Thermal Physics
Second Edition| ©1980 Charles Kittel; University of California; Herbert Kroemer; University of California
For upper-division courses in thermodynamics or statistical mechanics, Kittel and Kroemer offers a modern approach to thermal physics that is based on the idea that all physical systems can be described...
For upper-division courses in thermodynamics or statistical mechanics, Kittel and Kroemer offers a modern approach to thermal physics that is based on the idea that all physical systems can be described in terms of their discrete quantum states, rather than drawing on 19th-century classical mechanics concepts.
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For upper-division courses in thermodynamics or statistical mechanics, Kittel and Kroemer offers a modern approach to thermal physics that is based on the idea that all physical systems can be described in terms of their discrete quantum states, rather than drawing on 19th-century classical mechanics concepts.
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Thermal Physics
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Charles Kittel; University of California; Herbert Kroemer; University of California
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Thermal Physics
Second Edition| 1980
Charles Kittel; University of California; Herbert Kroemer; University of California
Table of Contents
1. States of a Model System
2. Entropy and Temperature
3. Boltzmann Distribution and Helmholtz Free Energy
4. Thermal Radiation and Planck Distribution
5. Chemical Potential and Gibbs Distribution
6. Ideal Gas
7. Fermi and Bose Gases
8. Heat and Work
9. Gibbs Free Energy and Chemical Reactions
10. Phase Transformations
11. Binary Mixtures
12. Cryogenics
13. Semiconductor Statistics
14. Kinetic Theory
15. Propagation
Appendixes
Index
Thermal Physics
Second Edition| 1980
Charles Kittel; University of California; Herbert Kroemer; University of California
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Charles Kittel
Herbert Kroemer
Thermal Physics
Second Edition| 1980
Charles Kittel; University of California; Herbert Kroemer; University of California
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Thermal Physics
Second Edition| 1980
Charles Kittel; University of California; Herbert Kroemer; University of California
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