In this chapter we present the thermodynamic and stochastic theory of simple transport processes, linear and non-linear: diffusion, thermal conduction and viscous flow. We refer only briefly to more advanced work on hydrodynamic equations and some interesting experiments, and on light scattering from a fluid in a temperature gradient. A suitable introduction to the chapter may well be a review of the some of the main results obtained in earlier chapters on chemical reactions, and we begin with that review.
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(2008). Thermodynamic and Stochastic Theory of Transport Processes. In: Thermodynamics and Fluctuations far from Equilibrium. Springer Series in chemical physics, vol 90. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74555-6_8
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