PHYS 317 - Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics

Instructor: Katharina Vollmayr-Lee, kvollmay@bucknell.edu, Olin 152, x7-3109

Office Hours: Tue 1:00-3:00, Thu 1:00-3:00 and by appointment

Text: Daniel V. Schroeder, An Introduction to Thermal Physics

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Assignments

DueTopicReadHomeworkSol.Read. Assign.
Aug. 29Ideal Gas & Equip. Thm § 1.1-1.3 1.1, 1.11, 1.16 Hint: Air N2HW 1RD 08/29
Sept. 1Heat and Work § 1.4-1.5 1.19, 1.21, 1.23HW 2RD 09/01
Sept. 3Heat Capacities § 1.6 1.27, 1.34, 1.36HW 3RD 09/03
Sept. 5Rates § 1.7 1.42, 1.50a-d, 1.50e-fHW 4RD 09/05
Sept. 8Multiplicity § 2.1 & § 2.2 1.60, 1.67, 1.70HW 5RD 09/08
Sept. 10Interacting Systems § 2.3 2.3, 2.5 b-g, 2.7HW 6RD 09/10
Sept. 12Large Systems § 2.4 2.10 & 2.11HW 7RD 09/12
Sept. 15Ideal Gas § 2.5 2.18 & 2.19HW 8RD 09/15
Sept. 17Entropy § 2.6 2.24a,b, 2.24 c,d, 2.27HW 9RD 09/17
Sept. 19Review none 2.33, 2.34, 2.37HW 10RD 09/19
Sept. 24Temperature ! § 3.1 noneExam1RD 09/24
Sept. 26Entropy § 3.2 3.4, 3.5, 3.7HW 11RD 09/26
Sept. 29Paramagnet § 3.3 3.10 & 3.14HW 12RD 09/29
Oct. 1Equil. & p § 3.4 3.23, 3.25 a-c & 3.25 d-fHW 13RD 10/01
Oct. 3Equil. & &mu § 3.5 & § 3.6 3.31 & 3.33HW 14RD 10/03
Oct. 6Heat Engine & Refridg. § 4.1 & § 4.2 3.34, 3.35 & 3.36HW 15RD 10/06
Oct. 8Free Energy § 5.1 up to page 155 4.5 & 4.18 (see p.131)HW 16RD 10/08
Oct. 10Therm. Identity & G § 5.1 & § 5.2 5.5 & 5.6HW 17RD 10/10
Oct. 15Phase Trans. I pages 166-174 5.12, 5.14 a-c, 5.14 d-gHW 18RD 10/15
Oct. 17Van der Waals pages 180 - 184 5.31, 5.32, 5.47HW 19RD 10/17
Oct. 20Mixtures pages 186 - 194 5.52 & 5.55a,eHW 20RD 10/20
Oct. 22Dilute Solution pages 200-204 5.48 & 5.49 HW 21RD 10/22
Oct. 24Review none 5.60 HW 22RD 10/24
Oct. 29Boltzmann Factor § 6.1 none Exam 2RD 10/29
Oct. 31Average Values § 6.2 6.5 & 6.9 HW 23RD 10/31
Nov. 3Averages & Equipart. Thm § 6.3 6.17, 6.19 & 3. (see RD) HW 24RD 11/03
Nov. 5Maxwell Speed Distr. § 6.4 6.25, 6.31 & 6.32a,b HW 25RD 11/05
Nov. 7F & Ising Model § 6.5 & § 8.2 to p.345 6.35, 6.37 & 6.41 HW 26RD 11/07
Nov. 10Ising Model & Compos.Syst. § 6.6 & § 8.2 to p.345 6.42 & 6.43 HW 27RD 11/10
Nov. 12Ideal Gas § 6.7 6.44, 8.20, 8.22 (see RD) HW 28RD 11/12
Nov. 14Gibbs Distr. § 7.1 1 .& 6.45 (see RD)HW 29RD 11/14
Nov. 17Bosons & Fermions § 7.2 7.2 & 7.6HW 30RD 11/17
Nov. 19Fermi Gas § 7.3 through 278 7.12 & 7.18 no plotsHW 31RD 11/19
Nov. 21Black Body Radiation I § 7.4 through 296 7.20 & 7.22HW 32RD 11/21
Dec. 1Black Body Radiation II remainder of § 7.4 7.43, 7.44 (see RD)HW 33RD 12/01
Dec. 5Bose-Einstein Cond. § 7.6 7.23 HW 34
Dec. 8Review none none Exam3

Syllabus

Dates Topics Reading
Aug 27 - Sept 5 Intro & Energy Ch 1
Sept 8 - 19 Entropy Ch 2
Mon, Sept 22 Exam 1
Sept 24 - Oct 6 Temperature/Interactions Ch 3
Oct 8 & 10 Engines & Regrigerator § 4.1 & 4.2
Oct 15 - 24 Free Energy & Phase Transitions § 5.1 - 5.5
Mon, Oct 27 Exam 2
Oct 29 - Nov 12 Boltzmann Statistics Ch 6
Nov 14 - Dec 1 Quantum Statistics § 7.1 - 7.4
Wed, Dec 3 Exam 3
Dec 5 & 8 BE Condens. & Ising Model § 7.6 & § 8.2
Thu, Dec 18, 8-11am Final Exam