Question

role of thermodynamics

Answer 1

Thermodynamics is a branch of physics concerned with heat and temperature and their relation to other forms of energy and work. ... Chemical thermodynamics studies the nature of the role of entropy in the process of chemical reactions and has provided the bulk of expansion and knowledge of the field.

Answer 2

Thermodynamics studies how the state functions can be statistically related to the individual microscopic components of the systems. These microscopic components can either be described classically, or quantum mechanically, depending on what limit we are in.