En -richard e sonntag fundamentals of thermodynamics

Preface

In this seventh edition we have retained the basic objective of the earlier editions:

• to present a comprehensive and rigorous treatment of classical thermodynamicswhile

retaining an engineering perspective, and in doing so

• to lay the groundwork for subsequent studies in such fields as fluid mechanics, heat

transfer, and statistical thermodynamics, and also

• to prepare the student to effectively use thermodynamics in the practice of engineering.

We have deliberately directed our presentation to students. New concepts and definitions

are presented in the context where they are first relevant in a natural progression. The

first thermodynamic properties to be defined (Chapter 2) are those that can be readily measured:

pressure, specific volume, and temperature. In Chapter 3, tables of thermodynamic

properties are introduced, but only in regard to these measurable properties. Internal energy

and enthalpy are introduced in connection with the first law, entropy with the second law,

and the Helmholtz and Gibbs functions in the chapter on thermodynamic relations. Many

real world realistic examples have been included in the book to assist the student in gaining

an understanding of thermodynamics, and the problems at the end of each chapter have

been carefully sequenced to correlate with the subject matter, and are grouped and identified

as such. The early chapters in particular contain a much larger number of examples,

illustrations and problems than in previous editions, and throughout the book, chapter-end

summaries are included, followed by a set of concept/study problems that should be of

benefit to the students.

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