内容简介
本书是在作者于爱荷华州立大学教授的热力学和统计力学课程的基础上撰写而成的。本书涵盖的主题之一是相变含的相变类型之体的范德瓦尔均场理论所描述的一阶液体到气体的转变。本书地介绍了范德瓦尔斯流体的热力学质，编写的主要目的是通过阐述范德瓦尔斯流体的许多有趣且多样化的热力学质描述它各种具有独立参数的图表，以图形方式概述了范德瓦尔斯流体的特。本书共11章，适合高年级本科及研究生入门使用。
目录
PrefaceAuthor biography1 Introduction Referencer/> Background and nomenclature: the ideal gar/> Referencer/>3 van der Waals intermolecular interaction parameterr/>4 Thermodynamic variables and properties in terms of the van der Waals interaction parameterr/> 4.1 Helmholtlee energy 4.2 Critical pressure, temperature and volume 4.3 Entropy, internal energy and heat capacity at constant volume 4.4 Pressure and enthalpy 4.5 Chemical potential Reference5 van der Waals equation of state, reduced variables and laws of corresponding stater/> 5.1 van der Waals equation of state and reduced variabler/> 5.2 Laws of corresponding stater/> 5.3 Pressure versus volume and versus density isothermr/> 5.4 Influence of the van der Waals interactions on the pressure of the gas phar/> 5.5 Boyle temperature 5.6 Thermodynamic properties expressed in reduced variabler/> 5.6.1 Internal energy 5.6.2 Helmholtree energy 5.6.3 Entropy and enthalpy 5.6.4 Isothermal compreility 5.6.5 Volume thermal expansion coefficient 5.6.6 Heat capacity at constant pressure 5.6.7 Chemical potential Referencer/>6 Equilibrium pressure-volume, temperature-volume and pressure-temperature phase diagramr/> 6.1 Pressure-volume phase diagram and Maxwell construction 6.2 Volume-temperature phase diagram 6.3 Lever rule 6.4 Pressure-temperature phase diagram Referencer/>7 Lekner's parametric solution of the coexistence curve and associated propertier/> 7.1 Thermodynamic behaviors on approaching the critical temperature from below 7.2 Thermodynamic behaviors for temperatures approaching zero 7.3 Coexisting liquid and gas densities, transition order parameter and temperature-density phase diagram 7.4 Latent heat and entropy of vaporization 7.5 Heat capacity at constant volume versus temperature within the liquid-gas coexistence region along an isochoric path Referencer/>8 Static critical exponentr/> 8.1 Heat capacity at constant volume 8.2 Pressure versus volume isotherm at the critical temperature 8.3 Critical chemical potential isotherm versus number density 8.4 Liquid-gas transition order parameter 8.5 Isothermal compreility 8.5.1 Approach to the critical point along the critical isochore from above the critical temperature 8.5.2 Approach to the critical point along either boundary of the gasqiquid coexistence region for temperatureelow the critical temperature 8.6 Approach to the critical point along the critical iar 8.6.1 Isothermal compreility 8.6.2 Volume thermal expansion coefficient 8.6.3 Heat capacity at constant pressure Referencer/>9 Superheating and supercooling Referencer/>10 itional numerical calculations of thermodynamic propertier/> 10.1 Isotherms versus density in the supercritical temperature region 10.2 Iars versus temperature 10.2.1 Results for pressureove the critical pressure 10.2.2 Pseudocritical curves and the Widom line in the supercritical region 10.2.3 Results for pressures less than the critical pressure Referencer/>11 Adiabatic free expansion and Joule-Thomson expansion 11.1 Adiabatic free expansion 11.2 Joule-Thomson expansion Referencer/>Appendicer/> A Tables of valuer/> Reference B Formulas for the discontinuities in isothermal compreility, 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编辑手记