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008			140908s2010 enka ob 001 0 eng d
040			_aNT _beng _erda _epn _cNT
020			_a9780191574337 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)l((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)ctronic bk.
050	0	4	_aQC254 _b.C663 2010
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aBlundell, Stephen, _d1967- _e1
245	1	0	_aConcepts in thermal physics /Stephen J. Blundell and Katherine M. Blundell.
250			_aSecond edition.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c(c)2010.
300			_a1 online resource (xviii, 493 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
504			_a2
505	0	0	_aIntroduction -- _tHeat -- _tProbability -- _tTemperature and the Boltzmann factor -- _tThe Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution -- _tPressure -- _tMolecular effusion -- _tThe mean free path and collisions -- _tTransport properties in gases -- _tThe thermal diffusion equation -- _tEnergy -- _tIsothermal and adiabatic processes -- _tHeat engines and the second law -- _tEntropy -- _tInformation theory -- _tThermodynamic potentials -- _tRods, bubbles, and magnets -- _tThird law -- _tEquipartition of energy -- _tThe partition function -- _tStatistical mechanics of an ideal gas -- _tThe chemical potential -- _tPhotons -- _tPhonons -- _tRelativistic gases -- _tReal gases -- _tCooling real gases -- _tPhase transitions -- _tBose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions -- _tQuantum gases and condensates -- _tSound waves -- _tShock waves -- _tBrownian motion and fluctuations -- _tNon-equilibrium thermodynamics -- _tStars -- _tCompact objects -- _tEarth's atmosphere -- _tA. Fundamental constants -- _tB. Useful formulae -- _tC. Useful mathematics -- _tD. The electromagnetic spectrum -- _tE. Some thermodynamical definitions -- _tF. Thermodynamic expansion formulae -- _tG. Reduced mass -- _tH. Glossary of main symbols.
520	8		_aThis text provides a modern introduction to the main principles of thermal physics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The key concepts are presented and new ideas are illustrated with worked examples as well as description of the historical background to their discovery.
530			_a2 _ub
650		0	_aThermodynamics.
650		0	_aHeat.
650		0	_aStatistical mechanics.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
700	1		_aBlundell, Katherine M.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=840826&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hQC. _m2010 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell