PHYS 317 - Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics
Instructor: Katharina Vollmayr-Lee, kvollmay@bucknell.edu, Olin 152, x7-3109Office Hours: T 1-3, R 3-5 and by appointment (my schedule)
Text: Daniel V. Schroeder, An Introduction to Thermal Physics , Schroeder's Physics Software
Course Information
Announcements:
- Formulae for Final (Wed, Dec. 15, 8-11)
- End of Semester Coffee/Tea/Cookies: Mo, Dec.13, 3:00pm (114 S 4th St.)
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Assignments
| Due | Topic | Read | Homework | Sol. |
| Aug. 27 | Ideal Gas & Equip. Thm | § 1.1-1.3 | 1.1, 1.11, 1.16 Hint: Air N2 | HW 1 |
| Aug. 30 | Heat and Work | § 1.4-1.5 | 1.21, 1.23, 1.25 | HW 2 |
| Sept. 1 | Heat and Work | § 1.6 | 1.27, 1.34, 1.36 | HW 3 |
| Sept. 3 | Rates | § 1.7 | 1.41, 1.49, 1.50a-d | HW 4 |
| Sept. 6 | Multiplicity | § 2.1 & 2.2 | 1.60, 1.67, 1.70 | HW 5 |
| Sept. 8 | Interacting Systems | § 2.3 | 2.3a-f, 2.4, 2.5b,c,f,g, 2.7 | HW 6 |
| Sept. 10 | Large Systems | § 2.4 | 2.10& 2.11 | HW 7 |
| Sept. 13 | Ideal Gas | § 2.5 | 2.17, 2.18, 2.19 (HW9 2.24) | HW 8 |
| Sept. 15 | Entropy | § 2.6 | 2.24(9P), 2.26(3P), 2.27(3P) | HW 9 |
| Sept. 17 | Review | review, no new reading | 2.31, 2.34, 2.37 | HW 10 |
| Sept. 22 | Temperature | § 3.1 | none | Exam 1 |
| Sept. 24 | Entropy & Heat | § 3.2 | 3.1, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 | HW 11 |
| Sept. 27 | Paramagnet | § 3.3 | 3.8, 3.10, 3.14 | HW 12 |
| Sept. 29 | Mech. Equilibrium | § 3.4 | 3.23, 3.25a-c, 3.25d,e | HW 13 |
| Oct. 1 | Equilibrium & &mu | § 3.5 & 3.6 | 3.31, 3.34a-d, 3.34 e-g | HW 14 |
| Oct. 4 | Heat Engine and Refridgerator | § 4.1 & 4.2 | 3.35, 3.36, 3.39 | HW 15 |
| Oct. 6 | Free Energy | § 5.1 up to page 155 | 4.1, 4.5, 4.18 | HW 16 |
| Oct. 8 | Thermodynamic Identities | finish § 5.1 | 5.5, 5.6 | HW 17 |
| Oct. 11 | Equilibrium and G | § 5.2 | 5.12, 5.14a-c, 5.14d-g | HW 18 |
| Oct. 13 | Phase Transitions | § 5.3 up to page 175 | 5.22, 5.23ab, 5.23cd | HW 19 |
| Oct. 15 | van der Waals | finish § 5.3 | 5.31, 5.32ab, 5.47a | HW 20 |
| Oct. 20 | Mixtures | § 5.4 up to page 195 | 5.48, 5.51, 5.52 | HW 21 |
| Oct. 22 | Review | none | 5.60 | HW 22 |
| Oct. 27 | Boltzmann Factor | § 6.1 | none | Exam 2 |
| Oct. 29 | Average Values | § 6.2 | 6.5 & 6.9 | HW 23 |
| Nov. 1 | Equipartition Theorem | § 6.3 | 6.5 & 6.9 & probl.3. | HW 24 |
| Nov. 3 | Maxwell Distribution | § 6.4 | 6.26, 6.31, 6.32a,b | HW 25 |
| Nov. 5 | F and Composite Systems | § 6.5 & 6.6 | 6.35, 6.37, 6.41 | HW 26 |
| Nov. 8 | Ideal Gas | § 6.7 | 6.42, 6.43, 6.44 | HW 27 |
| Nov. 10 | Ising Model | § 8.2 up to page 345 | 6.45, 6.50, 6.52 | HW 28 |
| Nov. 12 | Gibbs Factor | § 7.1 | 8.18, 8.20, 8.22 | HW 29 |
| Nov. 15 | Bosons & Fermions | § 7.2 | 7.2, 7.6 | HW 30 |
| Nov. 17 | Degenerate Fermi Gas | § 7.3 through page 278 | 7.8, 7.18 | HW 31 |
| Nov. 19 | Review | review, no new reading | 7.20, 7.22 | HW 32 |
| Nov. 29 | Black Body Radiation I | § 7.4 through page 296 | 7.23b-d, 7.23e-g | HW 33 and Exam 3 |
| Dec. 1 | Black Body Radiation II | finish § 7.4 | 7.43, 7.44 | HW 34 |
| Dec. 3 | Bose-Einstein Condensation | § 7.6 | 7.52, 7.53ab, 7.54 | HW 35 |
| Dec. 6 | Review | review material | 7.67, 7.72 | HW 36 |
Syllabus
| Dates | Topics | Reading |
| Aug 25 - Sept 3 | Intro & Energy | Ch 1 |
| Sept 6 - 17 | Entropy | Ch 2 |
| Mon, Sept 20 | Exam 1 | |
| Sept 22 - Oct 1 | Temperature/Interactions | Ch 3 |
| Oct 4 | Engines & Refridgerator | § 4.1 & 4.2 |
| Oct 6 - 13 | Free Energy | § 5.1, 5.2 |
| Oct 15 - 22 | Phase Transitions | § 5.3 , 5.4 |
| Mo, Oct 25 | Exam 2 | |
| Oct 27 - Nov 8 | Boltzmann Statistics | Ch 6 |
| Nov 10 | Ising Model | § 8.2 |
| Nov 12 - 19 | Quantum Statistics: Bosons & Fermions | § 7.1 - 7.3 |
| Mon, Nov 22 | Exam 3 | |
| Nov 29 & Dec 1 | Black Body Radiation | § 7.4 |
| Dec 3 & 6 | BE Condens. | § 7.6 |
| Dec 15 8-11am | Final Exam |