Thermodynamics For Physicists, Chemists and Materials Scientists
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loginMany of us associate thermodynamics with blotchy photographs of men in old-fashioned garments posing in front of ponderous steam engines. In fact thermo-dynamics was developed mainly as a framework for understanding the relationbetween heat and work and how to convert heat into mechanical work efficiently.Nevertheless, the premises or laws from which thermodynamics is developed areso general that they provide insight far beyond steam engine engineering. Todaynew sources of useful energy, energy storage, transport, and conversion, requiringdevelopment of novel technology, are of increasing importance. This developmentstrongly affects many key industries. Thus, it seems that thermodynamics will haveto be given more prominence particularly in the physics curriculum—somethingthat is attempted in this book.
