Lemons D.S. Mere Thermodynamics

John Hopkins University Press, 2008. — 222 p.Presenting classical thermodynamics as a concise and discrete whole, Mere Thermodynamics is a perfect tool for teaching a notoriously difficult subject.
Accomplished teacher Don S. Lemons introduces the physical theory's concepts and methods and uses them to solve problems from a broad range of physics. He illustrates, at a gentle pace, not only the fundamentals of the subject but also advanced topics such as the relationship between the second law of thermodynamics and entropy. He highlights the intellectual structure and history of the discipline and explores the logical consequences of each of the famous three laws. Lemons explains and develops the first two laws and their corollaries, the methods and applications of thermodynamics, and the third law, as well as non-fluid variables, equilibrium and stability, and two-phase systems.
The book features end-of-chapter practice problems, an appendix of worked problems, a glossary of terms, and an annotated bibliography.Preface.
Definitions.
Thermodynamics.
System.
Boundary, Environment, and Interactions.
States and State Variables.
Equations of State.
Work.
Heat 5 Problems.
Equilibrium.
Equilibrium.
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics.
Empirical Temperature.
Traditional Temperature Scales.
Equilibrium Processes.
Problems.
Heat.
Quantifying Heat.
Calorimetry.
What is Heat?
Problems.
The First Law.
Count Rumford.
Joule's Experiments.
The First Law of Thermodynamics.
Thermodynamic Cycles.
Cycle Adjustment.
Problems.
The Second Law.
Sadi Carnot.
Statements of the Second Law.
Equivalence and Inequivalence.
Reversible Heat Engines.
Refrigerators and Heat Pumps.
Problems.
The First and Second Laws.
Rudolph Clausius.
Thermodynamic Temperature.
Clausius's Theorem.
Problems.
Entropy.
The Meaning of Reversibility.
Entropy.
Entropy Generation in Irreversible Processes.
The Entropy Generator.
Entropy Corollaries.
Thermodynamic Arrow of Time.
Problems.
Fluid Variables.
What Is a Fluid?
Reversible Work.
Fundamental Constraint.
Enthalpy.
Helmholtz and Gibbs Free Energies.
ial Derivative Rules.
Thermodynamic Coefficients.
Heat Capacities.
Problems.
Simple Fluid Systems.
The Ideal Gas.
Room-Temperature Elastic Solid.
Cavity Radiation.
Problems.
Nonfluid Systems.
Nonfluid Variables.
The Theoretician's Rubber Band.
Paramagnetism.
Surfaces.
Chemical Potential.
Multivariate Systems.
Problems.
Equilibrium and Stability.
Mechanical and Thermal Systems.
Principle of Maximum Entropy.
Other Stability Criteria.
Intrinsic Stability of a Fluid.
Problems.
Two-Phase Systems.
Phase Diagrams.
Van der Waals Equation of State.
Two-Phase Transition.
Maxwell Construction.
Clausius-Clapeyron Equation.
Critical Point.
Problems.
The Third Law.
The Principle of Thomsen and Berthelot.
Entropy Change.
Unattainability.
Absolute Entropy.
Problem.Appendixes.
Physical Constants and Standard Definitions.
Catalog of 21 Simple Cycles.
Glossary of Terms.
Selected Worked Problems.
Answers to Problems.Annotated Bibliography.Index.