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Although I have worked on problems in ordinary “bulk” thermodynamics for many years, it is only recently that I have begun to study surfaces. There is, of course, an advantage to having a novice give you an introduction to the subject: I know where a lot of the conceptual difficulties and traps are located, since I have fallen into them myself on numerous occasions. There is also a disadvantage which you should keep in mind: my own understanding of the subject is still quite limited and I may lead you into error. Professor Dash has wisely given me only three lectures, and this puts a definite upper limit on the amount of misinformation which I can transmit to you.
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A very systematic approach to bulk thermodynamics will be found in H. B. Callen, “Thermodynamics”, John Wiley & Sons, New York (1963).
J. W. Gibbs, “Collected Works”, Yale University Press, New Haven, (1948), Vol. I, p. 219.
J. W. Cahn, Thermodynamics of Solid and Fluid Surfaces, in: “Interfacial Segregation”, W. C. Johnson and J. M. Blakely (eds.), American Society for Metals, Metals Park, Ohio (1979).
For example, N. K. Adam, “The Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces”, Oxford University Press (1941); A. W. Adamson, “Physical Chemistry of Surfaces”, John Wiley & Sons, New York (1963); R. Aveyard and D. A. Haydon, “An Introduction to the Principles of Surface Chemistry”, Cambridge University Press(1973); L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, “Statistical Physics” Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, Mass. (1969).
Gibbs was evidently concerned about this issue, see p. 220 of Reference 2. I am not satisfied with his explanation, perhaps because I don’t understand it.
See Reference 3 and C. Herring, in: “Structure and Properties of Solid Surfaces”, R. Gomer and C. S. Smith (eds.), University of Chicago Press (1953), p. 5 and in: “The Physics of Powder Metallurgy”, W. E. Kingston (ed.), McGraw Hill Book Co., New York (1951), p. 143.
See the book by Adam, Ref. 4.
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Griffiths, R.B. (1980). An Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Surfaces. In: Dash, J.G., Ruvalds, J. (eds) Phase Transitions in Surface Films. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 51. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3057-8_1
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