Statistical Mechanics: A Concise Introduction for Chemists

ISBN-13: 9780521009669 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 182 str.

B. Widom

Opis

This is an introduction to statistical mechanics, intended to be used either in an undergraduate physical chemistry course or by beginning graduate students with little undergraduate background in the subject. It assumes familiarity with thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, the kinetic theory of gases, quantum mechanics and spectroscopy, at the level at which these subjects are normally treated in undergraduate physical chemistry. Highly illustrated with numerous exercises and worked solutions, it provides a concise, up-to-date treatise of statistical mechanics and is ideally suited to use in one semester courses.

Recenzje

'The text is an excellent read. Every paragraph contains reflective insights on the physical significance of the formulae and their underlying motivation. This makes a subject that is notorious for its difficulty seem simple. … the simplicity, depth of insight and the unusual range of topics in Benjamin Widom's Statistical Mechanics should make it compulsory reading for educators and students alike when they seek to go beyond the first steps of statistical mechanics.' Trevor Rayment, The Times Higher Education Supplement

Spis treści

1. The Boltzmann Distribution Law and statistical thermodynamics; 2. The ideal gas; 3. Chemical equilibrium in ideal-gas mixtures; 4. Ideal harmonic solid and black-body radiation; 5. Third law; 6. Non-ideal gas; 7. The liquid state; 8. Quantum ideal gas.