Subject index

Thermodynamics subject index

• absolute zero temperature
• adiabatic
• adiabatic expansion
• adiabatic processes
• adiabatic throttle
• adiabatic throttling
• asymptotic
• attractive interaction
• azeotrope
• binary mixtures
• binodal
• bits
• boltzmann's entropy
• bose-einstein statistics
• bosons
• boyle temperature
• bundle of states
• carnot engine
• carnot's theorem
• chemical potential
• chemical potential
• chemical thermodynamics
• classical thermodynamics
• clausius statement
• clausius statement
• clausius-clapeyron equation
• closed system
• closed systems
• coefficient of performance
• combined heat and power
• components
• compressibility
• compressibility
• compression factor
• condensed phases
• conduction
• convection
• critical isotherm
• critical isotherm
• critical molar volume
• critical point
• critical point
• critical pressure
• critical temperature
• cyclic rule of differentiation
• data compression
• degeneracy
• degeneracy
• degrees of freedom
• degrees of freedom
• density of states
• diathermal
• diathermal boundaries
• dilute limit
• directed, ordered
• disordered
• distillation
• distinguishable particles
• distinguishable particles
• distinguishable, non-interacting particles
• dynamics
• efficiency
• efficiency
• ehrenfest equations
• electronic partition function
• electronic states
• energy eigenvalue
• energy is conserved
• engineering thermodynamics
• ensemble partition function
• ensemble
  
• enthalpy
• enthalpy
• enthalpy for isobaric systems
• entropy
• entropy
• entropy
• entropy of mixing
• entropy term
• equation of state
• equilibration
• equilibrium
• equilibrium
• equilibrium condition
• equilibrium condition
• eutectic
• excluded volume
• expansion work
• extensive
• extensive state variables
• fermions
• first law of thermodynamics
• first-order phase transitions
• first-order phase transitions
• free energy
• free enthalpy
• fusion
• gas constant
• gaussian distribution
• gibb's phase rule
• gibbs's algorithm
• gibbs's phase rule
• harmonic oscillator
• heat
• heat capacity
• heat capacity at constant volume
• heat current
• heat engine
• heat flow
• heat pump
• heisenberg's uncertainty principle
• hot-air balloon
• huffman encoding
• huffman tree
• hydrogen atom
• ideal gas
• ideal gas
• ideal gas
• ideal gas
• ideal gas
• ideal gas law
• ideal gas law
• indistinguishable particles
• indistinguishable particles
• information
• information entropy
• information heat engine
• information theory
• intensive state variables
• interacting particles
• interatomic forces
• intermediate compounds
• internal energy
• internal energy
• internal energy
• internal energy for isochoric systems
• internal pressure
• isobaric
• isochoric
• isochoric processes
• isotherm
• isothermal
• isotherms of an ideal gas
• joule-kelvin (or joule-thomson) coefficient
• joule-kelvin effect
• kelvin temperature scale
• kelvin-planck statement
• kinematics
• kinetic energy
• kinetic energy
• kinetic theory of gases
• lagrange multipliers
• lagrange multipliers
• landau theory
• landauer's principle
• latent heat
• latent heat
• latent heat
• latent heat of vaporisation
• law of the lever
• lennard-jones potential
• liquidus
• macrostate
• maxwell relations
• maxwell's daemon
• measure of irreversibility
• metastable
• metastable phase
• microscopic reversibility
• microstate
• miscibility gap
• mixed second derivatives
• mixed-phase regions
• molar fraction, $x_1$
• molar fractions of each component in each phase
• moment of inertia
• most probable macrostate
• most probable macrostate
• multi-component systems
• nucleation
• nucleation sites
• open system
• oversaturated vapour
• parameterisation
• particle in a box
• particle in a box
• partition function
• path-independent
• pauli exclusion principle
• phase
• phase diagram
• phase equilibrium
• phase equilibrium
• phase equilibrium
• phase space
• phase transition
• phase transition region
• phase transitions
• phase transitions
• physical chemistry
• point of inflection
• polymorphs
• potential to extract work
• power station
• pressure
• pressure cooker
• probability
• probability distribution
• process
• projection
• projections
• quality attribute
• quantum number
• quantum numbers
• quasi-static
• quasi-static
• radiation
• real gases
• reduced mass
• reduced variables
• refrigerator
• refrigerator
• refrigerators
• relationships between state variables
• relaxation
• relaxation time
• repulsive interaction
• reservoirs
• retarded boiling
• reversible cyclic process
• reversible process
• rigid rotor
• rotation
• rotational partition function
• schrödinger equation
• schwarz's theorem
• second law
• second-order phase transitions
• second-order phase transitions,
• single-phase region
• single-phase regions
• solid solutions
• solidus
• specific heat
• spinodal
• spontaneous
• spontaneous decomposition
• spontaneous phase change
• standing wave
• state
• state function
• state function
• state function
• state variables
• state variables
• statistical mechanics
• statistical mechanics - an introduction
• statistical mechanics made simple
• statistical weight
• statistical weight
• statistical weight
• statistical weight
• statistics
• steady state
• stirling formula
• stoichiometrically
• stoichiometry
• subcritical isotherms
• sublimation
• supercritical fluids
• supercritical isotherms
• surprisal
• system
• szilard's engine
• t(x) diagram
• taylor expansion
• temperature
• temperature
• ternary systems
• theorem of corresponding states
• thermal conductivity
• thermal energy
• thermal physics
• thermal physics
• thermodynamic equilibrium
• thermodynamic equilibrium
• thermodynamic relationships
• thermodynamics
• thermometer
• third law of thermodynamics
• total differential
• total differential
• total differential
• total energy
• total partition function
• translation
• translational partition function
• triple line
• triple line
• triple point
• universe
• unstable
• van-der-waals equation of state
• vapourisation
• vapourisation line
• vibration
• vibrational partition function
• virial coefficient
• virial equation
• virial equation
• volumetric thermal expansion coefficient
• walls
• weekly revision quiz questions
• work
• zero-point energy
• zeroth law