Thermodynamics

# Topic
01Introduction and Empirical Gas Laws
02Kinetic Theory and Mechanistic Interpretation of Temperature
03State vs. Process Variables and the First Law
04Quasistatic Processes and Boundary Work
05Heat Engines: Carnot and Stirling Cycles
06The Zeroth Law and the Definition of Enthalpy
07Irreversibility and Statements of the Second Law
08The Clausius Inequality and Entropy Function
09Boltzmann Entropy and Microscopic Transition Probabilities
10Reversible Work Theorem and Availability
11Gouy-Stodola Theorem and Non-Isothermal Availability
12Throttling Processes and Flow Availability
13Thermodynamics of Dielectrics and Electric Work
14Mechanical Work for Polarizable Media in Capacitors
15Gibbs Extension and the Chemical Potential
16Entropy of Mixing and the Gibbs Paradox
17Maximum Entropy vs. Minimum Energy Principles
18Variational Principles in Mechanical Equilibrium
19Thermodynamic Potentials and Legendre Transforms
20Maxwell Relations and Response Functions
21Real Fluids (van der Waals) and Rubber Elasticity
22Phase Equilibrium and the Clausius-Clapeyron Equation
23Stability Criteria and Maxwell's Equal Area Rule
24Chemical Equilibrium and the Law of Mass Action
25Binodal/Spinodal Points and DNA Melting Transitions