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Statistical Mechanics (Paperback)
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Statistical Mechanics (Paperback)
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. This text begins with a consideration of simple Boltzmann
statistics, with particular application to the model of systems
with two quantum states, and the Einstein and Debye treatments of
the specific heats of a metal. After discussion of the
Darwin-Fowler calculation of average distributions, the discussion
moves on to the Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics of
non-localized particles, and then to the classical limit approached
by quantized systems in situations such as gas behavior and
distributions of electric dipoles. This initial development
occupies about the first third of the book. The text next takes up
partition and thermodynamic functions of an ideal gas, with
discussions of electronic, vibrational, and rotational (including
internal rotation) contributions in atomic, diatomic, and
polyatomic gases. A separate chapter is devoted to symmetry effects
on wave functions and states, and the use of symmetry numbers in
evaluating partition functions. This is a topic often glossed over,
and frequently mystifying, to students. Chemical equilibrium is
next considered, followed by chapters on the perfect quantum gas
and imperfect gases where various intermolecular potentials are
compared. The treatment of polyatomic molecules in terms of rigid
rotations and small bond vibrations is developed, followed by a
consideration of the transition state theory of chemical kinetics.
The final chapter considers models of the liquid state and
liquid-vapor equilibria. Despite its conciseness, this text covers
a great deal of interesting ground.
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