Statistical Thermodynamics
A 20-module path through statistical thermodynamics, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Microstates, Configurations, and Statistical Weight
- The Boltzmann Distribution
- Deriving the Boltzmann Distribution by Maximizing Weight
- Physical Meaning of Beta and Temperature
- The Molecular Partition Function
- Interpreting q as a Count of Accessible States
- Factorization of the Molecular Partition Function
- Translational Partition Function
- Rotational Partition Function
- Symmetry Number and Rotational Partition Function
- Vibrational Partition Function
- Electronic Partition Function
- The Canonical Partition Function
- Distinguishable vs Indistinguishable Particles
- Internal Energy from the Partition Function
- Entropy from the Partition Function
- Sackur-Tetrode Equation for Entropy
- Other Thermodynamic Functions from the Partition Function
- Equilibrium Constants from Partition Functions
- Contributions to Heat Capacity from Molecular Modes