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Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics

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Author(s): Leonard K. Nash
Edition: Second Edition
Publisher: Dover Publications
Year: 2006

Language: English
Pages: 214
City: Mineola, New York
Tags: Statistical thermodynamics;SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- Thermodynamics

Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 10
1 - The Statistical Viewpoint......Page 12
MICROSTATES AND CONFIGURATIONS......Page 15
THE BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION LAW......Page 28
PHYSICAL MEANING OF THE DISTRIBUTION LAW......Page 41
VARIATION OF W WITH E......Page 46
THE APPROACH TO THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM......Page 50
THE CONCEPT OF ENTROPY......Page 56
2 - The Partition Function......Page 62
FORMULATION OF PARTITION FUNCTIONS......Page 72
THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS FROM PARTITION FUNCTIONS......Page 93
TRANSLATIONAL PARTITION FUNCTION......Page 101
INTERNAL DEGREES OF FREEDOM......Page 126
HEAT CAPACITIES......Page 150
THE EQUILIBRIUM STATE......Page 163
Problems......Page 185
Index......Page 209