Errata for the 1st Printing of the 3rd edition of Thermodynamics and Its Applications

Author's note: All of these corrections will appear in the 2nd and subsequent printings of the
3rd edition. The printing order can be identified by the lowest number in a sequence of numbers
10 ... to ... 1, found just above the ISBN number on the copyright page (iv) which is the page
right before the Table of Contents.

Part I
- p xiii, 2nd paragraph, line 16, "efforts" should be "effects"
- p 30, line 14 change z to x in δW = F·dx
- p 38, Figure 3.8, P1 > P2 > P3 should be P3 > P2 > P1
- p 84, Example 4.3, insert (-W) after "net work" the first time it appears on line 9 in the Solution part
- p 95, line 3, insert "element δn" after ..."fluid"... ; and in line 2 of the next to the last
paragraph, insert "(i.e. the compressor or turbine)" after ... "engine"...
- p 97, Example 4.6, line 3 and below, "done by the compressor on the gas"... and in Eqs.
(4-79), (4-82), and (4-83) change signs to + signs. In Eqs. (4-79), (4-80) and (4-82), change Wσ to
- p 151, Table 5.2, the function and canonical coordinates entries for enthalpy need to be
corrected to read y(1) and S , P, Ni (i= 1, ... , n) , respectively.
- p 179, next to the last line, δzi not δz1
- p 182, Eq.(6-12), in the double summation, δ2U should be 2U
- p 187, Table 6.1, subscripts containing T and P should be T and P without underbars.

Part II
- p 274, 2nd paragraph, 2nd line, "could" rather than "would"
- p 286, Eq.(8-161) should read γG = αpV/ (κTCv) and in the last line before section 8.7,
εx = 0.076 (or 7.6%) not εxo = 0.086 (8.6%).
- p 305, Figure P8.16, delete "Nitrogen" from the label on the supply manifold.
- p 313, Problem 8.25, line 10, “state” not “sate.”
- p 318, last line, and p 319, line 3, i= 1, . . . n not i=1, . . . N.
- p 326, third equation, sign after 1st term in large brackets should be +
- p 343, one line below Eq.(9-98), see Section 9.5 not 9.6
- p 351, 2 lines above Eq.(9-145), reference to Eq.(9-95) should be Eq.(9-92)
- p 358, Figure 9.3, invert the γ1 and γ2 labels on the left hand graph also the right hand side derivative
- p 360, 2nd paragraph, line 4, Section 13.4 rather than Section 11.5.
- p 363, 6 lines from bottom, infinitely not inifinitely
- p 367, Eq.(9-208) and work terms in Example 9.8 below should all be positive, e.g. +
VdP = +RT dlnP = + (8.314)(300) ln (1/0.8) = +557 J/mol N2 , etc.
- p 368, line 5, change ∆Gnet to ∆Gmix
- p 381, 1st and 2nd lines of Table, ..."cyclohexane in methyl ethyl ketone"...
- p 400, 2 lines above Eq.(10-44), k = 1.38048 × 10 23 minus sign missing in the exponent
- p 429, 4 lines after Eq.(10-147), " accessible" not "accessbile" and 2 lines above
Eq.(10-146), linearly rather than linearily
- p 434, equation above Eq.(10-156), U = Uideal gas + <U> -- not U = Uideal gas= <U>
- p 437, Table 10.4, last term in the Ree-Hoover exact expansion should be 56.7y6

Part II cont

- p 439, equation in Example 10.1, τ in the large brackets should be M

- p 444, last line of text, Eq. (10-78) not Eq. (10-178)
- p 459, Eq.(11-7), lnγi should be lnγ1
- p 467, Eq.(11-34), + rather than kTNA(...)
- p 471, Eq.(11-49), <Φij>/kT, minus sign missing
- p 490, 7th line of text below Eq.(11-88), insert "(see Section 13.4)" after "... method."
- p 507, relabel Eq.(12-9) as (12.9a) in 2 places, and change label for Eq.(12-13) to
Eq.(12-9b)
- p 508, Eq.(12-12b) should read
m± = [ (mi)νι (mj)νj ] 1/ν
- p 513, change Eq.(12-27) and the line below it to read:
δWrev = ∃dq = ∃(Σ νizi)Fdξ = neF∃dξ (12-27)
where ne = net moles of electrons transferred in the reaction per mole of reactant,
ξ = the extent of reaction [see Eq.(6-51)] and F = Faraday's constant ...
- p 513, delete the two lines of text below the defining equation for ∃ ψ2 - ψ1
- p 513, replace the last four lines on the page that includes the equation with:
... Legendre transform with respect to S T and V P conjugate variable changes,
we obtain the total Gibbs free energy G in differential form with PdV and ∃dq
work effects included as
dG = SdT + VdP + µi dNi + neF∃dξ = SdT + VdP + ( νiµi + neF∃)dξ
which can be integrated from ξ = 0 to 1, noting that dG = 0 for a system at
equilibrium
- p 514, insert subscript rx on all ∆G terms, e.g. ∆Grx , and replace the top 3 lines that
includes Eq.(12-28) with:
...at constant T, P, and total mass. Thus, for an isobaric, isothermal, fully
reversible electrochemical cell:
∆Grx = νiµi = neF∃ (12-28)

- p 514, replace Eq.(6-55) at the bottom of the page and the 4 lines above it with:
... any real condition to ∆Grx at standard state conditions using a modified form of the cr
to zero.
- p 515, line 1, insert subscript rx on ∆G and ∆Go terms; and one line below Eq(12-31),
change the reference to Eq.(12-13) to Eq.(12-9b)
- p 519, equation below Eq.(12-38), zi in the exponent term should be zj
- p 528, Section 12.5, 2nd paragraph, line 2, Rasaiah not Rassiah
- p 535, 3rd paragraph, 3rd line, Zernike not Zernicke
- p 545, Example 12.4, the entry for ρ of 1.798 should be 1.130
- p 546, Figure 12.10, lower line in both graphs should be · (Debye-Huckel) and the line just abo
- p 548, under (1), mHCl = 4.5/( 1.12 - .001((4.5)(36.5)+(1.33)(58.5))) = 5.126 mol/kg
and one line above the figure change 1.33 to 1.5

Part II cont.
- p 558, Figure 13.1, under Functional groups column,
2: >CH (ring) in place of 1:>CH (ring)
2: CH2 (ring) in place of 1: CH2 (ring)
1: N= (ring) in place of 2: N= (ring)
1: >NH(ring) in place of 2: >NH(ring)
 In addition, the structural formula for Alpha xyz is missing a N atom at the "6
o'clock" position of the six-membered ring.

Part III
- p 594, line 4, ηCarnot = (TH TC)/TH
- p 595, 2nd paragraph, line 4, change Eq. (14-27) to (14-26)
- p 603, Eq.(14-45), missing subscript "in" on T, should be Tin
- p 610, line 5, TA and point A should be TB and point B
- p 617, Figure 14.14(b), the state point at the intake and exhaust condition should be
D not B.
- p 618, Eq.(14-62), VD should be VB
- p 624, Figure P14.4, add to caption, (note that ns is based on rotational speed in radians per second rath
- p 681, 1 line below Eq.(15-61), Eq.(8-121) and Eq.(8-123) should be (9-112) and (9-114)
- p 682, 2 lines above Eq.(15-67), "... the numerator is ... "
- p 686-687, Example 15.5, in the first 4 equations of the solution, the first equal sign (=) should be a
- p 689, 3rd line, reference to Tables 8.1 and 9.2 should be to Tables 8.1 and 8.2
- p 692, one line below Eq.(15-95), reference should be to Eq.(15-95)
- p 699, 3rd paragraph, 1st line, Figure 9.8 not 9.7
- p 704, 3 lines from bottom, reference to Example 15.7 should be to 15.8
- p 708, Example 15.7 should be 15.8
- p 733, Problem 15.22, 2nd paragraph, Figure 15.29 not 8.2
- p 742, line 2, χi should be xi and on Figure P15.33(b), x-axis label should be r 1/2 +(2r) 1
and y-axis label should be (K 1)
- p 743, part (b), reference to Figure P15.36 should be Figure 15.22
- p 744, Problem 15.37, 5th line, minus sign missing in (< 50 C)
- p 763, line above Eq.(16-30), see Section 9.7 not 8.5
- p 786, equation above Eq.(16-80) summation should run over j i
- p 828, 1 line below Eq.(17-11), insert "where Cj is equivalent to the formula vector Wj given in Eq
- (π)
p 837, Eq.(17-44), nn should be xn (π)

- p 852, Problem 17.3, part(a), 5th line, Equation (1) should be Eq.(17-54)
- p 856-857, Problem 17.9, all references to Figure P17.10 should be to P17.9
- p 869, Example 18.6, last equation, P (V) (HB)(V) = P (L) (HB)(L)
- p 870, 3rd equation, Bext = µΜ Hext

If you find any more errors in the first printing please forward them to Prof. Jeff Tester
at thermo-com@[Link] . Thanks.

Prof. Jeff Tester Chemica

thermo-com@[Link] Energy Laboratory, MIT
April 2, 1997 Cambridge, MA 02139