Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics in Biophysics

A. Katchalsky; Peter F. Curran

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Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics in Biophysics

A. Katchalsky and Peter F. Curran

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1965

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

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October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674494121

Hardcover published on:

February 5, 1965

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674494114

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Reprint 2014

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Front matter:

10

Main content:

248

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35

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35 line illustrations

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674494121

eBook ISBN: 9780674494121

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674494114

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Nonequilibrium thermodynamics.; Biophysics.

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