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OverviewOf the three basic states of matter, liquid is perhaps the most complex. While its flow properties are described by fluid mechanics, its thermodynamic properties are often neglected, and for many years it was widely believed that a general theory of liquid thermodynamics was unattainable. In recent decades that view has been challenged, as new advances have finally enabled us to understand and describe the thermodynamic properties of liquids. This book explains the recent developments in theory, experiment and modelling that have enabled us to understand the behaviour of excitations in liquids and the impact of this behaviour on heat capacity and other basic properties. Presented in plain language with a focus on real liquids and their experimental properties, this book is a useful reference text for researchers and graduate students in condensed matter physics and chemistry as well as for advanced courses covering the theory of liquids. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kostya Trachenko (Queen Mary University of London)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781009355476ISBN 10: 1009355473 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 17 August 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'I was searching for a better description of liquids when I encountered Professor Trachenko's work, and immediately recognized its elegance and power. I truly enjoyed reading his book: his lucid explanations and critical insights on Frenkel's work and his objective assessment of the deficiencies of other approaches. This book not only revitalizes Frenkel's theory but elevates it to new heights. Professor Trachenko's book lays the foundations for more advances to come.' Gang Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 'Over the past decade there have been enormous advances in our understanding of liquids and supercritical fluids due to new theoretical proposals, the rediscovery of old theoretical proposals, and new experimental findings. This text provides a single comprehensive and cohesive account of these developments, placing them in the context of our mature understanding of the solid and gas states. There is a focus throughout on how we can understand the properties of real liquids - viscosity, heat capacity etc. - that determine their behaviour in everyday life and in planetary interiors. Reading it has made me appreciate just how urgently such a text was required. It will certainly become a key text in my collection and, I am sure, in the collection of other scientists with an interest in the nature of the basic states of matter.' John Proctor, University of Salford Author InformationKostya Trachenko is Professor at Queen Mary University of London working in condensed matter physics. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and held a Research Fellowship in Darwin College, Cambridge, and an EPSRC Advanced Fellowship. His work was awarded the CCP5 Prize and was one of the top ten Physics World Breakthroughs in 2020. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |