Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics in Biophysics

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS -- CHAPTER 2. THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS -- CHAPTER 3. THE GIBBS EQUATION -- CHAPTER 4. ENTROPY CHANGE IN IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES -- CHAPTER 5. ISOTHERMAL EQUILIBRIA AND CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS -- C...
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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS -- CHAPTER 2. THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS -- CHAPTER 3. THE GIBBS EQUATION -- CHAPTER 4. ENTROPY CHANGE IN IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES -- CHAPTER 5. ISOTHERMAL EQUILIBRIA AND CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS -- CHAPTER 6. FLOWS AND FORCES IN THE THERMODYNAMICS OF IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES -- CHAPTER 7. ENTROPY PRODUCTION IN CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 8. THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL EQUATIONS RELATING FLOWS AND FORCES; ONSAGER'S LAW -- CHAPTER 9 ISOTHERMAL DIFFUSION AND SEDIMENTATION -- CHAPTER 10. MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY TO NONELECTROLYTES: DISCONTINUOUS SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 11. TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS CONTAINING ELECTROLYTES: IONIC CONDUCTANCE AND DIFFUSION -- CHAPTER 12. ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESSES IN DISCONTINUOUS SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 13. SYSTEMS WITH TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS -- CHAPTER 14. RELATIONS BETWEEN CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND DIFFUSION PROCESSES -- CHAPTER 15. STATISTICAL DERIVATION OF ONSAGER'S LAW -- CHAPTER 16. STATIONARY STATES: THE PRINCIPLE OF MINIMUM ENTROPY PRODUCTION -- LIST OF SYMBOLS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX Ausführliche Beschreibung