Introduction# Basic Concepts, Naxwell Velocity Distribution. General Formalism# Ensembles, Density of States, Gibbs Distribution, Partition Function, Calculation of Thermodynamic Functions, Thermodynamic Equivalence of Ensenbles. Ideal Gas of Identical Particles, The Classical Limit (boltzmann Statistics), Thermodynamic Functions of Molecular Gas, Chemical Equilibrium. Quantum Statistics# Fermi-dirac and Bose-einstein Distributions, Electrons in Metals, Black-body Radiation. Mean-field Theory Of Phase Transitions. Statistical Models in Adsorption and Elasticity Of Polymers. Theory of Fluctuations. The Fundamentals of Physical Kinetics.

Faculty: Chemistry
|Undergraduate Studies

Pre-required courses

(124400 - Quantum Chemistry 1 and 124415 - Physical Chem.-chemical Thermodynamics) or (124408 - Intr.to Quantum Chemi.and Applications and 124415 - Physical Chem.-chemical Thermodynamics)


Parallel course

124417 - Physical Chemist.-molecular Spectroscopy 315003 - Thermodynamics of Materials


Course with no extra credit (contained)

85925 - Introduction to Physics of Gases


Course with no extra credit (contains)

648012 - Statistical Thermodynamics


Semestrial Information