The lecture note materials for this course include contributions from Professor Sylvia T. Ceyer.
Thanks to Ziad Ganim, the course teaching assistant, for his assistance in proofreading, improving, and transcribing the lecture notes.
KN: Professor Keith Nelson
PCS: Physical Chemistry Staff
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Assemblies, Ensembles, and The Ergodic Hypothesis (PDF) |
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E, A, and S: Macroscopic Properties from Microscopic Probabilities {Pi } (PDF) |
KN |
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Canonical Partition Function: Replace {Pi } by Q (PDF) |
KN |
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Microcanonical Ensemble (PDF) |
KN |
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Molecular Partition Function: Replace E Assembly by E Molecule (PDF) |
PCS |
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Q Corrected for Molecular Indistinguishability (PDF) |
KN |
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Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac, and Bose-Einstein Statistics (PDF) |
KN |
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Translational Part of Boltzmann Partition Function (PDF) |
KN |
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Macroscopic Quantities from Qtrans (PDF) |
KN |
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Quantum vs. Classical Qtrans . Equipartition. Internal Degrees of Freedom (PDF) |
KN |
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Internal Degrees of Freedom for Atoms and Diatomic Molecules (PDF) |
KN |
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Rotational Partition Function. Equipartition (PDF) |
KN |
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Nuclear Spin Statistics: Symmetry Number, Sigma (PDF) |
KN |
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Polyatomic Molecules (PDF) |
PCS |
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Polyatomic Molecules (cont.)
Exam Review |
PCS/KN |
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Chemical Equilibrium I (PDF) |
PCS |
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Chemical Equilibrium II
Examples (PDF) (PDF 2) |
PCS |
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Model Intermolecular Potentials (PDF) |
PCS |
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Configurational Integral: Cluster Expansion (PDF) |
PCS |
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Virial Equation of State (PDF) |
PCS |
| 21 |
Thermodynamics of Solids (PDF)
Some Nice Online Dynamical Illustrations of Acoustic Modes: Phonon Java Program, Atomic Vibrations in Crystals Simulation |
KN |
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Einstein -> Debye Solids (PDF) |
KN |
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Phonons: 1-D Linear Chain of Atoms (PDF) |
KN |
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Free Electron Theory of a Metal (PDF) |
KN |
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Heat Capacity in Metals: Fermi Energy(PDF) |
KN |
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Semiconductors (PDF) |
KN |
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Crystal Phase Equilibria and Critical Phenomena (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
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Kinetic Theory of Gases: Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution (PDF) |
PCS |
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Kinetic Theory of Gases: Collisions with Walls, Ideal Gas Law, Effusion (PDF) |
PCS |
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Kinetic Theory of Gases: Collisions Between Molecules, Scattering, Mean Free Path (PDF) |
PCS |
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Kinetic Theory of Gases: Mean Free Path and Transport (PDF) |
PCS |
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Kinetic Theory of Gases: Transport Coefficients (PDF) |
PCS |
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Chemical Reaction Rates I
Kinetic Theory (PDF) |
PCS |
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Chemical Reaction Rates II
Transition State Theory (PDF) |
PCS |
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Rice, Ramsperger, Kassel, and Marcus Unimolecular Reaction Rate Theory (PDF) |
PCS |
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Classical Trajectories and Reaction Rates and/or Surprisal Analysis (Nonequilibrium SM) |
PCS |
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Statistical Mechanics for Photons: How Statistical Mechanics Begat Quantum Mechanics |
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