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Statistical Thermodynamics for Engineers

Prof. Saptarshi Basu · IISc Bangalore

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Lectures

Week 1 Introduction and Basic Concepts

  1. Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics Video
  2. Basic Probability Theory and Statistics Video
  3. Important Probability Distributions Video
  4. Combinatorial Analysis for Statistical Thermodynamics Video

Week 2 Statistics of Independent Particles and Thermodynamic Properties in the Dilute Limit

  1. Basic Concepts Video
  2. Macrostates and Microstates Video
  3. Bose Einstein and Fermi Dirac Statistics Video
  4. Entropy and the equilibrium particle distribution Video
  5. Supplementary Video 1 Operator Theory 1 Video

Week 3 Thermodynamic Properties in the Dilute Limit and Historical Survey of Quantum Mechanics

  1. Supplementary Video 2 Stirling Approximation and Lagrange Multipliers Video
  2. Supplementary Video 3 Equilibrium particle distribution Video
  3. The Dilute Limit and Concept of Molecular Partition Function Video
  4. The Molecular Partition Function and its relationship with Classical Thermodynamics Video
  5. Historical Survey of Quantum Mechanics Video

Week 4 Basics of Quantum Mechanics

  1. Supplementary Video 4 Operator Theory 2 Video
  2. Supplementary Video 5 Operator Theory 3 Video
  3. Bohr Model for the Spectrum of Atomic Hydrogen Video
  4. Heuristic Introduction to the Schrodinger Equation Video
  5. The postulates of Quantum Mechanics Video
  6. The Steady State Schrodinger Equation: Single Particle Analysis Video

Week 5 Schrodinger Equation and Particle in a box

  1. Supplementary Video 6 Coordinate System 1 Video
  2. Supplementary Video 7 Coordinate System 2 Video
  3. Supplementary Video 8 Coordinate System 3 Video
  4. The Steady State Schrodinger Equation: Multiparticle analysis Video
  5. The Particle in a Box Video
  6. The Uncertainity Principle Video
  7. The Pauli Exclusion and the Correspondence Principle Video

Week 6 Quantum Analysis of Internal Energy Modes

  1. Supplementary Video 9 Problem Solving 1 Video
  2. Supplementary Video 10 Problem Solving 2 Video
  3. The Internal Motion for a two particle system Video
  4. The rotational and vibrational energy mode for a diatomic molecule Video

Week 7 Multielectron systems and spectroscopy of diatomic molecules

  1. Supplementary Video 11 Problem Solving 3 Video
  2. The four quantum numbers and multielectron systems Video
  3. Spectroscopic term symbols for multielectron atoms Video
  4. Electron energies for multielectron systems Video
  5. Combined energy modes for atoms and diatomic molecules Video

Week 8 Fundamentals of diatomic molecular spectroscopy

  1. Perturbation analysis of the Schrodinger Wave equation Video
  2. Selection rules Video
  3. The Rotational and vibrational spectroscopy Video
  4. Ro-vibrational spectroscopy (Simplex model) Video

Week 9 Insights into Rotational, vibrational and Electronic spectroscopy in atomic and diatomic systems

  1. Rotation vibration coupling (Complex model) Video
  2. Ro-vibrational spectroscopy (Complex model) Video
  3. Ro-vibronic spectroscopy Video
  4. Working with Spectroscopic Schemes, Notations and Term Symbols Video

Week 10 Statistical Thermodynamics in Dilute Limit

  1. From Particles to assembly I Video
  2. From Particles to assembly II Video
  3. Connecting Quantum Mechanics to Classical Mechanics Video
  4. The Equipartition principle and ideal gas Video

Week 11 Thermodynamic properties of the Ideal Gas

  1. Thermodynamic properties of ideal monoatomic and diatomic gas Video
  2. The zero of energy (rotational and vibrational) Video
  3. Specific heats, Internal energy through Vibrational and Ro-vibrational energy modes Video
  4. Introduction to Interation of Radiation with Matter Video

Week 12 Radiative transitions and Spectroscopy

  1. Absorption and Emission of Radiation Video
  2. The Rabi frequency and Beer's Law Video
  3. Insights into radiative spectral transitions Video
  4. Theory of Absoprtion Spectroscopy Video

Live Session

  1. Live Session 03-03-2025 Video
  2. Live Session 09-04-2025 Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
IISc Bangalore
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Teacher
Prof. Saptarshi Basu
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Source
NPTEL
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