Tahir-Kheli R. General and Statistical Thermodynamics

Springer, 2012. — 677 p. — (Graduate Texts in Physics). — ISBN: 978-3-642-21481-3, 978-3-642-21480-6.This textbook explains completely the general and statistical thermodynamics. It begins with an introductory statistical mechanics course, deriving all the important formulae meticulously and explicitly, without mathematical short cuts. The main part of the book deals with the careful discussion of the concepts and laws of thermodynamics, van der Waals, Kelvin and Claudius theories, ideal and real gases, thermodynamic potentials, phonons and all the related aspects. To elucidate the concepts introduced and to provide practical problem solving support, numerous carefully worked examples are of great value for students. The text is clearly written and punctuated with many interesting anecdotes. This book is written as main textbook for upper undergraduate students attending a course on thermodynamics.Introduction and Zeroth Law
Perfect Gas
The First Law
The Second Law
First and Second Laws Combined
Van der Waals Theory of Imperfect Gases
Internal Energy and Enthalpy: Measurement and Related Examples
Fundamental Equation and the Equations of State
Zeroth Law Revisited; Motive Forces; Thermodynamic Stability
Energy and Entropy Extrema; Legendre Transformations; Thermodynamic Potentials; Clausius–Clapeyron Equation; Gibbs Phase Rule
Statistical Thermodynamics: Third Law