What to know for midterm exam 1
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Concept of thermal equilibrium
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First law of thermodynamics, definition of heat and work
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Ideal gas law, classical equipartition of energy, degrees of freedom
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Thermal energy, rms speed of molecules in ideal gas
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Compression work, quasistatic processes, isothermal and adiabatic compression
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Heat capacity and latent heat
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Basic combinatorics, binomial distribution
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Concepts of macrostate, microstate, multiplicity, statistical ensemble
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Macrostates and multiplicities of two-state systems, Einstein solid
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Second law of thermodynamics
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Reversible vs. irreversible processes
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Stirling approximation, law of large numbers
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Systems in thermal equilibrium
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Definitions of entropy, temperature
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Relationship between entropy and heat
You may bring one 8 1/2 x 11 crib sheet.
Please remember to bring a calculator.