Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

• Introduction, laws of thermodynamics, notation. 
•  Work and processes. 
•  First and second laws. 
•  Gibbsian equations, chemical potential. 
•  Mathematical methods, Legendre transforms. 
•  Partial derivative game. 
•  Process evaluation. Residual functions. 
•  Residual functions and example problems. 
•  Introduction to statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics. 
•  Quantum mechanics I. 
•  Quantum mechanics II. 
• Check out this link for a description of the rotational energy of a molecule. 
•  Statistics and ensembles. 
•  Ensembles and partition functions. 
•  Semi-classical partition function. 
•  Properties of ideal gases. 
•  Properties of ideal gases, examples. 
•  Chemical equilibria: ideal and real fluids. 
•  Pair potentials and nonideal behavior. Van der Waals partition functions for mixture, local compositions, activity coefficient models. 
•  Conformal solution theory. 
•  Conformal solution theory, pure fluids and mixtures. 
•  Ideal solutions and partial molar quantities. 
•  Partial molar properties and fugacity. 
•  Local composition models. 
• Applet for plotting radial distribution functions. 
• Molecular simulation code written as a Java Applet. 
•  Mixture thermodynamics calculations. 
•  Local compositions.