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Nome campo	dettagli
Dewey Class	536.7
Titolo	Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics ([EBook]) / Andrea Di Vita
Autore	Di Vita, Andrea
Pubblicazione	Cham : Springer International Publishing , 2022
Physical Details	: online resource (xxi, 221 p.)
Serie	Lecture notes in physics ; 1007
ISBN	978-3-031-12221-7
Summary Note	The importance of thermodynamics, particularly its Second Principle, to all branches of science in which systems with very large numbers of particles are involved cannot be overstated. This book offers a panoramic view of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Perhaps the two most attractive aspects of thermodynamic equilibrium are its stability and its independence from the specifics of the particular system involved. Does an equivalent exist for non-equilibrium thermodynamics? Many researchers have tried to describe such stability in the same way that the Second Principle describes the stability of thermodynamic equilibrium - and failed. Most of them invoked either entropy, or its production rate, or some modified version of it. In their efforts, however, those researchers have found a lot of useful stability criteria for far-from-equilibrium states. These criteria usually take the form of variational principles, in terms of the minimization or maximization of some quantity. The aim of this book is to discuss these variational principles by highlighting the role of macroscopic quantities. This book is aimed at a wider audience than those most often exposed to the criteria described, i.e., undergraduates in STEM, as well as the usual interested and invested professionals. (provided by publisher):
Mode of acces to digital resource	Digital reproduction.- Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2022. - Digital book. Cham Springer Nature 2022. - Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher). Available as searchable text in PDF format
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users).
Internet Site	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12221-7
Link alle Opere Legate	Riferimenti soggetto: . Nonequilibrium thermodynamics . Authors: Di Vita, Andrea . Series: Lecture notes in physics . Classification: 536.7 .

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