Thermal and Statistical Physics

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Physics 416
Thermal and Statistical Physics
Purdue University

Textbook: Thermal Physics by Kittel and Kroemer

Lectures follow the text fairly closely, so if you're joining us from iTunes, you might enjoy having a copy handy.

Episode Date
Lecture 1: Accessible States
Aug 22, 2006
New Course: Solid State Physics
Jan 10, 2006
Final Review 2
Dec 12, 2005
Final Review 1
Dec 05, 2005
Lecture 24: Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem
Dec 01, 2005
Lecture23: Brownian Motion and Diffusion
Nov 30, 2005
Lecture 22: Nucleation in First Order (Abrupt) Phase Transitions
Nov 16, 2005
Lecture 21: Alloys, Mixing, and Phase Separation
Nov 15, 2005
Lecture 20: Landau Theory of Phase Transitions; Oil, Water, and Alloys
Nov 10, 2005
Lecture 19: Symmetries, Order Parameters, and the Failure of Reductionism
Nov 08, 2005
Lecture 18: Van Der Waals and Geckos
Nov 02, 2005
Lecture 17: Introduction to Phase Transitions
Oct 31, 2005
Lecture 16: Gibbs Free Energy and Chemical Reactions
Oct 26, 2005
Lecture 15: Refrigerators and Path Dependence of Work
Oct 24, 2005
Midterm Exam
Oct 21, 2005
Midterm Review
Oct 17, 2005
Lecture 14: Engines
Oct 13, 2005
Lecture 13: Bose Condensates
Oct 05, 2005
Lecture 12: Reversible and Irreversible Expansions
Oct 03, 2005
Lecture 11: Bose Gas and Ideal Gas
Sep 28, 2005
Lecture 10: Fermi-Dirac Distribution Function
Sep 26, 2005
Lecture 9: Gibbs Factor and Gibbs Sum
Sep 21, 2005
Lecture 8: Chemical Potential
Sep 20, 2005
Lecture 7: Planck Blackbody Radiation
Sep 15, 2005
Lecture 6: Ideal Gas Law, Planck Blackbody Radiation
Sep 13, 2005
Lecture 5: Free Energy and Maxwell Relations
Sep 07, 2005
Lecture 4: Partition Function and Thermodynamic Identity
Aug 31, 2005
Lecture 3: Entropy, Temperature, and the Laws of Thermodynamics
Aug 30, 2005
Lecture 2: Multiplicity Function
Aug 24, 2005
Lecture 1: What is Statistical Mechanics and Why Does It Work?
Aug 24, 2005