Thermal Physics
Basics
- Ideal Gas Equation
- Stirling’s Formula
- Definition of Heat in Physics
- Definition of Temperature in Physics
- Heat Capacity
- Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
- Boltzmann Distribution
- Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
Kinetic Theory of Gases
- Maxwell Distribution
- Expected Value of the Speed/Velocity of Gas Molecules
- Average Kinetic Energy of Gas Molecules
- Ideal Gas Equation Derived from Kinetic Theory
- Dalton’s Law
- Flow Rate of Gases
Classical Thermodynamics
- State Functions
- First Law of Thermodynamics
- Isochoric and Isobaric Heat Capacities
- Thermodynamic Derivation of the Adiabatic Index
- Second Law of Thermodynamics
- Carnot Engine
- Clausius Inequality $\oint \delta Q / T \le 0$
- Entropy in Thermodynamics $dS = \delta Q / T$
- Enthalpy, Helmholtz Free Energy, Gibbs Free Energy
Statistical Mechanics
“Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent his life studying statistical mechanics, committed suicide in 1906. Paul Ehrenfest, taking over his work, also committed suicide in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics.”1
References
- Stephen J. Blundell and Katherine M. Blundell, 열 물리학(Concepts in Thermal Physics, 이재우 역) (2nd Edition, 2014)
- R. K. Pathria and Paul D. Beale, Statistical Mechanics (3rd Edition, 2011)
States of Matter, by David. L. Goodstein, 1975, Dover N.Y. ↩︎
All posts
- Linear Expansion Coefficient and Volumetric Expansion Coefficient
- Ideal Gas Equation
- A Simple Derivation of the Stirling Formula
- Thermodynamics Zeroth Law
- Definition of temperature in physicss
- Boltzmann Distribution
- Gas Molecule Count Formula Depending on Height in an Isothermal Atmosphere
- Maxwell Distribution
- Average Kinetic Energy of Gas Molecules
- Heat Capacity
- First Law of Thermodynamics
- Specific Heat Capacity and Heat Capacity at Constant Pressure
- Isothermal Expansion of an Ideal Gas
- Adiabatic Expansion of an Ideal Gas
- Thermodynamic Derivation of the Heat Insulation Coefficient
- The Second Law of Thermodynamics
- Carnot Engine
- Carnot's Theorem Proof
- Clausius Inequality
- In Thermodynamics, What is Entropy?
- The Entropy of the Universe Does Not Decrease
- Gibbs' Representation of Entropy
- Enthalpy, Helmholtz Free Energy, Gibbs Free Energy
- Definition of Heat in Physics
- Expectation Value of Speed and Velocity of Gas Molecules
- Derivation of the Ideal Gas Equation through Kinetic Theory of Gases
- Dalton's Law
- Gas Flux
- What is a State Function in Thermophysics?