**Preface** XIII


Chapter 8 **Thermodynamics of Interfaces 201**  Omid Moradi

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Contents VII

Chapter 21 **Towards the Authentic** *Ab Intio* **Thermodynamics 543**

Chapter 23 **Thermodynamics and Thermokinetics to Model Phase** 

Séverine A.E. Boyer, Jean-Pierre E. Grolier,

**the Adsorption of Heavy Metals 737**

**the Optimization of Drug Binding 765**  Ruth Matesanz, Benet Pera and J. Fernando Díaz

Zhongping Zhu, Tao Jiang, Guanghui Li,

**of Hydrogen Storage Materials 891** 

Chapter 31 **Thermodynamic Perturbation Theory of Simple Liquids 839** 

Chapter 32 **Probing Solution Thermodynamics by Microcalorimetry 871** 

**Al2O3, CaO, SiO2 and Fe2O3 During Roasting Processes 825** 

Chapter 29 **On the Chlorination Thermodynamics 785**  Brocchi E. A. and Navarro R. C. S.

Chapter 30 **Thermodynamics of Reactions Among** 

Jean-Louis Bretonnet

Gregory M. K. Poon

Martin Dornheim

Chapter 33 **Thermodynamics of Metal Hydrides: Tailoring Reaction Enthalpies**

Yufeng Guo and Yongbin Yang

**Transitions of Polymers over Extended Temperature and Pressure Ranges Under Various Hydrostatic Fluids 641** 

Hirohisa Yoshida, Jean-Marc Haudin and Jean-Loup Chenot

Chapter 22 **Thermodynamics of the Phase Equilibriums of Some Organic Compounds 595**  Raisa Varushchenko and Anna Druzhinina

Chapter 24 **Thermodynamics and Reaction Rates 673** 

Chapter 25 **The Thermodynamics** *in* **Planck's Law 695**

In Gee Kim

Miloslav Pekař

Constantinos Ragazas

Chapter 26 **Statistical Thermodynamics 717** Anatol Malijevský

Chapter 27 **Thermodynamics Approach in**

Chapter 28 **Thermodynamics as a Tool for** 

Mohammed A. Al-Anber


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Chapter 9 **Exergy, the Potential Work 251** Mofid Gorji-Bandpy

Chapter 10 **Dimensionless Parametric Analysis of Spark** 

Chapter 11 **Time Resolved Thermodynamics Associated** 

Chapter 12 **Some Applications of Thermodynamics for Ecological Systems 319**

Chapter 13 **Statistical Thermodynamics of Material** 

Chapter 14 **Thermodynamics of Surface Growth** 

Jean-François Ganghoffer

Yu. V. Lakhotkin

Toufik Zebbiche

Illia Dubrovskyi

Llored Jean-Pierre

Semen Semenov and Martin Schimpf

Chapter 15 **Thermodynamic Aspects of CVD Crystallization** 

Chapter 16 **Effect of Stagnation Temperature on Supersonic** 

Chapter 17 **Statistical Mechanics That Takes into Account Angular Momentum Conservation Law - Theory and Application 445** 

Chapter 18 **The Role and the Status of Thermodynamics**

Sergej Piskunov and Joachim Maier

**in Quantum Chemistry Calculations 469** 

Chapter 19 **Thermodynamics of ABO3-Type Perovskite Surfaces 491** Eugene Heifets, Eugene A. Kotomin, Yuri A. Mastrikov,

Chapter 20 **Advances in Interfacial Adsorption Thermodynamics:**

Gang Pan, Guangzhi He and Meiyi Zhang

**Metastable-Equilibrium Adsorption (MEA) Theory 519**

**Ignited Free-Piston Linear Alternator 271** Jinlong Mao, Zhengxing Zuo and Huihua Feng

Jaroslava Miksovska and Luisana Astudillo

**with Diatomic Ligand Dissociation from Globins 301** 

Eugene A. Silow, Andrey V. Mokry and Sven E. Jørgensen

**Transport in Non-Isothermal Mixtures 343** 

**with Application to Bone Remodeling 369** 

**of Refractory Metals and Their Alloys 403** 

**Flow Parameters with Application for Air in Nozzles 421** 


Preface

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Thermodynamics is one of the most exciting branches of physical chemistry which has greatly contributed to the modern science. Since its inception, great minds have built their theories of thermodynamics. One should name those of Sadi Carnot, Clapeyron Claussius, Maxwell, Boltzman, Bernoulli, Leibniz etc. Josiah Willard Gibbs had perhaps the greatest scientific influence on the development of thermodynamics. His attention was for some time focused on the study of the Watt steam engine. Analysing the balance of the machine, Gibbs began to develop a method for calculating the variables involved in the processes of chemical equilibrium. He deduced the phase rule which determines the degrees of freedom of a physicochemical system based on the number of system components and the number of phases. He also identified a new state function of thermodynamic system, the so-called free energy or Gibbs energy (G), which allows spontaneity and ensures a specific physicochemical process (such as a chemical reaction or a change of state) experienced by a system without interfering with the environment around it. The essential feature of thermodynamics and the difference between it and other branches of science is that it incorporates the concept of heat or thermal energy as an important part in the energy systems. The nature of heat was not always clear. Today we know that the random motion of molecules is the essence of heat. Some aspects of thermodynamics are so general and deep that they even deal with philosophical issues. These issues also deserve a deeper consideration, before tackling the technical details. The reason is a simple one - before one does anything,

In the past, historians considered thermodynamics as a science that is isolated, but in recent years scientists have incorporated more friendly approach to it and have

These four volumes of applied thermodynamics, gathered in an orderly manner, present a series of contributions by the finest scientists in the world and a wide range of applications of thermodynamics in various fields. These fields include the environmental science, mathematics, biology, fluid and the materials science. These four volumes of thermodynamics can be used in post-graduate courses for students and as reference books, since they are written in a language pleasing to the reader.

demonstrated a wide range of applications of thermodynamics.
