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© Stephen G. Brush

Lectures on Gas Theory

by Ludwig Boltzmann
translated by Stephen G. Brush

Originally published in German as Vorlesungen ueber Gastheorie (2 vols., 1896 & 1898).
Translation, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1964.
Reprint, New York: Dover Publications, 1995. ix + 490 pp. ISBN 0-486-68455-5 (paperback).

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CONTENTS

Translator's Introduction

    PART I: THEORY OF GASES WITH MONATOMIC MOLECULES, WHOSE DIMENSIONS ARE NEGLIGIBLE COMPARED TO THE MEAN FREE PATH
  • I.  The molecules are elastic spheres. External forces and visible mass motion absent.
  • II.  The molecules are centers of force. Consideration of external forces and motions of the gas.
  • III.  The molecules repel each other with a force inversely proportional to the power of their distance.
    PART II: VAN DER WAALS' THEORY; GASES WITH COMPOUND MOLECULES; GAS DISSOCIATION; CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • Foreword
  • I.  Foundations of van der Waals' theory.
  • II.  Physical discussion of the van der Waals theory.
  • III.  Principles of general mechanics needed for gas theory.
  • IV.  Gases with compound molecules.
  • V.  Derivation of van der Waals' equation by means of the virial concept.
  • VI.  Theory of dissociation
  • VII.  Supplements to the laws of thermal equilibrium in gases with compound molecules.
Bibliography
Index