Welcome to Prof. Roussel's Chemistry 4000/5000/7000

Statistical Mechanics

• Course policies and general information:
  • Chem 4000
  • Chem 5000/7000
  • Revised syllabus (March 31)
• Assignments and solutions
• Additional notes:
  • Molecular energy levels
  • Statistical entropy
  • Statistical treatment of linear polymers
  • Statistical treatment of rubber elasticity
  • Statistical thermodynamic treatment of solubility
  • Flory-Huggins theory of polymer solubility
  • Lattice model of protein folding
  • Beyond the canonical ensemble
  • Random walks
    Maple worksheets:
    • Mean first passage time in a biased random walk
    • Diffusion in a bounded two-dimensional space
    • Probability density during a bounded two-dimensional random walk
  • Transition-state theory
  • RRK theory
  • Master equations
• Tests and solutions
  • Test 1 and solutions
  • Test 2 and solutions
  • Final examination
• Useful resources on the web:
  • Maple Think, a document that tries to introduce you to how Maple "thinks"
  • Resources provided by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
    • Atomic weights and isotopic compositions
    • NIST Atomic Spectra Database: This is a database of atomic spectra and energy levels.
    • NIST Chemistry WebBook: includes thermochemical and spectroscopic data for a variety of molecular species

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