Chemical Thermodynamics: An Introduction [Hardcover]

Prologue
1. Classical Mechanics
2. Energy
3. The Ideal Gas  The Simplest Form of Matter
4. Thermodynamics and its First Law
5. Carnots Thought Experiment
6. Heat and Caloric
7. Entropy, The Second Law of Thermodynamics and Directionality
8. Statistical Thermodynamics
9. Enthalpy and Free Energy
Appendix I. Summary
Appendix II. An Overview of Classical Thermodynamics
Appendix III. Taking Entropy A Bit Further

Thermodynamics can never be made easy, but with the right approach and a use of scientific terms it can be made easier, and it can give a person an insight into how science explains why things happen the way they do. The approach adopted in this book will give readers a better understanding of how science works together with its limitations.

Victor CM Freestone was a multi-award winning first class chemistry student who during his thirty year professional career based the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) played a key role on the research, development and maintenance of the UKs nuclear deterrent. He also applied his unique expertise to provide specialist support to a wide range of organisations/ government bodies on the nuclear and radiological threats faced by the UK and its allies.

Thermodynamics can never be made easy, but with the right approach and a consistent use of scientific terms it can be made less opaque, and it can give a person, who is prepared to try, an insight into how science explains why things happen the way they do. The approach adopted in this book will give readers a better understanding of how science works together with its limitations. Unfortunately, thermodynamics, or at least some parts of it, is a subject which (apart from quantum mechanics) probably causes most confusion and bewilderment amongst scientists. The majoritls(