Physics 416 Thermal and Statistical Physics Purdue University Textbook: Thermal Physics by Kittel and Kroemer Lectures follow the text fairly closely, so if you're joining us from iTunes, you might enjoy having a copy handy.
Final Review 2
Dec. 12, 2005
Final Review 1
Dec. 5, 2005
Lecture 24: Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem
Dec. 1, 2005
Lecture23: Brownian Motion and Diffusion
Nov. 29, 2005
Lecture 22: Nucleation in First Order (Abrupt) Phase Transitions
Nov. 16, 2005
Lecture 21: Alloys, Mixing, and Phase Separation
Nov. 14, 2005
Lecture 20: Landau Theory of Phase Transitions; Oil, Water, and Alloys
Nov. 9, 2005
Lecture 19: Symmetries, Order Parameters, and the Failure of Reductionism
Nov. 7, 2005
Lecture 18: Van Der Waals and Geckos
Nov. 2, 2005
Lecture 17: Introduction to Phase Transitions
Oct. 31, 2005
Lecture 16: Gibbs Free Energy and Chemical Reactions
Oct. 26, 2005
Lecture 15: Refrigerators and Path Dependence of Work
Oct. 24, 2005
Midterm Review
Oct. 17, 2005
Lecture 14: Engines
Oct. 12, 2005
Lecture 13: Bose Condensates
Oct. 5, 2005
Lecture 12: Reversible and Irreversible Expansions
Oct. 3, 2005
Lecture 11: Bose Gas and Ideal Gas
Sept. 28, 2005
Lecture 10: Fermi-Dirac Distribution Function
Sept. 26, 2005
Lecture 9: Gibbs Factor and Gibbs Sum
Sept. 21, 2005
Lecture 8: Chemical Potential
Sept. 19, 2005
Lecture 7: Planck Blackbody Radiation
Sept. 14, 2005
Lecture 6: Ideal Gas Law, Planck Blackbody Radiation
Sept. 12, 2005
Lecture 5: Free Energy and Maxwell Relations
Sept. 7, 2005
Lecture 4: Partition Function and Thermodynamic Identity
Aug. 31, 2005
Lecture 3: Entropy, Temperature, and the Laws of Thermodynamics
Aug. 29, 2005
Lecture 2: Multiplicity Function
Aug. 24, 2005
Lecture 1: What is Statistical Mechanics and Why Does It Work?
Aug. 23, 2005
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