Chemical and Engineering Thermodynamics

About this book

A More Accessible Approach to Thermodynamics In this third edition, you'll find a modern approach to applied thermodynamics. The material is presented in sufficient detail to provide a solid understanding of the principles of thermodynamics and its classical applications. Also included are the applications of chemical engineering thermodynamics to issues such as the distribution of chemicals in the environment, safety, polymers, and solid-state-processing. To make thermodynamics more accessible, several helpful features are included. Important concepts are emphasized in marginal notes throughout each chapter. Illustrations have also been added to demonstrate the use of these concepts and to provide a better understanding of the material. Boxes are used to highlight equations so that students can easily identify the end results of analyses. You can also visit the text's web site to download additional problem sets, computer programs to solve thermodynamic and phase behavior problems, and Mathcad worksheets used for problem solving.

Contents

Introduction. 1. Conservation of Mass and Energy. 2. Entropy: An Additional Balance Equation. 3. The Thermodynamic Properties of Real Substances. 4. Equilibrium and Stability in One-Component Systems. 5. The Thermodynamics of Multicomponent Mixtures. 6. The Estimation of the Gibbs Free Energy and Fugacity of a Component in a Mixture. 7. Phase Equilibrium in Mixtures. 8. Chemical Equilibrium and the Balance Equations for Chemically Reacting Systems. Appendices. I. Conversion Factors for SI Units. II. The Molar Heat Capacities of Gases in the Ideal Gas. III. The Thermodynamic Properties of Water and Steam. IV. Heat and Free Energies of Formation. V. Heats of Combustion. Index.

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Biography

About the author STANLEY I. SANDLER is the H. B. du Pont Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware as well as professor of chemistry and biochemistry. He is also the founding director of its Center for Molecular and Engineering Thermodynamics. In addition to this book, Sandler is the author of 235 research papers and a monograph, and is the editor of a book on thermodynamic modeling and five conference proceedings. He earned the B.Ch.E. degree in 1962 from the City College of New York , and the Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1966.