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This Book Provides An Exposition Of A Large Spectrum Of Geological, Geochemical And Geophysical Problems That Are Amenable To Thermodynamic Analysis. It Also Includes Selected Problems In Planetary Sciences, Relationships Between Thermodynamics And Microscopic Properties, Particle Size Effects, Methods Of Approximation Of Thermodynamic Properties Of Minerals, And Some Kinetic Ramifications Of Entropy Production. Many Of These Features Are Frequently Missing In Textbooks, But Are Very Important With Respect To Problems In Earth And Planetary Sciences. The Textbook Will Enable Graduate Students And Researchers Alike To Develop An Appreciation Of The Fundamental Principles Of Thermodynamics, And Their Wide Ranging Applications To Natural Processes And Systems.--jacket. Introduction -- First And Second Laws -- Thermodynamic Potentials And Derivative Properties -- Third Law And Thermochemistry -- Critical Phenomenon And Equations Of States -- Phase Transitions, Melting And Reactions Of Stoichiometric Phases -- Thermal Pressure, Earth's Interior And Adiabatic Processes -- Thermodynamics Of Solutions -- Thermodynamic Solution And Mixing Models : Non-electrolytes -- Equilibria Involving So

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Author

Jibamitra Ganguly (auth.)

Publisher

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9783540773061

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Chemistry, Anthropology