SM3 · Classical statistical mechanics
A 21-module path through sm3 · classical statistical mechanics, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Classical Ideal Gas
- Maxwell-Boltzmann Speed Distribution
- Maxwell-Boltzmann Velocity Distribution
- Characteristic Speeds: Mean, RMS, and Most Probable
- Equipartition Theorem
- Generalized Equipartition Theorem
- Virial Theorem in Statistical Mechanics
- Virial Equation of State
- Sackur-Tetrode Equation
- Gibbs Paradox
- Correct Boltzmann Counting
- Thermal de Broglie Wavelength
- Classical Limit of Quantum Statistics
- Barometric Formula
- Boltzmann Distribution in External Potentials
- Phase-Space Volume and the Classical Partition Function
- Maxwell-Boltzmann Energy Distribution
- Effusion and Molecular Flux
- Heat Capacity of Classical Gases
- Failure of Equipartition and the Classical-Quantum Boundary
- Rotational and Vibrational Partition Functions of Diatomic Gases