Chemical Thermodynamics

Preface

The idea of writing a book on Chemical Thermodynamics was conceived during the eighties and the first edition came out in 1985. Our aim then, as it is now after having retired long ago from active teaching, is to provide an introduction to thermodynamics to the students of chemistry and other related sciences.

We have tried to enhance the contents in subsequent editions of this book. The phenomenon of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), first demonstrated in 1995 and for which the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded in 2001, prompted us to write at length about “A Few Applications of Quantum Statistics” in Appendix D. Thus, our desire to update and include new material has led to publication of this new edition.

We have attempted to build ...