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Chapter 15

Databases

CODATA Key Values of Thermodynamics
www.codata.org/resources/databases/key1.html
Compilation of internationally accepted values for the thermodynamic properties of key chemical substances, proposed by the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA).

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
www.hbcpnetbase.com/
Data may be accessed after purchasing a personal or institutional subscription.

F*A*C*T Thermochemical Database
www.crct.polymtl.ca/fact/index.php
Very useful database of thermochemical properties that also includes utilities for Gibbs energy minimization calculations.

NIST Chemistry Webbook.
http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry
Contains databases of thermochemical properties of a large number of substances.

Tutorials

Second Law of Thermodynamics
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/seclaw.html#c1
HyperPhysics page on the second law.

Second Law of Thermodynamics
http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/mod_tech/node78.html
A more "wordy" tutorial on the second law.

First and Second Law
www.columbia.edu/itc/chemistry/chem-c140498/jack/ch11.html
A song about the laws of thermodynamics by Flanders and Swan.

The Second Law
www.chem.uci.edu/undergrad/applets/bounce/bounce.htm
A simulation of a bouncing, heatable box that illustrates The Second Law of thermodynamics. By manipulating the parameters of the simulation you can illustrate a number of fundamental facts about energy flow.

Entropy and the Second and Third Rules
http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch21/chemical.php
Introduction to entropy.

Maxwell Relations
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/MaxwellRelations.html
Derivations of the Maxwell Relations.