A treatise of heat and energy. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lin-Shu Wang.
• Authors: Wang, L. S (Lin-Shu), 1938-
• Contents: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Symbols and Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: Temperature and Some Comment on Work -- 1.1 Heat, Its Two Laws -- 1.2 Thermal Equilibrium and Temperature -- 1.3 Thermodynamic Systems and the General Concept of Equilibrium -- 1.3.1 Nonequilibrium and Irreversibility -- 1.4 Dimension and Unit of Temperature -- 1.4.1 Universal Constants: Dimensionless Conversion Factors and Dimensional Universal Constants -- 1.5 Thermal Equation of State for Ideal Gases -- 1.6 Mixtures of Ideal Gases -- 1.7 Work -- 1.8 Calculation of \int {{\usertwo pdV}} for "Quasi-static Processes" 1.9 Difference Between a Mass Body and a Thermodynamic System -- 1.9.1 Quasi-static Process and Work Reservoir -- 1.9.2 A Mass Body and a Thermodynamic System: No Thermodynamic System is an Island -- 1.10 Quantity of Heat -- References -- 2 Calorimetry and the Caloric Theory of Heat, the Measurement of Heat -- Abstract -- 2.1 Theories of Heat -- 2.2 Direct Heating: Sensible Heat and Latent Heat -- 2.3 The Doctrine of Latent and Sensible Heats in an Internally Reversible Medium -- 2.4 Adiabatic Heating -- References 3 The First Law: The Production of Heat and the Principle of Conservation of Energy -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Adiabatic Work and Internal Energy -- 3.3 Heat Exchange and the First Law of Thermodynamics -- 3.4 Energy Conservation in a Reversible Universe -- 3.5 Irreversible Universe: Heat versus Heat -- 3.6 Enthalpy -- 3.7 Heat Capacity and Molar Heat Capacity -- 3.8 Joule's Law (Joule Free Expansion): The Caloric Equation of State for Ideal Gases -- 3.9 Quasi-static Heating and the Adiabatic Transformation of a Gas -- 3.9.1 Isochoric processes -- 3.9.2 Isobaric processes 3.9.3 Adiabatic Transformation of an Ideal Gas -- 3.10 Energy Analyses of Processes in Open Systems -- 3.11 The Story of Heat -- References -- 4 Carnot's Theory of Heat, and Kelvin's Adoption of Which in Terms of Energy -- Abstract -- 4.1 Unidirectional Nature of Processes and the Production of Work -- 4.2 The Carnot Cycle and Carnot's Principle -- 4.3 The Absolute Thermodynamic Temperature -- 4.3.1 Carnot's Reversible Efficiency -- 4.4 Carnot's Function and Kelvin's Resolution of the Conflict Between MEH and Carnot's Principle -- 4.5 Falling of Caloric in Reversible Processes 4.5.1 Absolute Thermodynamic Temperature and the Ideal-Gas Thermometric Temperature -- 4.5.2 Falling of Caloric -- 4.5.3 The Carnot Formula and the Kelvin Formula -- 4.5.4 Caloric or Heat: Interpreted as Both Heat Flow and "Entropy" Flow -- 4.5.5 Equivalence of the Clausius Statement and the Kelvin-Planck Statement -- 4.6 Limitation in the Amount of Heat to be Converted into Mechanical Energy -- 4.7 The Energy Principle, A Self-evident Proposition? -- 4.8 Does the Heat-as-Energy Ontology Infer Equivalence-Convertibility Synonym? -- References -- 5 Entropy and the Entropy Principle -- Abstract
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and color)
• Subjects: 621.4021; Thermodynamics; Heat; Force and energy; Force and energy; Heat; Thermodynamics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030057466; 3030057461
• Related ISBNs: 9783030057459; 3030057453
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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