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Krishna Kant Prasad, Hem Shanker Rey, K. P. Abraham "Chemical and Metallurgical Thermodynamics"

This book, Chemical and Metallurgical Thermodynamics, is based on author?s deep study of the subject as well as his long teaching experience. The emphasis has been on clarity of concepts, in addition to practical applications of thermodynamics in metallurgical process.

Preface

My first interaction with the science of thermodynamics was not a pleasant one. And I have

reasons to presume that for most science students the experience is similar. Soon after, I started patting

myself on my back since I felt that I could understand the subject better than my classmates, and with

a little help from my teachers I should be able to master the subject. But I found my teachers also

woefully lacking in clarity of concepts. Thereafter, my enthusiasm for Physical Chemistry and

Thermodynamics remained subsided until I became a student of metallurgy. The practical applicability

of thermodynamics in metallurgical processes, and the clarity of concepts taught to us by Prof. K.P.

Abraham, rekindled my interest so much so that, at that time I decided to make it my career. My Ph.D

work was related to thermodynamic properties and I undertook teaching Metallurgical Thermodynamics,

first at the Banaras Hindu University, and thereafter at Jamshedpur Technical Institute.

After joining steel industry, I became somewhat lethargic in my academic pursuits. Yet it was

always in the back of my mind that some means should be devised so that a student of science should

not find his/her first interaction with Thermodynamics an unpleasant one. I had conceived of a book,

which could present Thermodynamics in a concise but simple way. The present book is an attempt in

that direction.

But my experience has been that in trying to make it concise we do not necessarily make it simple.

In the concise or precise form, it looks too mathematical to be easily understood. Thus, this attempt

has been somewhat of a compromise.

This compromise has resulted in the addition of two introductory chapters covering the historical

perspective and the aspect of feasibility. The book in exact sense starts from chapter 3. Since for

understanding the introductory chapters 1 and 2, some prior knowledge of Chemical and Metallurgical

Thermodynamics is needed, a beginner should skip these two chapters during the first reading.

Chapters 3 to 7 comprise the basic treatment of “Classical Thermodynamics”- a term explained at

the end of chapter 3. Chapters 8 to 10 are, in a way, appendices to classical thermodynamics. But,

since lines of demarcation with other forms of thermodynamics have become thin, we have not named

them as appendices.

The beauty of thermodynamics is (here I am not alone) its universality at macro level. They say

that all laws may change but laws of Thermodynamics would never change. The other important

aspect of Thermodynamics is that it is based on very common observations and thus it is based on very

simple truths. But after all the Theory of Relativity is also based on two very simple facts!!!

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