CHM 446: Statistical Mechanics
10:30-11:20 AM - Reinert-Alumni Memorial Library L02 - MW - Spring 2009
| Course Syllabus Exams From Fall 2004 |
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| Typical Weekly Schedule | A Pedagogical Philosophy | Academic Resources |
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| Weekly Materials | Monday | Wednesday |
| Week One Problem Set 1 Solutions |
1/12/09 |
1/14/09 Notes Syllabus Introduction to Stat. Mech. |
| Week Two | 1/19/09 Notes The First and Second Laws Legendre Transforms |
1/21/09 Notes Maxwell's Relations Chemical Potential |
| Week Three Problem Set 2 Solutions |
1/26/09 Notes The Postulates of Statistical Mechanics |
1/28/09 Notes Discrete Averages and Distributions |
| Week Four | 2/02/09 Notes Calculating Pj The Binomial Coefficient |
2/04/09 Exam I 6:00-8:00 PM, HLSB 259 Solutions |
| Week Five | 2/09/09 Notes Stirling's Approximation Lagrange's Method for the Canonical Ensemble |
2/11/09 Notes Relation to the Combined Law of Thermodynamics |
| Week Six | 2/16/09 Notes What is β? The Canonical Ensemble Partition Function |
2/18/09 Notes Independent Molecules & Subsystems |
| Week Seven | 2/23/09 Notes Energy Distribution in a System of Independent Molecules |
2/25/09 Exam II 6:00-8:00 PM, HLSB 259 Solutions |
| Week Eight Problem Set 3 Solutions |
3/02/09 Notes Ideal Monatomic Gas: Translational Energy Levels |
3/04/09 Notes The Partition Function |
| Spring Break | ||
| Week Nine | 3/16/09 Notes A, p, E, CV, and S Comparison with Experiment |
3/18/09 Notes Fluctuations |
| Week Ten | 3/23/09 Notes The Second Law of Thermodynamics |
3/25/09 Exam III 6:00-8:00 PM, HLSB 259 Solutions |
| Week Eleven Problem Set 4 Solutions |
3/30/09 Notes The Third Law Monatomic Crystals |
4/01/09 Notes The Partition Function |
| Week Twelve | 4/06/09 Notes Monatomic Crystal Thermodynamics Ideal Diatomic Gases |
4/08/09 Notes The Diatomic Partition Function |
| Week Thirteen | 4/13/09 Easter Monday |
4/15/09 Exam IV 6:00-8:00 PM, HLSB 259 Solutions |
| Week Fourteen Problem Set 5 Solutions |
4/20/09 Notes Equilibrium in Ideal Gas Mixtures |
4/22/09 Notes Ionization of H; Dissociation of H2 |
| Week Fifteen | 4/27/09 Notes The Grand Canonical Ensemble Partition Function |
4/29/09 Notes Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac Statistics |
| Finals Week | Exam V: Monday, May. 4th Solutions 11:30 AM-1:30 PM Location: Conference Room |
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