Description
Book SynopsisThis monograph provides statistical mechanical foundations for nonlinear irreversible processes in classical, quantum or relativistic gases and in simple and complex liquids. It also covers continuum theories of irreversible processes with or without electromagnetic fields.
Table of ContentsBalance Equations and the First Law of Thermodynamics.
The Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Local Theory of Irreversible Processes.
Irreversible Thermodynamics of Linear Processes.
Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics.
Irreversible Thermodynamics of Heterogeneous Systems.
Irreversible Processes in Electromagnetic Fields.
Scattering Theory of Particles.
Kinetic Theory of Dilute Monatomic Gases.
Kinetic Theories of Quantum Gases and Gases with InternalStates.
Kinetic Theory of Dense Simple Fluids.
Transport Processes in Dense Simple Fluids.
Kinetic Theory of Dense Polyatomic Fluids.
Relativistic Kinetic Theory of Gases and IrreversibleThermodynamics.
Index.
