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1st ed.

Hradec Králové : Nucleus HK, 2004

370 s. : il., portréty, faksim. ; 31 cm

ISBN 80-86225-54-2 (váz.)

Pod názvem: Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic in cooperation with University of Western Bohemia, Faculty of Humanities and Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of New York in Prague, Kyoto University, Gruduate School of Energy Science

Obsahuje bibliografie, bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík

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Preface ...12 // Introduction to thermal science ...20 // Volume one // Aspects of history and links to modern science ...29 // 1) What makes thermal science beneficial? ...32 // a) Searching nature and the scale dimensions ...32 // b) Thermal feeling ...34 // c) Databases in thermal material sciences ...35 // d) Horizons of knowledge ...38 // e) Appraisal of the Internet ...41 // 2) Roots of Western civilization ...46 // a) Heat as a manufacturing tool ...46 // b) Mechanical motion and heat transfer ...48 // c) Understanding our universe ...52 // d) Miracle of commencement ...56 // e) Growth of modern theories ...58 // 3) Fire as a philosophical archetype ...66 // a) Sources and effects of fire, ...66 // b) Early Greek philosophical views ...68 // c) Concept of four elements ...70 // d) Impact of alchemy ...72 // 4) Renaissance and the New Age ...80 // a) Emerging new ideas ...80 // b) Phlogiston and caloric ...82 // c) Heat and energy ...83 // d) Atomists and matter ...86 // e) Underpinning of thermodynamics ...89 // Literature ...93 // Volume two // Appreciation of heat and thermal physics ...97 // 5) Heat, temperature and gradients ...100 // a) Development of the concept of temperature ...100 // b) Heat transfer ...102 // c) Non-stationary heat diffusion and the Schrödinger equation ...105 // d) Practical aspects of heat flow - contact resistance and periodical outcome ...105 // e) Warm-cool feeling ...107 // f) Turbulent boundary layers ...108 // g) Special aspects of non-equilibrium heat transfer ...108 // 6) Thermodynamic principles ...112 // a) Aspects of chemical thermodynamics ...112 // b) Effect of the rate of heating ...114 // c) Thermal properties and measurable quantities ...114 // d) Chemical reactions ...115 // e) Estimation and simulation of thermodynamic data for some inorganic compounds ...116 //

f) Heterogeneous systems and the effect of surface energy ...119 // g) Effect of perturbations and features of a rational approach ...122 // 7) Equilibrium and kinetic phase diagrams, nucleation and growth, glasses ...126 // a) Equilibria and generalized Clapeyron equations ...126 // b) Ideal and real solid solutions, phase diagrams ...127 // c) Nucleation phenomena and phase transitions ...129 // d) Kinetic phase diagrams ...132 // e) Aspects of invariant and variant processes ...135 // f) Thermodynamics of non-equilibrium glass transition ...135 // g) Use of temperature diagrams for a better understanding of transition processes in glasses ...138 // 8) Thermal physics of processes dynamics ...142 // a) Phase transitions and their order ...142 // b) Broadened phase transformations ...143 // c) Equilibrium background and kinetic degree of a phase transition ...144 // d) Constitutive equations applied in chemical kinetics ...144 // e) Modeling used in the description of reaction mechanism ..., ...147 // f) T-T-T and C-T phase diagrams ...149 // Literature ...151 // Volume three // Thermal treatment and the methods of thermal analysis ...155 // 9) Thermophysical examinations and temperature control ...158 // a) Measurements and modes of assessment ...158 // b) Treatment of the output signal ...161 // c) Characterization of experimental curves ...164 // d) Purpose of the measurement - exemplifying thermogravimetry ...166 // e) Origins of modern thermal analysis ...169 // 10) Thermal study of materials and substances ...174 // a) Temperature control ...174 // b) Temperature detection ...177 // c) Extreme temperature changes and the sample preparation methods ...178 // d) Surface treatment by lasers ...182 // e) Controversial character of bulk and spot observations ...185 // f) Particularity of temperature modulation ...187 // 11) Thermal analysis and calorimetry ...190 //

a) Systematic of calorimetry ...190 // b) Classification of thermoanalytical methods - heat balance ...191 // c) DTA and DSC as quantitative instruments ...192 // e) DTA calibration and the use of defined electrical pulses ..." ...194 // f) Practical cases of applications ...1 ...196 // g) Temperature modulated modes ...198 // 12) Non-isothermal kinetics by thermal analysis ...204 // a) Fundamental aspects of kinetic data evaluation ...204 // b) Formal kinetic models and the role of an accommodation function ...206 // c) Peculiarities of non-isothermal models ...208 // d) Optimal evaluation procedures ...211 // e) Oscillation-controlled-rate modes of thermal analysis, ...212 // f) Kinetic compensation effect ...213 // Literature ...215 // Volume four // Thermal dynamics and non-equilibrium phenomena ...219 // 13) Power laws, fractals, chaos and information; or how nature is smart ...222 // a) Stimulation responses and logarithmic dependences ...222 // b) Significance of limits and self-similarity ...224 // c) Sierpinski gaskets and fractal dimensions ...227 // d) Deterministic chaos, periodic points and logistic functions ...230 // e) Order, entropy and information ...232 // f) Information and organization ...235 // 14) Oscillation modes and modern theories of state ...242 // a) Pendulum and related theory of ordered and chaotic motions ...242 // b) Particles and their energies ...243 // c) Vibration structures in condensed state and the description of vacancies creation ...245 // d) Mathematical treatment of strong non-linearity above Tg transition ...245 // e) Micro-model of solid-liquid transition: two types of vibration units ...246 // f) Source of diffusion movements: non-deterministic elements ...247 // 15) Advanced evaluation of processes - disequilibria and dendritic growth ...250 // a) Classical kinetics and non-equilibrium thermodynamics ...250 //

b) Accounting on multiple fluxes ...252 // c) Stereology aspects ...253 // d) Dissipative structures ...254 // e) Interface stability, perturbation and oscillatory modes ...255 // f) Chaotic-like case of dendritic growth ...257 // 16) The principle of least action and self-organization of chemical reactions ...260 // a) How to evaluate unusual experiments ...260 // b) Regular patterns provided by living organisms ...261 // c) Repetitious order in some inorganic reactions ...262 // d) Bénard convective rolls ...264 // e) Principle of least action ...266 // f) Diffusion action of Brownian particles ...267 // g) Oscillatory regime of the Belousov- Zhabotinsky reactions ...268 // h) Quantum criterion and speed of diffusion ...270 // Literature ...273 // Volume five // Society, science and ecology - progress against survival ...277 // 17) Energy science and society - environmental dilemma ...280 // a) Heat as a motive power - engines ...280 // b) Alternative energy sources perspective to replace intermediary heat production ...282 // c) Resources of energy - how long they would last ...285 // d) Heat production as a source of unwanted emission - problem of ‘clean energy“ ...288 // e) Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of fluid systems and our ‘cosmological engine1 ...291 // 18) Thermodynamics and society - laws versus feelings ...298 // a) Application of thermodynamic laws to society behavior ...298 // b) Some extended thermodynamic thoughts in economics ...300 // c) Rules of behavior: strategy for survival and evolution ...302 // 19) Modern materials and society ...306 // a) Intelligent processing and manufacturing of advanced materials ...306 // b) Metallic glasses ...308 // c) Ceramic high-temperature superconductors ...311 // d) Bio-compatible glass-ceramics as mimetic materials for the bone tissue implantations ...318 //

20) Advanced trends in understanding our Universe ...326 // a) Bartoli’s thermal engine and the zero-point radiation ...326 // b) Energy in vacuum and Casimir forces ... 327 // c) Hypothetical Bartoli’s engine working with zero-point electromagnetic radiation ...328 // d) Quantum impact on the study of low dimensional systems ...331 // e) Quantum information processing ...332 // f) Solar microwave background radiation ...333 // Literature ...339 // Conclusions ...344 // Acknowledgement ...349 // Personalities ...352 // Index ...361 // Layout of the art photos ...371 // Informercial ...373

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