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Lecture 24: Introduction to statistical mechanics

Prof. Keith A. Nelson and Prof. Moungi Bawendi · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Prof. Keith A. Nelson, Prof. Moungi Bawendi. Thermodynamics & Kinetics. Spring 2008. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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  1. Lecture 1: State of a system, 0th law, equation of state 47 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: Work, heat, first law 51 min · Video
  3. Lecture 3: Internal energy, expansion work 53 min · Video
  4. Lecture 4: Enthalpy 55 min · Video
  5. Lecture 5: Adiabatic changes 50 min · Video
  6. Lecture 6: Thermochemistry 53 min · Video
  7. Lecture 7: Calorimetry 55 min · Video
  8. Lecture 8: Second law 50 min · Video
  9. Lecture 9: Entropy and the Clausius inequality 51 min · Video
  10. Lecture 10: Entropy and irreversibility 53 min · Video
  11. Lecture 11: Fundamental equation, absolute S, third law 52 min · Video
  12. Lecture 12: Criteria for spontaneous change 49 min · Video
  13. Lecture 13: Gibbs free energy 50 min · Video
  14. Lecture 14: Multicomponent systems, chemical potential 48 min · Video
  15. Lecture 15: Chemical equilibrium 52 min · Video
  16. Lecture 16: Temperature, pressure and Kp 52 min · Video
  17. Lecture 17: Equilibrium: application to drug design 32 min · Video
  18. Lecture 18: Phase equilibria — one component 51 min · Video
  19. Lecture 19: Clausius-Clapeyron equation 51 min · Video
  20. Lecture 20: Phase equilibria — two components 50 min · Video
  21. Lecture 21: Ideal solutions 51 min · Video
  22. Lecture 22: Non-ideal solutions 52 min · Video
  23. Lecture 23: Colligative properties 52 min · Video
  24. Lecture 24: Introduction to statistical mechanics 53 min · Video
  25. Lecture 25: Partition function (q) — large N limit 52 min · Video
  26. Lecture 26: Partition function (Q) — many particles 52 min · Video
  27. Lecture 27: Statistical mechanics and discrete energy levels 53 min · Video
  28. Lecture 28: Model systems 52 min · Video
  29. Lecture 29: Applications: chemical and phase equilibria 52 min · Video
  30. Lecture 30: Introduction to reaction kinetics 51 min · Video
  31. Lecture 31: Complex reactions and mechanisms 46 min · Video
  32. Lecture 32: Steady-state and equilibrium approximations 51 min · Video
  33. Lecture 33: Chain reactions 51 min · Video
  34. Lecture 34: Temperature dependence, Ea, catalysis 46 min · Video
  35. Lecture 35: Enzyme catalysis 51 min · Video
  36. Lecture 36: Autocatalysis and oscillators 41 min · Video