An Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, Terrell L.

Series:

Dover Books on Physics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thermodynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (920 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newburyport : Dover Publications, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""A large number of exercises of a broad range of difficulty make this book even more useful...a good addition to the literature on thermodynamics at the undergraduate level."" - Philosophical MagazineAlthough written on an introductory level, this wide-ranging text provides extensive coverage of topics of current interest in equilibrium statistical mechanics. Indeed, certain traditional topics are given somewhat condensed treatment to allow room for a survey of more recent advances.The book is divided into four major sections. Part I deals with the principles of quantum statistical mechanics a

Contents:

DOVER BOOKS ON PHYSICS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; PREFACE; Table of Contents; Part I - Principles of Quantum Statistical Mechanics; CHAPTER 1 - STATISTICAL-MECHANICAL ENSEMBLES AND THERMODYNAMICS; 1-1 Introduction.; 1-2 Ensembles and postulates.; 1-3 Canonical ensemble.; 1-4 Canonical ensemble and thermodynamics.; 1-5 Grand canonical ensemble.; 1-6 Microcanonical ensemble.; 1-7 Other ensembles.; CHAPTER 2 - FURTHER DISCUSSION OF ENSEMBLES AND THERMODYNAMICS; 2-1 Fluctuations.; 2-2 Thermodynamic equivalence of ensembles.; 2-3 Second law of thermodynamics.

2-4 Third law of thermodynamics.Part II - Systems Composed of Independent Molecules or Subsystems; CHAPTER 3 - GENERAL RELATIONS FOR INDEPENDENT DISTINGUISHABLE AND INDISTINGUISHABLE MOLECULES OR SUBSYSTEMS; 3-1 Independent and distinguishable molecules or subsystems.; 3-2 Independent and indistinguishable molecules.; 3-3 Energy distribution among independent molecules.; 3-4 "Ensembles" of small, independent "systems."; CHAPTER 4 - IDEAL MONATOMIC GAS; 4-1 Energy levels and canonical ensemble partition function.; 4-2 Thermodynamic functions.; 4-3 Grand ensemble and others.

4-4 Internal degrees of freedom.CHAPTER 5 - MONATOMIC CRYSTALS; 5-1 Einstein model of a monatomic crystal.; 5-2 General treatment of molecular vibrations in a monatomic crystal.; 5-3 The Debye approximation.; 5-4 Exact treatments of the frequency distribution problem.; CHAPTER 6 - CLASSICAL STATISTICAL MECHANICS; 6-1 Introductory examples.; 6-2 More general systems.; 6-3 Phase space and ensembles in classical statistics.; 6-4 Maxwell-Boltzmann velocity distribution.; CHAPTER 7 - INTRODUCTION TO LATTICE STATISTICS: ADSORPTION, BINDING, AND TITRATION PROBLEMS

7-1 Ideal lattice gas (Langmuir adsorption theory).7-2 Grand partition function for a single independent site or subsystem.; 7-3 Systems composed of independent and indistinguishable subsystems.; 7-4 Elasticity of and adsorption on a linear polymer chain.; CHAPTER 8 - IDEAL DIATOMIC GAS; 8-1 Independence of degrees of freedom.; 8-2 Vibration.; 8-3 Rotation.; 8-4 Thermodynamic functions.; CHAPTER 9 - IDEAL POLYATOMIC GAS; 9-1 Potential energy surface.; 9-2 Vibration.; 9-3 Rotation.; 9-4 Thermodynamic functions.; 9-5 Hindered internal rotation in ethane.; 9-6 Hindered translation on a surface.

CHAPTER 10 - CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM IN IDEAL GAS MIXTURES10-1 General relations.; 10-2 Statistical derivation in a special case.; 10-3 Fluctuations in a simple chemical equilibrium.; 10-4 Examples of chemical equilibria.; CHAPTER 11 - THE RATE OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN IDEAL GAS MIXTURES; 11-1 Potential surfaces.; 11-2 Absolute rate theory.; 113 A nonchemical application of the Eyring theory.; CHAPTER 12 - IDEAL GAS IN AN ELECTRIC FIELD; 12-1 Thermodynamic background.; 12-2 Statistical-mechanical background.; 12-3 Dilute gas in an electric field.; 12-4 Lattice of noninteracting magnetic dipoles.

CHAPTER 13 - CONFIGURATION OF POLYMER MOLECULES AND RUBBER ELASTICITY

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ISBN:

9780486130903

0486130908

9781621986355

1621986357

OCLC:

868270880