Understanding the properties of matter / Michael de Podesta.
"Understanding the Properties of Matter: 2nd Edition is an entertaining and innovative textbook that fulfills the needs of undergraduate physicists and physics teachers alike. This book introduces the properties of matter, taking a unique phenomenological approach. After an overview of basic id...
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London ; New York :
Taylor & Francis,
2001.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Constants
- Background theory
- The electromagnetic field
- Classical and quantum physics
- Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
- Measurement
- Units
- Key measurement techniques
- Environments
- Uncertainty
- Gases: Background theory
- The ideal gas model
- Calculating microscopic properties
- Beyond the ideal gas model
- Gases: Comparison with experiment
- Density
- Heat Capacity
- Compressibility: a discussion
- Thermal conductivity
- Speed of sound
- Electrical properties
- Optical properties
- Magnetic properties
- Solids: Background theory
- Molecular solids
- Ionic solids
- Covalent solids
- Metals
- Real solids
- Solids: Comparison with experiment
- Density
- Compressibility and bulk modulus
- Thermal expansivity
- Speed of sound
- Heat capacity
- Electrical properties
- Thermal conductivity
- Optical properties
- Magnetic properties
- Liquids: Background theory
- Bonding in liquids
- The structure of liquids
- The dynamics of a liquid
- Liquids: Comparison with experiment
- Density
- Compressibility and bulk modulus
- Thermal expansivity
- Speed of sound
- Viscosity
- Surface energy
- Vapour pressure
- The cell model
- Heat capacity
- Thermal conductivity
- Electrical properties
- Optical properties
- Changes of phase: Background theory
- Free energy
- Phase transitions
- Enthalpy change on transformation
- The order of a phase change
- Nucleation
- Phase diagrams
- Changes of phase: Comparison with experiment
- Ch. 1. Welcome
- Ch. 2. Background theory
- Ch. 3. Measurement
- Ch. 4. Gases: Background theory
- Ch. 5. Gases: Comparison with experiment
- Ch. 6. Solids: Background theory
- Ch. 7. Solids: Comparison with experiment
- Ch. 8. Liquids: Background theory
- Ch. 9. Liquids: Comparison with experiment
- Ch. 10. Changes of phase: Background theory
- Ch. 11. Changes of phase: Comparison with experiment
- Ch. 12. Questions
- App. A1. Maxwellian speed distribution of a gas
- App. A2. Derivation of speed of sound formulae
- App. A3. The Gibbs free energy
- App. A4. Einstein and Debye theories of heat capacity
- App. A5. Derivation of formula for bulk modulus.