Thermodynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences

First and Second Laws.- Thermodynamic Potentials and Derivative Properties.- Third Law and Thermochemistry.- Critical Phenomenon and Equations of States.- Phase Transitions, Melting and Reactions of Stoichiometric Phases.- Thermal Pressure, Earth's Interior and Adiabatic Processes.- Thermodynamics of Solutions.- Thermodynamic Solution Models: Non-electrolytes.- Equilibria Involving Solutions and Gaseous Mixtures.- Element Fractionation in Geological Systems.- Electrolyte Solutions and Electrochemistry.- Surface Effects.

>A new book on thermodynamics will be well received. There has beennothing of substance for a long time!*Jiba: *> I couldn't resist the temptation of sending you the Content sectionof the book to give you an idea of what I have tried to do. The book isfinished except that I am fine tuning and updating certain sections. Thebook has been written over a period of 6 years, so some sections needsome updating. Any comments/feedback will be appreciated, when you get achance to skim through the Contents.*Mark: *>Looks excellent and thorough. I especially like the irreversiblethermodynamics at the end. *Jamie Connolly (Professor, ETH, Zuerich): *greetings jiba! i'm flattered that you asked my opinion; coincidentallyi've been communicating with some people at a company called "fuel tech"who are interested in computing natural phase equilibria and when theyasked me yesterday what books i could recommend it occurred to me thatthe only geologic text i like is ganguly and saxena, which is now a bitout of date so i hope this one comes out soon (for that matter i alsoneed a text for my course). in fact i'd like to read all the chapters, but because our semester is just starting and my "script" (for a thermocourse) is still unprepared i'm probably already in deeper water than issafe for me. more anon on the g-min chapter. all the best, jamie. (Note: Ganguly and Saxena: Mixtures and Mineral Reactions, Springer, 1987) *Sumit Chakraborty (Professor, University of Bochum: teaches a generalcourse of thermodynamics for all science students): *Downloaded the book - looks impressive, I will study it insome detailover the next few days - in fact I will use them in the courses I amteaching now in bits and pieces.