| Name: |
Statistical Thermodynamics |
| Catalog Number: |
412040Y |
Hours/Credits: |
40/2 |
| Prerequisite(s): |
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Undergraduate Physical Chemistry; Advanced Mathematics. |
| Course Description: |
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This is a major basic course of graduate students in chemistry or related disciplines, or a selective course for graduate students in chemical engineering, materials science, and mechanics. The course mainly teaches the basic principles of statistical thermodynamics and their applications. The students of the course will be asked to master the statistical distribution of equilibrium systems and its applications to calculate the macro physical quantities of the systems in the gas, liquid, and solid phase. The course will lay a theoretical foundation for their future research. |
| Course Content: |
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Chapter 1 Systems of independent particles
Boltzmann statistical distribution of independent localized particles, the formulas to calculate the thermo quantities of systems; Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistical distributions of independent delocalized particles; The formulas to calculate the thermo quantities of systems; The transition from classical statistics to quantum statistics; Calculations of thermo quantities of idea gases; Partition function; The effects of external fields (e.g. gravity and electric and magnetic fields).
Chapter 2 Ensemble theory and systems of non-independent particles
Ensemble theory; Thermodynamics of canonical ensemble; Thermodynamics of grand canonical ensemble; Energy fluctuation of canonical ensemble; Fluctuation of particle numbers of grand canonical ensemble; Calculations of thermo quantities of non-independent particles (partition function-structural partition function); Equation of real gases; Thermodynamics of liquids; Theory of electrolyte solution.
Chapter 3 Thermo properties of solid
Thermo properties of black body radiation; Properties of electron gas in metals; Emission of heat electron gas; Heat defect of solids; Heat capacity of solids; Heat capacity of organic crystals.
Chapter 4 Statistical theory of adsorption
Adsorption of single molecule (Langmuir adsorption model and equation); Delocalized adsorption; Competitive adsorption of many-body; Many-layer adsorption of many-molecules (BET adsorption model and adsorption equation).
Chapter 5 Statistical theory of rate constants of elementary reactions
Collision theory (model and formulas); Transition state theory (model and formulas). |
| TextBooks: |
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1. Guangheng. Liu, Statistical mechanics and its chemical applications, Science Press, Beijing, 2001.
2. Youqi. Tang, Statistical mechanics and its applications in physical chemistry, Science Press, Beijing 1964. |
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