Unit · year 3
CU-303 · Statistical Thermodynamics
Threads energy · quantum5 results
Bridging molecular energy levels to bulk thermodynamic properties.
Results in this unit
T-082
The molecular partition function
The bridge from energy levels to thermodynamics.
T-083
The Boltzmann distribution of populations
How molecules populate available energy levels.
T-084
The equipartition theorem
An average of (1/2)kT per quadratic degree of freedom.
T-085
The statistical definition of entropy
Boltzmann's S = k ln W.
T-086
Heat capacity from energy levels
The Einstein and Debye models of solids.