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Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Textbook Guide; 0.1 List of Thermodynamics Textbooks by Discipline; 0.2 Terminology and Notation Used in This Book; 0.3 Terminology and Notation Used in Textbooks; Chapter 1: About This Book; 1.1 Who Should Use This Book?; 1.2 Philosophy of This Book; 1.3 Four Core Concepts of Thermodynamics; 1.4 How to Use This Book; Part I: Equilibrium; Chapter 2: Philosophy of Thermodynamics; 2.1 Thermodynamics; 2.2 Scientific Models & Laws; 2.3 Statistical Mechanics; Chapter 3: Thermodynamic States, Variables & Quantities

3.1 Thermodynamic Variables & Quantities3.2 More on Thermodynamic Quantities; 3.3 Thermodynamic & Molecular States; Chapter 4: Zeroth Law & Thermodynamic Equilibrium; 4.1 Equation of State; 4.2 Thermodynamic Equilibrium; 4.3 Zeroth Law; 4.4 Ideal Gases & Non-ideal Systems; Part II: Energy; Chapter 5: Molecular Energy, Internal Energy, & Temperature; 5.1 Energy at the Molecular Scale; 5.2 Internal Energy; 5.3 Intermolecular Interactions & the Kinetic Model; 5.4 Equipartition Theorem & Temperature; Chapter 6: Boltzmann Distribution & the Kinetic Model; 6.1 Boltzmann Distribution

6.2 Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution6.3 Maxwell Distribution of Speeds; Part III: Thermodynamic Change; Chapter 7: First Law & Thermodynamic Change; 7.1 System & Surroundings; 7.2 Thermodynamic Change; 7.3 First Law; Chapter 8: Work, Heat, & Reversible Change; 8.1 State Functions & Path Functions; 8.2 Definition of Work; 8.3 Definition of Heat; 8.4 Reversible & Irreversible Change; 8.5 A Gas Expansion Example; Chapter 9: Partial Derivative Quantities; 9.1 Internal Energy & Heat Capacity at Constant Volume; 9.2 Enthalpy & Heat Capacity at Constant Pressure

9.3 Other Partial Derivative Quantities9.4 Partial Derivatives & Differentials; Part IV: Entropy; Chapter 10: Entropy & Information Theory; 10.1 Why Does Entropy Seem So Complicated?; 10.2 Entropy as Unknown Molecular Information; 10.3 Amount of Information; 10.4 Application to Thermodynamics; Chapter 11: Entropy & Ideal Gas; 11.1 Measuring Our Molecular Ignorance; 11.2 Volume Contribution to Entropy; 11.3 Temperature Contribution to Entropy; 11.4 Combined Entropy Expression; 11.5 Entropy, Heat, & Reversible Adiabatic Expansion; Chapter 12: Second Law & Spontaneous Irreversible Change

12.1 Heat Engines & Thermodynamic Cycles12.2 Traditional Statements of the Second Law; 12.3 Entropy Statement of the Second Law; 12.4 Information Statement of the Second Law; 12.5 Maximum Entropy & the Clausius Inequality; Chapter 13: Third Law, Carnot Cycle, & Absolute Entropy; 13.1 Entropy & Reversible Change; 13.2 Carnot Cycle & Absolute Zero Temperature; 13.3 Third Law & Absolute Entropy; Part V: Free Energy; Chapter 14: Free Energy & Exergy; 14.1 What Would Happen If Entropy Were a Variable?; 14.2 Helmholtz and Gibbs Free Energies; 14.3 Second Law & Maximum Work; 14.4 Exergy

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