InTech, 2012, 542 pages, ISBN: 9535107798 9789535107798This book presents the selection of various high level contributions involving thermodynamics. The book goes from the fundamentals up to several applications in different scientific fields. The content of the book has been classified in six sections: Classical Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics, Property Prediction in Thermodynamics, Material and Products, Non Equilibrium and Thermodynamics in Diverse Areas.The classification of the book aims to provide to the reader the facility of finding the desired topic included in the book. It is expected that this collection of chapters will contribute to the state of the art in the thermodynamics area.Contents
Classical Thermodynamics
A View from the Conservation of Energy to Chemical Thermodynamic
Useful Work and Gibbs EnergyStatistical Thermodynamics
Gibbs Free Energy Formula for Protein Folding
Information Capacity of Quantum Transfer Channels and Thermodynamic Analogies
Thermodynamics' Microscopic ConnotationsProperty Prediction and Thermodynamics
Group Contribution Methods for Estimation of Selected Physico-Chemical Properties of Organic Compounds
Thermodynamic Properties and Applications of Modified van-der-Waals Equations of State
Thermodynamics Simulations Applied to Gas-Solid Materials Fabrication ProcessesMaterial and Products
Application of Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Materials Engineering
Thermodynamics of Wool Dyeing
Mesomechanics and Thermodynamics of Nanostructural Transitions in Biological Membranes Under the Action of Steroid Hormones
Thermodynamics of Resulting Complexes Between Cyclodextrins and Bile Salts
Thermodynamics of Hydration in Minerals: Howto Predict These Entities
Thermodynamics and Kinetics in the Synthesis of Monodisperse Nanoparticles
Statistical Thermodynamics of Lattice Gas Models of Multisite AdsorptionNon-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
Influence of Simulation Parameters on the Excitable Media Behaviour - The Case of Turbulent Mixing
ECOP Criterion for Irreversible Three-Heat-Source Absorption RefrigeratorsThermodynamics in Diverse Areas
Thermodynamics of Microarray Hybridization
Probing the Thermodynamics of Photosystem I by Spectroscopic and Mutagenic Methods
Fuzzy Spheres Decays and Black Hole Thermodynamics
Bibliometric Analysis of Thermodynamic Research: A Science Citation Index Expanded-Based Analysis
