MICROSCOPIC THERMODYNAMICS
Irey, Ansari and Pohl 1972

PART I   THE MICROSCOPIC SECOND LAW

Unit IIIA Equilibrium - A Microscopic Understanding
 Introduction and Objectives
I. THE BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES
 A.  The Particle
 B.  Quantum Mechanics
 C.  Energy States, Energy Levels and Degeneracy
II. GROUP PARTICLE BEHAVIOR
 A. Macrostate Distributions
 B. Microstates
      Boltzon Macrostate Probabilities
      Indistinguishable Particle Macrostate Probabilities
      Properties
III. EQUILIBRIUM
 A. Extrapolation to Large Systems
 B. Approach to Equilibrium

Unit IIIBEntropy, Equilibrium and the Second Law
 Introduction and Objectives
I.ENTROPY DEFINED
II. EQUILIBRIUM DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
 A. The Distribution Function for Boltzons
 B. Distribution Functions for Bosons and Fermions
III.ENTROPY IN MACROSCOPIC TERMS, THE GIBB'S EQUATION
IV.DETERMINING ENTROPY PRODUCTION
 A. Mechanical Entropy Production
 B. Thermal Entropy Production
 Summary Questions
      Appendix A: Differentiation of SMB
      Appendix B: Equilibrium in Fermions and Bosons

PART II   APPLIED MICROSCOPIC THERMODYNAMICS

Unit IIIC Microscopic Calculation of Perfect Gas Properties
 Introduction and Objectives
I. THE INDISTINGUISHABLE LIMIT
II. EVALUATION OF THE PARTITION FUNCTION
 A. External and Internal Modes
 B. The Characteristic Temperature of a Mode
III.THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ENERGY MODES
 A. The External (Translational) Modes
 B. The Rotational (and Nuclear Spin) Mode
  C. The Vibrational Mode
  D. Electronic (Dissociation) Mode
IV.PROPERTIES OF MOLECULAR PERFECT GASES
      Appendix A: Further Consideration ~ Translational Mode MODE
      Appendix B: Ionization, Dissociation, and Chemical Energy

Unit IIID Properties of Gases with Low-Mass Particles.
 Introduction and Objectives
I.PROPERTIES OF WAVES
 A. Properties of a Photon Gas
 B. Lattice Vibrations (The Phonon Gas)
II.PROPERTIES: FREE ELECTRONS
III.PROPERTIES: SOLIDS
      Appendix A: Molecular Lattice Point Crystals

Unit IIIE Transport Processes
 Introduction and Objectives
I.INTER-PARTICLE FLUX
 A. Speed Distributions
 B. Inter-Particle Flux
 C. Inter-Particle Collisions
II.FREE PARTICLE RADIATION TRANSPORT
III.CONTINUUM TRANSPORT
 A. Transport Properties of Molecular Gases
 B. Transport Properties of Solids
      Appendix A: Continuum Diffusion
      TABLE 1: Exponential Integrals
      TABLE 2: Collision Cross Sections