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010			_a 2005053778
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040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aQC311.5 _b.N3 2006
082	0	0	_a536.7 NAS-L
100	1		_aNash, Leonard Kollender
245	1	0	_aElements of statistical thermodynamics / _cLeonard Kollender Nash.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aNew York _bDover Publications _c2006
300			_a138 p.
365			_aINR _b1037.26.
500			_aOriginally published: 2nd ed. Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1974, in series: Addison-Wesley series in the principles of chemistry. This concise, elementary treatment illustrates the ways in which an atomic-molecular perspective yields new insights and powers operative in the realms of macroscopic thermodynamics. Starting with an analysis of some very simple microcanonical ensembles, it proceeds to the Boltzmann distribution law and a systematic exploration of the proper formulation, evaluation, and application of partition functions. The concepts of equilibrium and entropy thus acquire new significance, and readers discover how thermodynamic parameters may be calculated from spectroscopic data. Encompassing virtually all of the forms of statistical mechanics customary to undergraduate physical chemistry books, this brief text requires prior acquaintance with only the rudiments of the calculus and a few of the simplest propositions of classical thermodynamics. Appropriate for introductory college chemistry courses, it further lends itself to use as a supplementary text for independent study by more advanced students.
650		0	_aStatistical thermodynamics.
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005053778-d.html
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