A textbook on statistical thermodynamics at the senior undergraduate level. The course covers the statistical thermodynamics of ideal gases from quantized energy levels. Applications on gas reaction kinetics and kinetic theory of gases using this formalism are included.
Table of Contents
- Molecular Energy Levels
- Principles of Statistical Thermodynamics
- Statistical Thermodynamics of an Ideal Gas
- Applications of Statistical Thermodynamics
- Chemical Equilibrium
- Eyring Transition State Theory
- Blackbody Radiation
- Langmuir Model for Gas Adsorption
- Kinetic Theory of Gases
- Appendices
- Definition of variables
- Equations for reference
- Data section
- Mathematical background
- Derivations
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