This book contains a modern selection of about 200 solved problems and examples arranged in a didactic way for hands-on experience with course work in a standard advanced undergraduate/first-year graduate class in thermodynamics and statistical physics. The principles of thermodynamics and equilibrium statistical physics are few and simple, but their application often proves more involved than it may seem at first sight. This book is a comprehensive complement to any textbook in the field, emphasizing the analogies between the different systems, and paves the way for an in-depth study of solid state physics, soft matter physics, and field theory.
Author(s): Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 292
City: Switzerland AG
Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Equation of State (Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl)....Pages 3-10
The First Law (Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl)....Pages 11-22
The Second Law (Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl)....Pages 23-36
Thermodynamic Potentials (Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl)....Pages 37-60
Phase Transitions (Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl)....Pages 61-84
Mixtures (Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl)....Pages 85-102
Transport Phenomena (Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl)....Pages 103-111
Front Matter ....Pages 113-113
Classical Canonical Ensemble (Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl)....Pages 115-133
Equation of State (Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl)....Pages 135-166
Entropy (Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl)....Pages 167-193
Quantum Canonical Ensemble (Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl)....Pages 195-218
Grand Canonical Ensemble (Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl)....Pages 219-257
Kinetic Theory of Gases (Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl)....Pages 259-277
Back Matter ....Pages 279-291
