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Applications of statistical thermodynamics

Subsections

Introduction
Boltzmann distributions
Paramagnetism
Mean values
Partition functions
Ideal monatomic gases
Gibb's paradox
The equipartition theorem
Harmonic oscillators
Specific heats
Specific heats of gases
Specific heats of solids
The Maxwell distribution

Richard Fitzpatrick 2006-02-02