Fundamentals and Practice in Statistical Thermodynamics, Solutions Manual

Jianzhong Wu, PhD, is a member of the faculty of the Deparmtnet of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and the cooperating/collaborating faculty of Bioengineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mathematics Department at the University of California, Riverside. He is an elected fellow fo the American Physical Society and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

John M. Prausnitz, PhD, is a professor of chemical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also a recipient of the National Medal of Science in recognition of his pioneering work on engineering-oriented molecular thermodynamics.

1 Microscopic Origin of Thermodynamics 1

2 Statistical Ensembles and MD Simulation 15

3 Ideal Gases and Single-Molecule Thermodynamics 47

4 Thermodynamics of Photons, Electrons, and Phonons 89

5 Cooperative Phenomena and Phase Transitions 127

6 Monte Carlo Simulation 159

7 Simple Fluids and Colloidal Dispersions 183

8 Polymer Solutions, Blends, and Complex Fluids 227

9 Solvation, Electrolytes, and Electric Double Layer 273