International Conference on Thermodynamics, Cardiff, UK, 1–4 April 1970
This conference is part of the Chemical Thermodynamics series.
Preface
Main ideas in the axiomatics of thermodynamics
On subadditivity and convexity properties of thermodynamic functions
The extension of classical phenomenological thermodynamics to open systems (the chemical potential)
General definition of the perfect gas concept
Resolution of the hierarchy of many-body distribution functions
The thermodynamics of phase equilibrium: from the phase rule to the scaling laws
Thermodynamics of surface phenomena
Non-hydrostatic thermodynamics of chemical and phase changes
Some aspects of the thermodynamic limit
Determination of the free volume and the entropy by a Monte Carlo method
The thermodynamic description of phase transitions
Some recent results in the theory of fading memory
A new systematic approach to non-equilibrium thermodynamics
On the validity of the Clausius-Duhem inequality
On the rational foundations of the non-equilibrium thermodynamics of ordinary fluid mixtures
Thermodynamic restrictions in non-linear rate type materials
The concept of irreversibility in statistical mechanics
Thermodynamic theory of stability, structure and fluctuations
Stochastic processes and the quantum evolution of states
Irreversibility in non-linear oscillator systems
Entropy oscillation and the H theorem for finite segments of infinite, coupled-harmonic-oscillator chains
Secondary effects in irreversible thermodynamics
Extreme régimes of temperature and pressure in astrophysics
Time asymmetry in electrodynamics and cosmology
Cosmic evolution and thermodynamic irreversibility
Thermodynamics of hyperon stars
Carnot cycles for general relativistic systems
Ensemble versus time average probabilities in relativistic statistical mechanics
Variational formulation of relativistic fluid thermodynamics
An elementary introduction to entropy via irreversibility
A simple, unified approach to the first and second laws of thermodynamics
Principles of classical thermodynamics
Thermodynamics of solids under stress
The laws of thermodynamics
Temporal asymmetry in thermodynamics and cosmology
Discussion on the teaching of thermodynamics