CBE 60553 - Fall 2012

Text: H. B. Callen, Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics, 2nd edition, Wiley, errata

Homework

Suggested Reading
Supplementary Material
Lecture 1
The Postulates
Chapter 1
pp. 5-32
Lecture 2
The Microcanonical Ensemble
Chapter 15
pp. 329-339
Lecture 3
Equilbrium
Chapter 2
pp. 35-58
Lecture 4
Some Simple Systems
Chapter 3
pp. 59-87
Lecture 5
Thermodynamic Cycles and Efficiencies
Chapter 4
pp. 91-130
Lecture 6
Other Thermodynamic Potentials
Chapter 5,6
pp. 131-151
pp. 153-160
Lecture 7
Real Fluids
Chapter 6,7,13
pp. 160-167
pp. 181-195
pp. 297-302
Lecture 8
The Canonical Ensemble
Chapter 16
pp. 349-377
Lecture 9
Stability and Phase Equilibria
Chapter 8
pp. 203-214
Chapter 9
pp. 215-248

Lecture 10
Mixtures

Chapter 8
pp. 248-252