Thermodynamics of the Earth and Planets

ISBN: 9781139118644 出版年：2011 页码：724 Alberto Patino Douce Cambridge University Press

1. Energy in planetary processes and the First Law of Thermodynamics 2. Energy sources in planetary bodies 3. Energy transfer processes in planetary bodies 4. The Second Law of Thermodynamics and thermodynamic potentials 5. Chemical equilibrium: using composition as a thermodynamic variable 6. Phase equilibrium and phase diagrams 7. Critical phase transitions 8. Equations of state for solids and the internal structure of terrestrial planets 9. Thermodynamics of planetary volatiles 10. Melting in planetary bodies 11. Dilute solutions 12. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and rates of natural processes 13. Topics in atmospheric thermodynamics and radiative energy transfer 14. Thermodynamics of life References Index.