1. Homework Set 1
2. Homework Set 2
3. Homework Set 3
4. Test 2

Homework Solutions
Course Survey

1. Introduction
• Quantum Mechanics
• Probability Theory
2. States of a System
• Binary Model System
• Multiplicity Function
• Mean Spin Excess Average
3. Entropy
• Thermal Contact
4. Temperature
• Relationship between Temperature and Entropy
• The Three Laws of Thermodynamics
5. Boltzmann Distribution
• Heat Capacity
• Reversible Processes
6. Helmholtz Free Energy
• Maxwell Relations
7. Ideal Gases
• Classical Regime
8. Equipartition of Energy
9. Carnot Cycle
• Work Engines
• Refrigerators
• Gibbs Free Energy
10. Thermal Radiation
• Solution to Maxwell's Equations
• Thermal Average
• Thermal Energy
• Photon Gas
• Kirchhoff's Law
• Transmission of Heat Through a Solid
11. Chemical Potential
• Connection to Potential Energy
• Chemical Potential and Entropy
12. Gibbs Distribution
• Gibbs Sum
• Number of States
• Energy
13. Fermi and Bose Gases
• Fermions
• Bosons
• Chemical Potential
• Free Energy
14. Degenerate Gases
• Fermionic Degenerate Gases
• Bosonic Degenerate Gases
• Temperature and Orbital Occupancy
• Einstein Condensation Temperature
• Elementary Excitations
15. Gibbs Free Energy
• Gibbs Free Energy and Helmholtz Free Energy
• Chemical Reactions
• Equilibrium Reactions in an Ideal Gas
• Reaction Speed
• Isotherms
• Enthalpy