An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases

James Jeans

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511628849

This book can be described as a student's edition of the author's Dynamical Theory of Gases. It is written, however, with the needs of the student of physics and physical chemistry in mind, and those parts of which the interest was mainly mathematical have been discarded. This does not mean that the book contains no serious mathematical discussion; the discussion in particular of the distribution law is quite detailed; but in the main the mathematics is concerned with the discussion of particular phenomena rather than with the discussion of fundamentals.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Chap. I - Introduction
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Chap. II - A Preliminary Survey
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Chap. III - Pressure in a Gas
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Chap. IV - Collisions and Maxwell's Law
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Chap. V - The Free Path in a Gas
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Chap. VI - Viscosity
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Chap. VII - Conduction of Heat
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Chap. VIII - Diffusion
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Chap. IX - General Theory of a Gas not in a Steady State
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Chap. X - General Statistical Mechanics and Thermo-dynamics
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Chap. XI - Calorimetry and Molecular Structure
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App. I - Maxwell's proof of the Law of Distribution of Velocities
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App. II - The H-theorem
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App. III - The Normal Partition of Energy
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App. IV - The Law of Distribution of Coordinates
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App. V - Tables for Numerical Calculations
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App. VI - Integrals involving Exponentials
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Index of Subjects
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Index of Names
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Preface
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Chap. I - Introduction
pp 1-16

Chap. II - A Preliminary Survey
pp 17-50

Chap. III - Pressure in a Gas
pp 51-102

Chap. IV - Collisions and Maxwell's Law
pp 103-130

Chap. V - The Free Path in a Gas
pp 131-155

Chap. VI - Viscosity
pp 156-184

Chap. VII - Conduction of Heat
pp 185-197

Chap. VIII - Diffusion
pp 198-224

Chap. IX - General Theory of a Gas not in a Steady State
pp 225-252

Chap. X - General Statistical Mechanics and Thermo-dynamics
pp 253-274

Chap. XI - Calorimetry and Molecular Structure
pp 275-295

App. I - Maxwell's proof of the Law of Distribution of Velocities
pp 296-296

App. II - The H-theorem
pp 297-298

App. III - The Normal Partition of Energy
pp 299-300

App. IV - The Law of Distribution of Coordinates
pp 301-304

App. V - Tables for Numerical Calculations
pp 305-305

App. VI - Integrals involving Exponentials
pp 306-306

Index of Subjects
pp 307-309

Index of Names
pp 309-311

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