Statistical Thermodynamics and Rate Theories
Publisher: Wikibooks 2018
Number of pages: 124
Description:
A textbook on statistical thermodynamics at the senior undergraduate level. The course covers the statistical thermodynamics of ideal gases from quantized energy levels. Applications on gas reaction kinetics and kinetic theory of gases using this formalism are included.
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