NPTEL : NOC:Thermodynamics: Classical to Statistical (Chemistry and Biochemistry)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Sandip Paul


Lecture 1 - Cocepts of heat and work; First Law of Thermodynamics

Lecture 2 - Concepts of enthalpy and heat capacity

Lecture 3 - Introduction to entropy

Lecture 4 - Calculation of entropy for various processes

Lecture 5 - Gibbs and Helmholtz free energy

Lecture 6 - Introduction to chemical potential

Lecture 7 - Clapeyron equation and phase transition; concept of fugacity

Lecture 8 - Calculation of fugacity; free energy of mixing

Lecture 9 - Partial molar quantities; excess thermodynamic quantities

Lecture 10 - Concept of activity and activity coefficients; Debye-Huckel limiting law

Lecture 11 - Phase Diagram of one component systems

Lecture 12 - Phase Diagram of two component systems

Lecture 13 - Phase Diagram of three component system; one dimensional random walk

Lecture 14 - Macroscopic and microscopic states; Boltzmann distribution; Canonical partition function

Lecture 15 - Calculation of different thermodynamical quantities using canonical partition function

Lecture 16 - Introduction to molecular partition function

Lecture 17 - Translational, electronic and nuclear partition function

Lecture 18 - Rotational partition function

Lecture 19 - Vibrational partitition function; Introduction to grand canonical ensemble

Lecture 20 - Grand canonical distribution; Introduction to microcanonical ensemble

Lecture 21 - Problems on classical thermodynamics - 1

Lecture 22 - Problems on classical thermodynamics - 2

Lecture 23 - Problems on statistical thermodynamics - 1

Lecture 24 - Problems on statistical thermodynamics - 2

Lecture 25 - Problems on statistical thermodynamics - 3

Lecture 26 - Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics

Lecture 27 - Ideal Fermi gas

Lecture 28 - Ideal Bose gas;Introduction to Bose-Einstein condensation

Lecture 29 - Bose-Einstein condensations

Lecture 30 - Nuclear spin statistics; Ortho- and para-hydrogens

Lecture 31 - Specific Heats of solids

Lecture 32 - Problems on statistical thermodynamics - 4

Lecture 33 - Advance problems - 1

Lecture 34 - Advance Problems - 2

Lecture 35 - Advance Problems - 3

Lecture 36 - Advance Problems - 4

Lecture 37 - Advance Problems - 5