Heat and Thermodynamics
The book is meant for an introductory course on Heat & Thermodynamics. Emphasis has been given to the fundamentals of thermodynamics. The book uses variety of diagrams, charts and learning aids to enable easy understanding of the subject. Solved numerical problems interspersed within the chapters will help the students to understand the physical significance of the mathematical derivations.
Table of Content
- Mathematical Preliminaries
- Thermometry
- The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
- Kinetic Theory of Gases
- Equations of State
- Change of State
- The Joule-Thomson Cooling Effect
- First law of Thermodynamics
- The Second law of Thermodynamics
- Thermodynamic Relations
- Conduction of Heat
- Radiation
- introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics
Index
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Salient Features
A separate chapter on Joule-Thomson Cooling
Data tables, graphs and illustrations for easy understanding.
Each chapter has:
- Solved examples (165 in total)
- Answers to the unsolved problems (125 in total)
- Review questions
- Summary
- Key terms
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