One of the goals of An Introduction to Applied Statistical Thermodynamics is to introduce readers to the fundamental ideas and engineering uses of statistical thermodynamics, and the equilibrium part of the statistical mechanics. This text emphasises on nano and bio technologies, molecular level descriptions and understandings offered by statistical mechanics. It provides an introduction to the simplest forms of Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulation (albeit only for simple spherical molecules) and user-friendly MATLAB programs for doing such simulations, and also some other calculations. The purpose of this text is to provide a readable introduction to statistical thermodynamics, show its utility and the way the results obtained lead to useful generalisations for practical application. The text also illustrates the difficulties that arise in the statistical thermodynamics of dense fluids as seen in the discussion of liquids.

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Inhaltsangabe1. Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics 2. The Canonical Partition Function 3. The Ideal Monatomic Gas 4. Ideal Polyatomic Gas 5. Chemical Reactions in Ideal Gases 6. Other Partition Functions 7. Interacting Molecules in a Gas 8. Intermolecular Potentials and the Evaluation of the Second Virial Coefficient 9. Monatomic Crystals 10. Simple Lattice Models of Fluids 11. Interacting Molecules in a Dense Fluid. Configurational Distribution Functions 12. Integral Equation Theories for the Radial Distribution Function 13. Computer Simulation 14. Perturbation Theory 15. DebyeHückel Theory of Electrolyte Solutions 16. The Derivation of Thermodynamic Models from the Generalized van der Waals Partition Function

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