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- Employs microscopic description of gases of classical and quantum particles to obtain equations of state for classical and ideal gases
- Reviews relevant basic thermodynamics and establishes their connections to statistical mechanics
- Develops classical (Boltzmann) and quantum (Fermi-Dirac, Bose-Einstein) statistical mechanics
- Treats four types of ensemble and derives expressions for typical thermodynamic functions in terms of corresponding partition functions
- Presents detailed discussions of the roles played by internal molecular states and electronic and nuclear spin states
- Reinforces concepts using applications, worked examples, and end-of-chapter problems
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This textbook concerns thermal properties of bulk matter and is aimed at advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate students in a range of programs in science or engineering. It provides an intermediate level presentation of statistical thermodynamics for students in the physical sciences (chemistry, nanosciences, physics) or related areas of applied science/engineering (chemical engineering, materials science, nanotechnology engineering), as they are areas in which statistical mechanical concepts play important roles. The book enables students to utilize microscopic concepts to achieve a better understanding of macroscopic phenomena and to be able to apply these concepts to the types of sub-macroscopic systems encountered in areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Frederick Richard Wayne McCourt
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Statistical Thermodynamics for Pure and Applied Sciences
Book Subtitle: Statistical Thermodynamics
Authors: Frederick Richard Wayne McCourt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52006-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52005-2Published: 07 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52008-3Published: 07 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-52006-9Published: 06 January 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 684
Number of Illustrations: 95 b/w illustrations
Topics: Thermodynamics, Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Physical Chemistry, Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer