Statistical Mechanics
Clear and readable, this fine text assists students in achieving a grasp of the techniques and limitations of statistical mechanics. The treatment follows a logical progression from elementary to advanced theories, with careful attention to detail and mathematical development, and is sufficiently rigorous for introductory or intermediate graduate courses.
Beginning with a study of the statistical mechanics of ideal gases and other systems of non-interacting particles, the text develops the theory in detail and applies it to the study of chemical equilibrium and the calculation of the thermodynamic properties of gases from molecular structure data. The second half offers a lucid, logical presentation of the canonical ensemble and of the grand ensemble, which constitute the theoretical bases for modern advanced equilibrium statistical mechanics.
Other topics include the applications of both advanced and elementary theory to a number of interesting problems in physical chemistry — radiation phenomena, the solid state, fluctuations and noise problems, the statistical mechanical aspects of light scattering theory, paramagnetism and magnetic cooling, dielectrics, the theory of electrolyte solutions, nonideal gases, distribution functions for dense fluids, and the Ising model for the study of order-disorder transitions in biological macromolecules. Numerous problems enhance the book's value as a classroom text.
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Statistical Mechanics
Clear and readable, this fine text assists students in achieving a grasp of the techniques and limitations of statistical mechanics. The treatment follows a logical progression from elementary to advanced theories, with careful attention to detail and mathematical development, and is sufficiently rigorous for introductory or intermediate graduate courses.
Beginning with a study of the statistical mechanics of ideal gases and other systems of non-interacting particles, the text develops the theory in detail and applies it to the study of chemical equilibrium and the calculation of the thermodynamic properties of gases from molecular structure data. The second half offers a lucid, logical presentation of the canonical ensemble and of the grand ensemble, which constitute the theoretical bases for modern advanced equilibrium statistical mechanics.
Other topics include the applications of both advanced and elementary theory to a number of interesting problems in physical chemistry — radiation phenomena, the solid state, fluctuations and noise problems, the statistical mechanical aspects of light scattering theory, paramagnetism and magnetic cooling, dielectrics, the theory of electrolyte solutions, nonideal gases, distribution functions for dense fluids, and the Ising model for the study of order-disorder transitions in biological macromolecules. Numerous problems enhance the book's value as a classroom text.
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Statistical Mechanics

Statistical Mechanics

by Norman Davidson
Statistical Mechanics

Statistical Mechanics

by Norman Davidson

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Clear and readable, this fine text assists students in achieving a grasp of the techniques and limitations of statistical mechanics. The treatment follows a logical progression from elementary to advanced theories, with careful attention to detail and mathematical development, and is sufficiently rigorous for introductory or intermediate graduate courses.
Beginning with a study of the statistical mechanics of ideal gases and other systems of non-interacting particles, the text develops the theory in detail and applies it to the study of chemical equilibrium and the calculation of the thermodynamic properties of gases from molecular structure data. The second half offers a lucid, logical presentation of the canonical ensemble and of the grand ensemble, which constitute the theoretical bases for modern advanced equilibrium statistical mechanics.
Other topics include the applications of both advanced and elementary theory to a number of interesting problems in physical chemistry — radiation phenomena, the solid state, fluctuations and noise problems, the statistical mechanical aspects of light scattering theory, paramagnetism and magnetic cooling, dielectrics, the theory of electrolyte solutions, nonideal gases, distribution functions for dense fluids, and the Ising model for the study of order-disorder transitions in biological macromolecules. Numerous problems enhance the book's value as a classroom text.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780486160931
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication date: 01/23/2013
Series: Dover Books on Chemistry
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 560
File size: 28 MB
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Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Classical Mechanics
3. Quantum Mechanics
4. Thermodynamics
5. Mathematics
6. The Statistical Mechanics of a System of Independent Particles
7. Statistical Mechanics and Chemical Equilibrium
8. Distribution Laws, Partition Functions, and Thermodynamic Functions for Atoms and Diatomic Molecules
9. Nuclear Spin Statistics. Isotope Effects
10. Classical Statistical Mechanics. The Kinetic Theory of Gases
11. Polyatomic Molecules
12. Black-body Radiation
13. Canonical and Grand Canonical Ensembles
14. Fluctuations, Noise, Brownian Motion
15. Real Gases
16. Lattice Vibrations and the Thermodynamic Properties of Crystals. Order-Disorder Phenomena
17. A Digression on Electricity, Magnetism, and Units
18. Dielectric Phenomena
19. Magnetic Phenomena
20. Distribution Functions and the Theory of Dense Fluids
21. Solutions of Electrolytes. The Debye-Hückel Theory
Appendixes. Index
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