Thermodynamics

Prof. Honig received a BS degree from Amherst College in 1945 and a PhD degree from the University of Minnesota in 1952. After a postdoctoral appointment year at the James Forrestal Center of Princeton University in 1953, he joined the Department of Chemistry at Purdue University in 1953, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1958. From 1959-1967, Prof. Honig was Associate Group leader and Group leader at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA. He returned as Professor of Chemistry to Purdue University in 1967 and retired from that position in 2000. During the latter years, he was Editor of the Journal of Solid State Chemistry (1982-2000), the Chairman of the Materials Sciences Council (1968-1982), and published over 420 refereed publications and five books.Prof. Honig has earned an honorary degree from the University of Science and Technology (2009, Krakow, Poland; fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences; Wetherill medal (1995); Editor, Journal of Solid State Chemistry (1982- 2000); Honorary Member, Materials Research Society of India; two issues of the Journal of Solid State Chemistry (1990 and 2000) and an issue of Solid State Sciences (2000) dedicated to him; and a session at a Materials Research Society meeting (2000) held in honor of his retirement.

1. Fundamentals2. Thermodynamic Properties of Ideal Systems3. Characterization of Nonideal Solutions4. Thermodynamic Properties of Electrolytes5. Thermodynamic Properties of Materials in Externally Applied Fields6. Irreversible Thermodynamics7. Critical Phenomena8. A Final Speculation About Ultimate Temperatures – A Fourth Law of Thermodynamics?9. Reprise to The Second Law. Mathematical Proof of the Caratheodory Theorem and Resulting Interpretations10. Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics