Advances in thermodynamics of the van der Waals fluid /

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"Version: 20140901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- Introduction -- Background and nomenclature : the ideal gas -- van der Waals intermolecular interaction parametersThermodynamic variables and properties in terms of the van der Waals interaction parameters -- Helmholtz free energy -- Critical pressure, temperature and volume -- Entropy, internal energy and heat capacity at constant volume -- Pressure and enthalpy -- Chemical potentialvan der Waals equation of state, reduced variables and laws of corresponding states -- van der Waals equation of state and reduced variables -- Laws of corresponding states -- Pressure versus volume and versus density isotherms -- Influence of the van der Waals interactions on the pressure of the gas phase -- Boyle temperature -- Thermodynamic properties expressed in reduced variablesEquilibrium pressure-volume, temperature-volume and pressure-temperature phase diagrams -- Pressure-volume phase diagram and Maxwell construction -- Volume-temperature phase diagram -- Lever rule -- Pressure-temperature phase diagramLekner's parametric solution of the coexistence curve and associated properties -- Thermodynamic behaviors on approaching the critical temperature from below -- Thermodynamic behaviors for temperatures approaching zero -- Coexisting liquid and gas densities, transition order parameter and temperature-density phase diagram -- Latent heat and entropy of vaporization -- Heat capacity at constant volume versus temperature within the liquid-gas coexistence region along an isochoric pathStatic critical exponents -- Heat capacity at constant volume -- Pressure versus volume isotherm at the critical temperature -- Critical chemical potential isotherm versus number density -- Liquid-gas transition order parameter -- Isothermal compressibility -- Approach to the critical point along the critical isobarSuperheating and supercooling -- Additional numerical calculations of thermodynamic properties -- Isotherms versus density in the supercritical temperature region -- Isobars versus temperature11 Adiabatic free expansion and Joule-Thomson expansion -- Adiabatic free expansion -- Joule-Thomson expansionAppendices -- A. Tables of values -- B. Formulas for the discontinuities in isothermal compressibility, thermal expansion and heat capacity versus temperature at constant pressure on crossing the liquid-gas coexistence curve -- C. Formula for the heat capacity at constant volume in the coexistence region along the critical isochore.The van der Waals mean-field theory of fluids was formulated by van der Waals in 1873 and augmented by Maxwell in 1875. It is the first theory that predicts a phase transition from interactions between particles. However, the thermodynamic properties of fluids (gases or liquids) derived from the van der Waals equation of state and free energy have not been thoroughly studied previously. This book is a comprehensive exposition of the thermodynamic properties of the van der Waals fluid, which includes a review of past work together with presentation the author's recent extensive studies. The main goal of the book is to provide a graphical overview of the many interesting and diverse thermodynamic properties of the van der Waals fluid through plots of these properties versus various independent parameters. The data for these plots are obtained from formulas derived herein, some of which have previously appeared in the literature. Many results not amenable to graphical illustration are also included.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.Dr. David C Johnston is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. He received his BA and PhD degrees in Physics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of California at San Diego, respectively. Prior to joining Iowa State University, he carried out research at the Corporate Research Laboratories of Exxon Research and Engineering Company in Annandale, NJ. His research area is experimental solid state physics, with an emphasis on the measurement and theoretical modeling of the electronic, magnetic, thermal and superconducting properties of solids. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a former Divisional Associate Editor of the journal Physical Review Letters.Title from PDF title page (viewed on October 8, 2014).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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English

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9781627055321

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Chemical physics.
Statistical mechanics.
Fluid dynamics.
SCIENCE / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical.
Van der Waals forces.

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