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7 edition of Statistical mechanics of the liquid surface found in the catalog.

# Statistical mechanics of the liquid surface

Written in English

Subjects:
• Surfaces (Physics),
• Liquid metals.,
• Liquid crystals.,
• Statistical mechanics.

• Edition Notes

Classifications The Physical Object Other titles Liquid surface. Statement Clive A. Croxton. LC Classifications QC173.4.S94 C76 Pagination xxii, 345 p. : Number of Pages 345 Open Library OL4425260M ISBN 10 0471276634 LC Control Number 79040819

Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Author of Russian for the Scientist and Mathematician, Liquid state physics--a statistical mechanical introduction, Introduction to liquid state physics, Statistical mechanics of the liquid surface, Liquid state physics--a statistical. F. Reif, *Fundamentals of statistical and thermal physics., McGraw-Hill, This is a solid, rigorous book, and would make a good introductory standard text. It covers most of the basics very well, though due to its dated nature it falters when come to more advanced topics. Be carefulFile Size: 2MB. The important diﬁerence between quantum mechanics and statistical me-chanics is the fact that for all atomic systems quantum mechanics is obeyed, but for many systems the ﬂnite size of a sample is important. Therefore, in statistical mechanics it is much more important to understand what the as-sumptions are, and how they can be Size: 1MB.

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### Statistical mechanics of the liquid surface by Clive A. Croxton Download PDF EPUB FB2

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