Introductory principles of Statistical Mechanics with illustrations of chemical importance. Applications to molecular gases, liquids, solids, independent particle statistics, electric and magnetic moments, radiation, chemical equilibrium and reaction rates. Credit will be granted for only one of CHEM 407/CHEM 503 or PHYS 455. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Introductory principles of Statistical Mechanics with illustrations of chemical importance. Applications to molecular gases, liquids, solids, independent particle statistics, electric and magnetic moments, radiation, chemical equilibrium and reaction rates. Credit will be granted for only one of CHEM 407/CHEM 503 or PHYS 455. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.