Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Reference tables
- 1 Introduction and guide for this text
- 2 Equilibrium and entropy
- 3 Energy and how the microscopic world works
- 4 Entropy and how the macroscopic world works
- 5 The fundamental equation
- 6 The first law and reversibility
- 7 Legendre transforms and other potentials
- 8 Maxwell relations and measurable properties
- 9 Gases
- 10 Phase equilibrium
- 11 Stability
- 12 Solutions: fundamentals
- 13 Solutions: advanced and special cases
- 14 Solids
- 15 The third law
- 16 The canonical partition function
- 17 Fluctuations
- 18 Statistical mechanics of classical systems
- 19 Other ensembles
- 20 Reaction equilibrium
- 21 Reaction coordinates and rates
- 22 Molecular simulation methods
- Index
- References
17 - Fluctuations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Reference tables
- 1 Introduction and guide for this text
- 2 Equilibrium and entropy
- 3 Energy and how the microscopic world works
- 4 Entropy and how the macroscopic world works
- 5 The fundamental equation
- 6 The first law and reversibility
- 7 Legendre transforms and other potentials
- 8 Maxwell relations and measurable properties
- 9 Gases
- 10 Phase equilibrium
- 11 Stability
- 12 Solutions: fundamentals
- 13 Solutions: advanced and special cases
- 14 Solids
- 15 The third law
- 16 The canonical partition function
- 17 Fluctuations
- 18 Statistical mechanics of classical systems
- 19 Other ensembles
- 20 Reaction equilibrium
- 21 Reaction coordinates and rates
- 22 Molecular simulation methods
- Index
- References
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- Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsAn Integrated Approach, pp. 343 - 356Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015
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