Rates 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Chemical Equilibrium and the Law of Mass Action 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 The Principle of Detailed Balance 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Entropy Production due to Chemical Reactions 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Elementary Theory of Chemical Reaction Rates 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Coupled Reactions and Flow Reactors 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 9.1 \u003ci\u003eMathematica \u003c\/i\u003eCodes 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Fields and Internal Degrees of Freedom 265\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Many Faces of Chemical Potential 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Chemical Potential in a Field 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Membranes and Electrochemical Cells 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Isothermal Diffusion 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Chemical Potential for an Internal Degree of Freedom 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Thermodynamics of Radiation 287\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Energy Density and Intensity of Thermal Radiation 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 The Equation of State 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Entropy and Adiabatic Processes 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Wien’s Theorem 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Chemical Potential of Thermal Radiation 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Matter–Antimatter in Equilibrium with Thermal Radiation: The State of Zero Chemical Potential 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 Chemical Potential of Radiation not in Thermal Equilibrium with Matter 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8 Entropy of Nonequilibrium Radiation 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExample 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Fluctuations and Stability\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 The Gibbs Stability Theory 307\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Classical Stability Theory 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Thermal Stability 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Mechanical Stability 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Stability and Fluctuations in \u003ci\u003eN\u003csub\u003ek \u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Critical Phenomena and Configurational Heat Capacity 315\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Stability and Critical Phenomena 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Stability and Critical Phenomena in Binary Solutions 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Configurational Heat Capacity 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Entropy Production, Fluctuations and Small Systems 323\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Stability and Entropy Production 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Thermodynamic Theory of Fluctuations 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Small Systems 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Size-Dependent Properties 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Nucleation 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExample 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV Linear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Foundations 343\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Local Equilibrium 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Local Entropy Production 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Balance Equation for Concentration 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Energy Conservation in Open Systems 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 The Entropy Balance Equation 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 15.1 Entropy Production 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Linear Regime 357\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.1 Linear Phenomenological Laws 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.2 Onsager Reciprocal Relations and the Symmetry Principle 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.3 Thermoelectric Phenomena 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.4 Diffusion 366\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.5 Chemical Reactions 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.6 Heat Conduction in Anisotropic Solids 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.7 Electrokinetic Phenomena and the Saxen Relations 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.8 Thermal Diffusion 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Nonequilibrium Stationary States and Their Stability: Linear Regime 385\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.1 Stationary States under Nonequilibrium Conditions 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.2 The Theorem of Minimum Entropy Production 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.3 Time Variation of Entropy Production and the Stability of Stationary States 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV Order Through Fluctuations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Nonlinear Thermodynamics 405\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.1 Far-from-Equilibrium Systems 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.2 General Properties of Entropy Production 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.3 Stability of Nonequilibrium Stationary States 407\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.4 Linear Stability Analysis 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 18.1 A General Property of d\u003csub\u003eF\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003ci\u003eP\u003c\/i\u003e\/d\u003ci\u003et \u003c\/i\u003e415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 18.2 General Expression for the Time Derivative of \u003ci\u003e𝛿 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003ci\u003eS \u003c\/i\u003e416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 Dissipative Structures 421\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.1 The Constructive Role of Irreversible Processes 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.2 Loss of Stability, Bifurcation and Symmetry Breaking 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.3 Chiral Symmetry Breaking and Life 424\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.4 Chemical Oscillations 431\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.5 Turing Structures and Propagating Waves 436\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.6 Dissipative Structures and Machines 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.7 Structural Instability and Biochemical Evolution 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 19.1 \u003ci\u003eMathematica \u003c\/i\u003eCodes 442\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 449\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics 451\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.1 Fundamentals and Overview 452\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.2 Partition Function Factorization 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.3 The Boltzmann Probability Distribution and Average Values 456\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.4 Microstates, Entropy and the Canonical Ensemble 457\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.5 Canonical Partition Function and Thermodynamic Quantities 460\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.6 Calculating Partition Functions 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.7 Equilibrium Constants 467\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.8 Heat Capacities of Solids 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.9 Planck’s Distribution Law for Thermal Radiation 472\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 20.1 Approximations and Integrals 474\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReference 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExample 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e21 Self-Organization and Dissipative Structures in Nature 477\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.1 Dissipative Structures in Diverse Disciplines 477\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.2 Towards a Thermodynamic Theory of Organisms 483\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 487\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhysical Constants and Data 489\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStandard Thermodynamic Properties 491\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy Units and Conversions 501\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnswers to Exercises 503\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index 511\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 513\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDilip Kondepudi\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eWake Forest University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIlya Prigogine\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFormerly Director, International Solvay Institutes, Belgium\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMODERN THERMODYNAMICS\u003c\/b\u003e From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures Second Edition \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e presents a comprehensive introduction to 20th century thermodynamics that can be applied to both equilibrium and nonequilibrium systems, unifying what was traditionally divided into 'thermodynamics' and 'kinetics' into one theory of irreversible processes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive text, suitable for introductory as well as advanced courses on thermodynamics, has been widely used by chemists, physicists, engineers and geologists. 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