Overview
Description
Molecular approach to the study of fundamental thermodynamic energy relationships.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Even Years
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate fundamental understanding of connection between microscopic properties of atoms and molecules, and macroscopic properties of gases, liquids and solids.
- predict behavior of real gases, liquid and solids using simple models of statistical mechanics.
- calculate partition functions for classical and quantum model systems.
- calculate thermodynamic properties, equilibrium constants, and reaction rate constants from partition functions.
- apply concepts of statistical mechanics to explain different types of phase transitions.