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Foundations of Thermodynamics

 

CONTENTS 
I TEMPERATURE 
THE ZEROTH LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS, 3 
II QUANTITY OF HEAT 
THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS, 6 
III THE LAW OF SPONTANEOUS PROCESSES 
THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS, 15 
1. Survey of experimental facts, 18 
2. The law of spontaneous processes, 22 
3. Determination of the explicit form of <f>> 28 
A. The reversible processes, 28 
B. Change of <f> in an adiabatic reversible process, 32 
C. Change of <f> in an isothermal reversible process, 35 
D. Change of <f> in a general reversible process, 43 
E. Change of <f> in a diffusive reversible process, 46 
F. Verification, 50 
4. Mathematical deductions, 55 
IV APPLICATIONS, 58 
1. Engineering applications, 58 
2. Physical applications, 62 
3. Chemical applications, 68 

V THE MICROSCOPIC INTERPRETATION OF 
THERMODYNAMICS, 75 
1. Interpretation of the first law of thermodynamics, 77 
2. Interpretation of the second law of thermodynamics, 78 
3. Interpretation of the zeroth law of thermodynamics, 83 
EPILOGUE 
METHODOLOGY OF THERMODYNAMICS, 91



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