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| Week |
Class |
Date |
Topics |
Readings |
Homework |
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| 01 |
1 |
JAN8 |
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NO CLASS |
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| 2 |
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JAN10 |
NO CLASS |
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| 02 |
3 |
JAN15 |
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- Introduction
- Temperature
- Zero-th Law of Thermodynamics
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Zemansky: 1.1-1.7, 2.1-2.4 |
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| 4 |
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JAN17 |
- Work & Heat
- First Law of Thermodynamics
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Zemansky: 3.1-3.6, 4.1-4.10, 5.1-5.5 |
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| 03 |
5 |
JAN22 |
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- Ideal Gas
- Carnot Cycle
- Second Law of Thermodynamics
- Entropy changes for reversible and irreversible processes
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Zemansky: 6.1-6.14, 7.1-7.7, 8.1-14 |
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| 6 |
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JAN24 |
- Enthalpy, Helmholtz Free Energy, Gibbs Free Energy
- Thermodynamic criterion for equilibrium
- Maxwell's relations
- Chemical potential
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Zemansky: 10.1-10.8
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Homework 1
due: Jan 29
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| 04 |
7 |
JAN29 |
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- Stat Mech: connecting microscopic picture to macroscopic averages
- Statistical Ensemble
- Ensemble average and fluctuations
- Random Walk
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| 8 |
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JAN31 |
- Postulate of equal a priori probability
- Microcanonical ensemble
- The number of microstates at fixed energy for an ideal gas
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HW1 solution |
Homework 2
due: Feb 7
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| 05 |
9 |
FEB5 |
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- Temperature
- Probability and Irreversibility
- The microscopic idea of entropy: Boltzmann's definition
- Entropy and equilibrium
- Second law of thermo from microscopic formulation
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| 10 |
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FEB7 |
- Energy exchange between systems
- Canonical ensemble
- Partition function
- Equivalence of statistical ensembles
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HW2 solution |
Homework 3
due: Feb 14
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| 06 |
11 |
FEB12 |
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- Method of Lagrange multipliers to obtain
the Boltzmann distribution
- Canonical ensemble
- Definition of pressure
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| 12 |
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FEB14 |
- Grand Canonical ensemble
- Grand partition function
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HW3 solution |
Homework 4
due: Feb 21
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| 07 |
13 |
FEB19 |
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- Gibbs Paradox
- Entropy for indistinguishable particles
- Entropy and information
- Application: model of Hemoglobin oxygen transport
by using a grand canonical formulation
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| 14 |
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FEB21 |
- Indistinguishability for bosons and fermions
- Bose-Einstein statistics
- Fermi-Dirac statistics
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HW4 solution |
Homework 5
due: Feb 28
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| 08 |
15 |
FEB26 |
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- Indistinguishability for bosons and fermions
- Bose-Einstein statistics
- Fermi-Dirac statistics
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| 16 |
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FEB28 |
- Bose-Einstein condensation
- Fermi gas
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HW5 solution |
Midterm Exam 1
due: March 18
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| 09 |
NOCLASS: SPRING BREAK |
| NOCLASS: SPRING BREAK |
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| 10 |
17 |
MAR11 |
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- Non-ideal Gas: Virial Expansion
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| 18 |
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MAR13 |
- Cluster Expansion: basic theory and applications
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| 11 |
19 |
MAR18 |
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- Ideal gas
- Partition function of monoatomic gas
- Molecular translational partition function
- Diatomic and polyatomic ideal gas
- Vibrational partition function
- Rotational partition function
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| 20 |
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MAR20 |
- Partition function of polyatomic ideal gas
- Equilibrium constant of ideal gas reactions
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| 12 |
21 |
MAR25 |
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- Thermodynamic Perturbation Theory
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Homework 6
due: April 1
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| 22 |
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MAR27 |
- Thermodynamic Perturbation Theory
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| 13 |
23 |
APR1 |
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| NOCLASS: SPRING RECESS |
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| 14 |
24 |
APR8 |
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- Critical Phenomena and Phase Transitions
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| 25 |
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APR10 |
- Critical Phenomena and Phase Transitions
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| 15 |
26 |
APR15 |
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| 27 |
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APR17 |
Application TBA |
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| 16 |
28 |
APR22 |
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Application TBA |
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