THERMAL PHYSICS: ENTROPY AND FREE ENERGIES

Lee, Joon Chang

ISBN 10: 9810248741 / ISBN 13: 9789810248741

Published by World Scientific Publishing Company, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THERMAL PHYSICS: ENTROPY AND FREE ENERGIES
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810248741
• ISBN 13: 9789810248741
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

This book is an informal, readable introduction to the basic ideas of thermal physics. It is aimed at making the reader feel comfortable with the extremum principles of entropy and free energies. There is a repeating theme: Molecules (spins) do X to maximize their entropy, and molecules (spins) do XX to minimize their free energy. This finally leads to the idea of the Landau-Ginzburg free energy functional. The author illustrates how powerful the idea is by using two examples from phase transitions.

Synopsis

This text aims to provide an informal, readable introduction to the basic ideas of thermal physics. It is designed to make the reader feel comfortable with the principles of entropy and free energies. There is a repeating theme: molecules (spins) do X to maximize their entropy, and molecules (spins) do XX to minimize their free energy. This finally leads to the idea of the Landau-Ginzburg free-energy functional. The author describes two examples from phase transitions. This book should be of interest to undergraduates in physics, materials science, materials engineering and physical chemistry.