Learning the basics of physical chemistry with a unique, innovative approach. Georg Job and Regina Rueffler introduce readers to an almost intuitive understanding of the two fundamental concepts, chemical potential and entropy. Avoiding complex mathematics, these concepts are illustrated with the help of numerous demonstration experiments. Using these concepts, the subjects of chemical equilibria, kinetics and electrochemistry are presented at an undergraduate level. The basic quantities and equations necessary for the qualitative and quantitative description of chemical transformations are introduced by using everyday experiences and particularly more than one hundred illustrative experiments, many presented online as videos. These are in turn supplemented by nearly 400 figures, and by learning objectives for each chapter. From a review of the German edition: "This book is the most revolutionary textbook on physical chemistry that has been published in the last few decades."

Based on courses for students of science, engineering, and systems science at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences at Winterthur, this text approaches the fundamentals of thermodynamics from the point of view of continuum physics. By describing physical processes in terms of the flow and balance of physical quantities, the author achieves a unified approach to hydraulics, electricity, mechanics and thermodynamics. In this way, it becomes clear that entropy is the fundamental property that is transported in thermal processes (i.e., heat), and that temperature is the corresponding potential. The resulting theory of the creation, flow, and balance of entropy provides the foundation of a dynamical theory of heat. This extensively revised and updated second edition includes new material on dynamical chemical processes, thermoelectricity, and explicit dynamical modeling of thermal and chemical processes. To make the book more useful for courses on thermodynamics and physical chemistry at different levels, coverage of topics is divided into introductory and more advanced and formal treatments. Previous knowledge of thermodynamics is not required, but the reader should be familiar with basic electricity, mechanics, and chemistry and should have some knowledge of elementary calculus. The special feature of the first edition -- the integration of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and chemical processes -- has been maintained and strengthened. Key Features: * First revised edition of a successful text/reference in fourteen years * More than 25 percent new material * Provides a unified approach to thermodynamics and heat transport in fundamental physical and chemical processes * Includes worked examples, questions, and problem sets for use as a teaching text or to test the reader's understanding * Includes many system dynamics models of laboratory experiments

This manual contains detailed solutions of slightly more than half of the end of chapter problems in The Dynamics of Heat. The numbers of the problems includ ed here are listed on the following page. A friend who knows me well noticed that I have included only those problems which I could actually solve myself. Also, to make things more interesting, I have built random errors into the solutions. If you find any of them, please let me know. Also, if you have different ways of solving a problem, I would be happy to hear from you. Any feedback, also on the book in general, would be greatly appreciated. There is an Errata sheet for the first printing of The Dynamics of Heat. By the time you read this, it should be available on the Internet for you to download. A reference to the URL of the sheet can be found in the announcement of my book on Springer's WWWpages (www.springer-ny.com). Winterthur, 1996 Hans Fuchs vi Numbers of Problems Solved Prologue 1,2,4,5,6,8, 12, 13, 17, 19,23,25,27,30,32,33,34,38,39,40,42,44,47, 49,50,53,55,60,61,62 Chapter 1 2,4,5,8,9,11,13,15, 16, 17, 18,20,21,24,26,27,29,31,33,34,37,39,41, 42,44,45,47,49,51,53,55,57,58,60,62 Chapter 2 1,3,5,6,7,9,10,12,14,15,16,17,19,20,22,23,24,26,27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36,37,38,41,42,46,47,49 Interlude 2,3,4,5,6,8,10,11,12,13, 18, 19,20,21,23,24,28 Chapter 3 2,4,6,8,10,12,15,16,17,18,22,24,25,28,30,31,35,36 Chapter 4 1,2,4,6,8,9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18,20,21,22,25,27,28,29,30,31,33,34,35, 39,40,43,44,46 Epilogue 1, 2, 11 PROLOGUE Solutions of Selected Problems 2 PROLOGUE: Problem 1 Calculate the hydraulic capacitance of a glass tube used in a mercury pressure gauge. The inner diameter of the tube is 8.0 mm.

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