2nd Edition. — Springer, 2020. — 629 p. — (Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment). — ISBN: 978-3-030-20878-3.
This book presents the fundamental principles of Classical thermodynamics, supplemented by an overview of Statistical Thermodynamics, and explores their applications to a wide variety of problems in the Earth and Planetary sciences, spanning the range from the Earth’s core, mantle and crust, aqueous solutions and fluid-rock interactions to solar nebula, terrestrial planets and asteroids.
First and Second Laws
Thermodynamic Potentials and Derivative Properties
Third Law and Thermochemistry
Critical Phenomenon and Equations of States
Phase Transitions, Melting, and Reactions of Stoichiometric Phases
Thermal Pressure, Earth’s Interior and Adiabatic Processes
Thermodynamics of Solutions
Thermodynamic Solution and Mixing Models: Non-electrolytes
Equilibria Involving Solutions and Gaseous Mixtures
Element Fractionation in Geological Systems
Electrolyte Solutions and Electrochemistry
Surface Effects
Statistical Thermodynamics Primer