Klaus Lucas Books

This book presents the development of modern molecular models for fluids from the interdisciplinary fundamentals of classical and statistical mechanics, of electrodynamics and of quantum mechanics. The concepts and working equations of the various fields are briefly derived and illustrated in the context of understanding the properties of molecular systems. Special emphasis is devoted to the quantum mechanical basis, since this is used throughout in the calculation of the molecular energy of a system. The book is application oriented. It stresses those elements that are essential for practical model development. The fundamentals are then used to derive models for various types of applications. Finally, equation of state models are presented based on quantum chemically based models for the intermolecular potential energy and perturbation theory. The book is suited for graduate courses in chemical and mechanical engineering, physics and chemistry, but may also, by proper selection, be found useful on the undergraduate level.

Dieses moderne Lehrbuch der Thermodynamik bietet eine integrierte Darstellung der gemeinsamen Grundgesetze der Energie- und Stoffumwandlungen. Es betont die Rolle der Thermodynamik als systemanalytische Methode und fA1/4hrt in die Grundlagen der Energie-, Verfahrens- und Umwelttechnik ein. Das Buch eignet sich zum Gebrauch neben den Vorlesungen, ist aber auch zum Selbststudium und als Nachschlagewerk fA1/4r den Ingenieur in der Praxis gedacht.