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Basic Principles of Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics [PDF 35p]

Basic Principles of Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics [PDF 35p]

Basic Principles of Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics [PDF 35p]

This note covers the following topics: Thermodynamic and Non-Thermodynamic Properties, Microstates and Thermodynamic States, Concept of Energy, Microstate Driving Forces, Thermodynamic Driving Forces, Intensive and Extensive Propertie, The Laws of Thermodynamics, Heat and Thermal Energy, Entropy, Energy Transport by Mass Transfer, The Chemical Potential, Second Law and Molecular Behavior, Localized and Non-Localized Systems, Probability and The Second Law, Concepts of Order and Disorder, Entropy and the Second Law, Partial and Complete Equilibrium States.

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