CHAPTER 7. ENTROPY PRODUCTION IN CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. CHAPTER 1. THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS 3
6. CHAPTER 2. THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS 10
7. CHAPTER 3. THE GIBBS EQUATION 19
8. CHAPTER 4. ENTROPY CHANGE IN IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES 31
9. CHAPTER 5. ISOTHERMAL EQUILIBRIA AND CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS 46
10. CHAPTER 6. FLOWS AND FORCES IN THE THERMODYNAMICS OF IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES 60
11. CHAPTER 7. ENTROPY PRODUCTION IN CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS 74
12. CHAPTER 8. THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL EQUATIONS RELATING FLOWS AND FORCES; ONSAGER'S LAW 85
13. CHAPTER 9 ISOTHERMAL DIFFUSION AND SEDIMENTATION 98
14. CHAPTER 10. MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY TO NONELECTROLYTES: DISCONTINUOUS SYSTEMS 113
15. CHAPTER 11. TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS CONTAINING ELECTROLYTES: IONIC CONDUCTANCE AND DIFFUSION 133
16. CHAPTER 12. ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESSES IN DISCONTINUOUS SYSTEMS 149
17. CHAPTER 13. SYSTEMS WITH TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS 181
18. CHAPTER 14. RELATIONS BETWEEN CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND DIFFUSION PROCESSES 199
19. CHAPTER 15. STATISTICAL DERIVATION OF ONSAGER'S LAW 217
20. CHAPTER 16. STATIONARY STATES: THE PRINCIPLE OF MINIMUM ENTROPY PRODUCTION 229
21. LIST OF SYMBOLS 236
22. REFERENCES 239
23. INDEX 245