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Lecture Notes



Lecture Notes


LEC #TOPICSLECTURE NOTES
1Review of thermodynamics(PDF)
2E, A, and S: macroscopic properties for microscopic probabilities {Pi}(PDF)
3Canonical partition function: replace {Pi} by Q(PDF)
4Microcanonical ensemble: replace {Pi} by Ω, Q vs. Ω(PDF)
5Molecular partition function: replace E (assembly) by ε (molecule)(PDF)
6Q corrected for molecular indistinguishability(PDF)
7Translational part of Boltzmann partition function(PDF)
8Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac, and Bose-Einstein statistics(PDF - 1.1 MB)
9Calculation of macroscopic properties from microscopic energy levels: qtrans(PDF)
10

Quantum vs. classical qtrans

Equipartition

Internal degrees of freedom

(PDF)
11Internal degrees of freedom for atoms and diatomic molecules(PDF)
12

Rotational partition function

Equipartition

(PDF)
13Nuclear spin statistics: symmetry number, σ Low temperature limit for rotational partition function

(PDF)

Supplement (PDF)

14Low and high-T limits for qrot and qvib(PDF)
15Polyatomic molecules: rotation and vibration(PDF)
16Chemical equilibrium I(PDF)
17Chemical equilibrium II(PDF)
18Model intermolecular potentials(PDF)
19Configurational integral: cluster expansion(PDF)
20Virial equation of state(PDF)
21Thermodynamics of solid: Einstein and Debye models

(PDF)

Supplement (PDF)

22Einstein and Debye solids(PDF - 1.4 MB)
23Phonons: 1-D linear chain of atoms(PDF)
24Free electron theory of a metal(PDF)
25Heat capacity in metals
26Band theory of solids(PDF)
27Crystal phase equilibria
28Kinetic theory of gases: Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution(PDF)
29Kinetic theory of gases: effusion and collisions(PDF - 1.0 MB)
30Kinetic theory of gases: collision dynamics and scattering(PDF)
31Kinetic theory of gases: mean free path and transport(PDF)
32Kinetic theory of gases: transport coefficients(PDF)
33Transition state theory I(PDF)
34

Transition state theory II

Kinetic isotope effect

(PDF)
35Statistical mechanics for photons
36Rates of unimolecular reactions: RRKM(PDF)

 








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