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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY eBOOK Statistical Mechanics module
By LAIDLER, MEISER AND SANCTUARY
Chapter 1 comes with all the modules. The Statistical Mechanics chapter, 15, was completely re-written by Professor Bryan Sanctuary. You can see the detailed Table of Contents by clicking the "Contents" tab just above this text. Only available in dowload format, this chapter covers equilibrium statistical mechanics from the most fundamental starting point and leads the student through the beauty of how statistical methods describe the collective dynamics of microscopic particles which leads to those few macroscopic thermodynamics functions they have learned about. The approach taken in presenting the basic ideas is to start with the microcanonical ensemble. Traditionally stat. mech. is introduced using the canoncial ensemble. An advantage, for the author at least, is that a study of the microcanoncial ensemble gives a clear and satisfying way of understanding entropy. This approach helps students to get a deeper view of entropy. In the end, however, the Lagendre Transformation relates them all, so with canonical or microcanonical, we get to the same result.
Extensive and detailed examples are worked out in order to make sense out of difficult concepts, like the statistical treatment of degeneracy. The work, however, is not all theory and gives the standard relationships between thermodynamic quantities and partition functions. The translational, rotational, etc. modes are evaluated for special cases, and application to equilibrium constants and Transition State Theory are developed. Finally there is an appendix on Combinatorials and many new problems.
Download the Statistical Mechanics Solutions Manual for free. It contains the solutions to all the problems as worked out by students themselves. This peer learning model is a valuable asset for students. Check for up-dates.
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Chapter 15Statistical Mechanics 15.1 Introduction and Historical Backgound
15.2 Probability and Entropy The statistical entropy of a physical system:
15.3 Boltzmann factor and the partition function
15.4 The Boltzmann Distribution and quantum statistics.
15.5 Equilibrium Statistical Thermodynamics
15.6 Thermodynamic Quantities from Other Partition Functions.
15.7 The Partition Function for Some Special Cases
15.8 Transition-State Theory
Problems Suggested Reading This eBook is developed by top professionals in multimedia education and technology. It has been designed with both students and teachers in mind. By combining resources (pdf, Flash, Authorware) that are supported on most operating systems (Windows, Mac OSX and Linus), the result is the first truly electronic textbook with many enhancements and appealing features:
Target audienceCovers all the traditional and modern topics in Physical Chemistry in undergraduate physical science programs. Users: teachersWith the programs loaded on the teachers laptop, the material can be projected in class. In addition throughout the text are scattered about 100 multimedia interactions that pop-up. In class, using the Multimedia Table of Contents , these interactions can be used as demonstrations.
Users: StudentsThis eTextbook provides many more features than are possible with hard textbooks, and does this at a much reduced price. Although all the undergraduate topics in physical chemistry are covered, you may not need to take them all. For this reason, the textbook is broken into smaller modules that cover specific topics. This provides an even greater saving.
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