TY - GEN AU - Guha,Evelyn TI - Basic thermodynamics SN - 9788173193217 U1 - 536.7 23 PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi PB - Narosa pub. KW - Thermodynamics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Temperature-- 2. Thermodynamic Equilibrium: Quasistatic Processes and Work-- 3. Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics-- 4. The Second Law of Thermodynamics-- 5. Consequences of the Second Law-- 6. General Thermodynamics Relations-- 7. Thermodynamics Potentials-- 8. Low Temperatures-- 9. Thermodynamics of Radiation-- 10. Power and Refrigeration Cycles-- References-- Index N2 - A comprehensive and rigorous approach to classical thermodynamics. Based on the three laws as postulates, the relationship between the various properties of a system have been derived without recourse to assumptions about its molecular structure. A large number of applications are included ER -