Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Chap. I Introduction
- Chap. II A Preliminary Survey
- Chap. III Pressure in a Gas
- Chap. IV Collisions and Maxwell's Law
- Chap. V The Free Path in a Gas
- Chap. VI Viscosity
- Chap. VII Conduction of Heat
- Chap. VIII Diffusion
- Chap. IX General Theory of a Gas not in a Steady State
- Chap. X General Statistical Mechanics and Thermo-dynamics
- Chap. XI Calorimetry and Molecular Structure
- App. I Maxwell's proof of the Law of Distribution of Velocities
- App. II The H-theorem
- App. III The Normal Partition of Energy
- App. IV The Law of Distribution of Coordinates
- App. V Tables for Numerical Calculations
- App. VI Integrals involving Exponentials
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Names
Chap. VII - Conduction of Heat
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 January 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Chap. I Introduction
- Chap. II A Preliminary Survey
- Chap. III Pressure in a Gas
- Chap. IV Collisions and Maxwell's Law
- Chap. V The Free Path in a Gas
- Chap. VI Viscosity
- Chap. VII Conduction of Heat
- Chap. VIII Diffusion
- Chap. IX General Theory of a Gas not in a Steady State
- Chap. X General Statistical Mechanics and Thermo-dynamics
- Chap. XI Calorimetry and Molecular Structure
- App. I Maxwell's proof of the Law of Distribution of Velocities
- App. II The H-theorem
- App. III The Normal Partition of Energy
- App. IV The Law of Distribution of Coordinates
- App. V Tables for Numerical Calculations
- App. VI Integrals involving Exponentials
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Names
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- An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases , pp. 185 - 197Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1982