熱容量の基本概念を説明し，物質の熱力学的研究における重要性を指摘した。ま ず熱容量の定義から始め，水の熱容量の特異性について古典熱力学よる解釈を示し た。低温領域の熱容量は量子論によって理解できることを述べ，アインシュタインお よびデバイモデルを説明した。固体の熱容量について，いくつかの機能性材料を例に とり説明した。
Elementary concepts of heat capacity are reviewed, and the important role of heat capacity in the thermodynamic studies of materials is explained. The definition of heat capacity is given at first, and the peculiar properties of liquid water are pointed out on the basis of classical thermodynamics. At low temperatures, the heat capacity of solids is described by quantum mechanics, and the Einstein and Debye models are introduced in this regard. The heat capacity of solids is described with some examples from new functional materials.
Publication Date: 2001-08-31