Problems and Solutions on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

U.S.T. of China Physics Coaching Class, Yung-Kuo Lim9810200560, 9789810200565, 9810200552, 9789810200558, 9789812385420

The material for these volumes has been selected from the past twenty years’ examination questions for graduate students at University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University, the University of Chicago, MIT, State University of New York at Buffalo, Princeton University and University of Wisconsin.

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Table of contents :
CONTENTS……Page 10
PREFACE……Page 6
INTRODUCTION……Page 8
PART I THERMODYNAMICS……Page 12
1. THERMODYNAMIC STATES AND THE FIRST LAW (1001-1030)……Page 14
2. THE SECOND LAW AND ENTROPY (1031-1072)……Page 39
3. THERMODYNAMIC FUNCTIONS AND EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS (1073-1105)……Page 81
4. CHANGE OF PHASE AND PHASE EQUILIBRIUM (1 106- 1147)……Page 117
5. NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS (1148-1159)……Page 158
PART II STATISTICAL PHYSICS……Page 170
1. PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL ENTROPY (2001-2013)……Page 172
2. MAXWELL-BOLTZMANN STATISTICS (2014-2062)……Page 185
3. BOSE-EINSTEIN AND FERMI-DIRAC STATISTICS (2063-2 115)……Page 240
4. ENSEMBLES (2116 – 2148)……Page 304
5. KINETIC THEORY OF GASES (2149-2208)……Page 351