Entropy and its physical meaning. ([2014?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: J.S. Dugdale.
• Other Names: Dugdale, J. S (John Sydney)
• Contents: Part 1 Entropy in thermodynamics: temperature and heat - some historical developments; temperature and heat - a different approach; the first law of thermodynamics; the second law of thermodynamics; entropy - how it is measured and how it is used; entropy in irreversible changes. Part 2 The statistical interpretation of entropy: the statistical approach - a specific example; general ideas and development; the definition of a microstate; temperature and entropy in statistical mechanics; applications to solids; applications to gases - 1 - the classical approximation, 2 - Bose Einstein and Fermi-Dirac gases; fluctuation and Maxwell's demon. Part 3 Entropy at low temperatures: the third law of thermodynamics; low temperatures; the third law of thermodynamics and the unattainability of absolute zero.
• Publisher Details: London : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 1996
• Extent: 1 online resource (208 pages)
• Subjects: 536/.73; Thermodynamics; Entropy; Entropy; Thermodynamics; Entropie; Thermodynamica; Statistische mechanica; Entropie; Entropie; Thermodynamique; Entropie
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482272864; 1482272865
• Related ISBNs: 0748405682; 0748405690
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