Thermal and Statistical Physics
Thermal and Statistical Physics
Prof. Carlson
Lecture 5: Free Energy and Maxwell Relations
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Helmholtz Free Energy is the right energy to use when temperature and volume are used as control variables. Free Energy and the Partition Function. Maxwell Relations -- you can derive them all. Legendre Transforms. Ideal Gas. Quantum Concentration. Why some slow processes are still irreversible, as with toast and frogs. Lecture Audio