PH 664: LECTURE DOCUMENTS

Ensembles and All That

Thermodynamic Definitions

Calculation of Entropy for an Arbitrary Process

Thermodynamic Potentials and the Characteristic Equations

Use of PSI Plot for the Final Exam

Degeneracy and All That

 

PH 664: LECTURE PDF's

Lecture Set 1:  Brief Review of Thermodynamics

Lecture Set 2: Chapters 1,2 and 3 in McQuarrie

Lecture Set 3: Chapters 4 and 5 in McQuarrie

Lecture Set 4: Chapters 6, 7 and 8 in McQuarrie

Lecture Set 5: Chapters 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 in McQuarrie