Flow, Diffusion, And Rate Processes

In this volume, recent results obtained for the nonequilibrium thermodynamics of transport and rate processes are reviewed. Kinetic equations, conservation laws, and transport coefficients are obtained for multicomponent mixtures. Thermodynamic principles are used in the design of experiments predicting heat and mass transport coefficients. Highly non-stationary conditions are analyzed in the context of transient heat transfer, non-local diffusion in stress fields, and thermohydrodynamic oscillatory instabilities.