Description:
This book is meant to be a textbook for undergraduate, postgraduate & research students of Physics & Chemistry. It can be used as a textbook for the first year engineering students. The book includes Theories of Phase Transitions along with their Range of Validity. Topics such as Chemical Equilibrium and Saha Ionization formula have also been included in the book. A chapter on Basic Concepts Of Probability has been included which is of auxiliary nature & may be omitted by those who are acquainted with the Theory Of Probability. An attempt has been made a to emphasize the physical basis of the subject, but without undue neglect of its mathematical works and the usual less rigorous formulations of the subject.Problems are given at the end of each chapter which are meant to be read as integral part of the text.