Equilibrium Thermodynamics 3rd Edition by C. J. Adkins (PDF)

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Equilibrium Thermodynamics gives a comprehensive but concise course in the fundamentals of classical thermodynamics. Although the subject is essentially classical in nature, illustrative material is drawn widely from modern physics and free use is made of microscopic ideas to illuminate it. The overriding objective in writing the book was to achieve a clear exposition: to give an account of the subject that it both stimulating and easy to learn from. Classical thermodynamics has such wide application that it can be taught in many ways. The terms of reference for Equilibrium Thermodynamics are primarily those of the undergraduate physicist; but it is also suitable for courses in chemistry, engineering, materials science etc. The subject is usually taught in the first or second year of an undergraduate course, but the book takes the student to degree standard (and beyond). Prerequisites are elementary or school-level thermal physics.

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⭐An exceptional text emphasizing equilibrium thermodynamics as stand-alone topic. From a review in Journal of Chemical Education (Volume 62, Number 4,1985): “gem of a book, valuable resource, comprehensible and introductory.” Familiarity with calculus (partial derivatives) anda bit of first-year physics, plus a willingness to abstract thinking, provides necessary background for conquering this material. A highlight: the Caratheodory approach to entropy, that approach being supplementary after a standard treatment. The sections pertaining to Kirchoff, Stefan-Boltzmann and Wien’s laws are enjoyable, we read: “we shall avoid using electromagnetic theory here, instead, we shall think of the radiation as a gas of photons and draw on some of the elementary results of the kinetic theory of gases.” The text touches upon fundamentals in a manner which can hardly be improved. The prose is enlightening. The section discussing Legendre transformation is brief but informative: the entire procedure described first in words, then with equations (a pedagogic tool worth emphasizing).A superb exegesis focuses upon Clausius-Clapeyron equation. Here, words come first, providing meaning to the equations that follow. Adkins presents a rather satisfying excursion into classical thermodynamics. Pitched at an elementary, rudimentary, level. One-hundred straightforward exercises concludes the text, though no answers are provided. Highly recommended for enrichment.

⭐This is a beautifully clear into to thermo, treated purely as macroscopic phenomenology.Equilibrium thermodynamics (or thermostatics, as some call it) has manifold applications-in physics, chemistry, biology, geology, engineering, etc. The author is a physicist, and selects his material accordingly. However, he does devote the penultimate chapter , ch.11 (“Systems of Several Components”) to some chemistry-type applications including chemical reactions in ideal gases.Prior to Adkins, most thermo books I studied merged thermo with statistical mechanics. Entropy treated the purely macroscopic or “thermo way” appeared to me abstract & unintuitive, and cycles with heat engines seemed an awkward import from engineering.The author entirely avoids leaning on statistical mechanics for the main thrust of his arguments, but makes a few side remarks about stat mech on occasion. By keeping the thermo pure, he teaches the reader its power and beauty. Everyone should learn thermo this way, and Adkins is a superb guide for the mature physicist. He achieves the unusual feat of providing careful, rigorous arguments while keeping the narrative smoothly flowing and readable. In other words, he honors the intellectual integrity so essential in this discipline, but never stifles the reader with pedantry or excessive detail.The problems are sometimes challenging, but with sustained effort, I could “crack” most of those I tried. It was only in chap. 11 that I started to find the problems too difficult, and that may well reflect my own lack of prior exposure in this area.(By the way, Adkins derives entropy with heat engines and Carnot cycles, but those who like a less torturous or “gizmo-ridden” route to entropy will be pleased that he also includes Caratheodory’s abstract argument.)Bravo to the author for creating this first-rate textbook. I cannot praise it too highly.

⭐After many arduous sessions with other thermodynamics texts, I finally found a clear and intuitive explanation of the fundamentals in this text. I have been referring to this text as necessary for many years. — Daniel Matuszak, NovoCatalysis

⭐Perhaps not worth writing a review, because I mostly agree with other reviewers: this is truly an excellent book. It is clear, simple, and concise, yet it achieves a very high level in classical thermodynamics.One of the key advantages is that this book has, to my taste, exactly the right length: it is expansive enough to contain all relevant material for a physicist trying to learn classical thermodynamics, but it is short enough to be practically readable in full. Make it shorter and you wouldn’t be doing justice to the field; make it longer and you simply wouldn’t want to read it all in detail.The treatment is modern but sticks to the classical subjects of Gibbsian thermodynamics; it makes only brief references to microscopic theory if it helps to visualize what is going on. This is exactly the right treatment for this subject: Thermodynamics is a rigorous macroscopic theory in itself; it is not some appendix of statistical mechanics.The book is clear and of a very accessible level and contains no superfluous mathematical complexity.Where the book does not deliver (by design, mind) is in non-equilibrium thermodynamics. There are plenty of references to non-equilibrium processes but this usually does not go beyond classical ideas of availability and maximization of entropy. There are other books that focus in more detail on non-equilibrium properties.I have the impression this is a digital reprint of the original print run, but the production quality of the book is very good.Marvellous; easily my favourite physics book (and I have quite a few!)

⭐At times equations seem to be plucked out of thin air with little explanation, then things build from there, which isn’t very helpful. Better books are out there though it seems that the good classical thermodynamics books are hard to come by.

⭐usefull topic on caratheodory’s theorem

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