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Molecular thermodynamics and transport phenomena : complexities of scales in time and space

Title
Molecular thermodynamics and transport phenomena : complexities of scales in time and space / Michael H. Peters.
Author
Peters, Michael H.
Publication
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2005.

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Description
xiii, 177 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"Molecular Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena takes a quantitative approach to characterizing the relationship between scales of time, energy, space, and chosen structural hierarchies, allowing the reader to apply chemical engineering thermodynamic functions."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction to statistical mechanics and the classical mechanics of interacting particles -- Ch. 2. Phase space and the Liouville equation -- Ch. 3. Reduced density functions and the reduced Liouville equation -- Ch. 4. Equilibrium solution to the Liouville equation and the thermodynamic properties of matter -- Ch. 5. The general equations of change for nonequilibrium systems -- Ch. 6. Closure of the transport equations.
ISBN
0071445617
LCCN
2004065564
OCLC
  • ocm57207651
  • SCSB-5201265
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries