Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics in Chemistry

3 credits

Introductory principles of Statistical Mechanics with illustrations of chemical importance. Applications to molecular gases, liquids, solids, independent particle statistics, electric and magnetic moments, radiation, chemical equilibrium and reaction rates. Credit will be granted for only one of CHEM_V 407, CHEM_V 503 or PHYS_V 455. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.