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Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics
Ensembles and Thermodynamic Potentials
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September 9, 1997
Aside: Quiz Solutions
Entropy, Energy and Free Energy in Canonical Ensemble
Averaging Entropy
Aside: Legendre Transformations
Grand Canonical Ensemble
General Case: How to Introduce a New Ensemble
General Idea
Examples
Isobaric-Adiabatic Ensemble
Isobaric-Isothermic Ensemble
Epitome
Equivalence of Ensembles
Canonical and Grand Canonical Ensembles Revisited
Method of Maximal Term
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© 1997
Boris Veytsman
and
Michael Kotelyanskii
Tue Sep 9 22:39:08 EDT 1997