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Heat And Work, The First Law Of Thermodynamics From The Boltzmann Pov, Carl W. David
Heat And Work, The First Law Of Thermodynamics From The Boltzmann Pov, Carl W. David
Chemistry Education Materials
The First Law of Thermodynamics is discussed in terms of the Boltzmann distribution.
Spontaneity, Carl W. David
Spontaneity, Carl W. David
Chemistry Education Materials
An attempt is made to better understand thermodynamic spontaneity.
The Legendre Transformation For Beginning Thermodynamics Students, Carl W. David
The Legendre Transformation For Beginning Thermodynamics Students, Carl W. David
Chemistry Education Materials
The Legendre Transform, as traditionally taught in introductory Physical Chemistry classes, can be better understood with some simple examples, which are discussed herein.
Infra-Red Microwave Spectra, Overtones, Degeneracy And Thermal Populations All In One Diagram, Carl W. David
Infra-Red Microwave Spectra, Overtones, Degeneracy And Thermal Populations All In One Diagram, Carl W. David
Chemistry Education Materials
An old drawing, which had an error in it, is re-presented (corrected) for understanding the relationships in diatomic vibrational-rotational interactions at the introductory level.
The Commutator Of The Runge Lenz Vector With Other Operators Of The H-Atoms Physics Using Maxima, Carl W. David
The Commutator Of The Runge Lenz Vector With Other Operators Of The H-Atoms Physics Using Maxima, Carl W. David
Chemistry Education Materials
Commutators of components of the Runge-Lenz vector and constants of the motion and ladder operators for the H-atom problem are evaluated using brute force calculus and Maxima.
Errata For Manuscript #34, Carl W. David, Jan Siroky
Errata For Manuscript #34, Carl W. David, Jan Siroky
Chemistry Education Materials
An error in manuscript 34 of this collection concerning the Laplacian in spherical polar coordinates is corrected.
The Van Der Waals Fluid's Liquid Vapor Coexistence Locus, Carl W. David
The Van Der Waals Fluid's Liquid Vapor Coexistence Locus, Carl W. David
Chemistry Education Materials
The liquid vapor coexistence locus is plotted from the analytical solution to the Maxwell construction for the van der Waals fluid.