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RecommendedProblems
AnIntroductiontoThermalPhysics
DanielV.Schroeder,DepartmentofPhysics,WeberStateUniversity
Becausethebookcontainssomanyproblems,firsttimeinstructorsandstudentsusingthebookforselfstudy
mayappreciatethefollowing"recommended"list.ThesearetheproblemsthatIwouldrecommendworkingina
firstcourse,orwhenreadingthroughthebookforthefirsttime.Disclaimers:(1)Alotofmychoicesbeloware
prettyarbitraryinmanycasesanalternateproblemcouldservejustaswell.(2)Thislistavoidsmanyofthe
more"interesting"problems,becausethesecanbetoodistractingandtimeconsumingduringafirstcourseor
firstreadinghowever,Iwouldencouragegoodstudentstochooseafewadditionalproblemsthattheyfindmost
interesting.(3)Irecommendthatyoureadeveryproblem,evenonafirstreading,togetafeelforwhatelseyou
coulddoateachstage.(4)AlthoughI'velistedproblemsforalmosteverysectionofthebook,thisisn'tmeantto
implythatyoushouldcovereverysectioninafirstcourseorafirstreadingjustignoretherecommendationsfor
sectionsthatyou'renotcovering.
Chapter1:EnergyinThermalPhysics
Section1.1:1.4,1.7
Section1.2:1.12,1.14,1.16,1.17(ifyouplantocoverSection8.1),1.18
Section1.3:1.23
Section1.4:1.28
Section1.5:1.32,1.34(requiredfor4.1and4.12),1.36,1.38
Section1.6:1.41(or1.42),1.45,1.47(or1.48),1.50
Section1.7:1.56,1.61,1.63,1.66,1.68
Chapter2:TheSecondLaw
Section2.1:2.1
Section2.2:2.5ab
Section2.3:2.9,2.10
Section2.4:2.13,2.16,2.18,2.22
Section2.5:2.26
Section2.6:2.28,2.29,2.30,2.32,2.38(ifyouplantocoverSection5.4)
Chapter3:InteractionsandImplications
Section3.1:3.1,3.3
Section3.2:3.10,3.14,3.16
Section3.3:3.20,3.24,3.25(exceptpartf)
Section3.4:3.31,3.32
Section3.5:3.35,3.37
Section3.6:(none)
Chapter4:EnginesandRefrigerators
Section4.1:4.1,4.2
Section4.2:4.10,4.15
Section4.3:4.24
Section4.4:4.30,4.33,4.35,4.36
Chapter5:FreeEnergyandChemicalThermodynamics
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Section5.1:5.1,5.5,5.8,5.11
Section5.2:5.19,5.20,5.22
Section5.3:5.28,5.30,5.32,5.35,5.36,5.37,5.48,5.51,5.52
Section5.4:5.60,5.64,5.68
Section5.5:5.75,5.76,5.81,5.82
Section5.6:5.84,5.87,5.92
Chapter6:BoltzmannStatistics
Section6.1:6.2,6.3,6.4,6.6,6.12
Section6.2:6.15,6.16,6.20,6.23,6.26,6.28(requiressignificantcomputation)
Section6.3:6.31
Section6.4:6.36,6.38,6.41
Section6.5:(none)
Section6.6:6.44
Section6.7:6.48,6.49,6.52
Chapter7:QuantumStatistics
Section7.1:7.3
Section7.2:7.8,7.9,7.10,7.11,7.13ac,7.18
Section7.3:7.19,7.22,7.23,7.26,7.28,7.29,7.31,7.33
Section7.4:7.42(or7.43),7.44,7.48,7.51,7.52
Section7.5:7.58,7.63
Section7.6:7.66,7.74(requiressignificantcomputation)
Chapter8:SystemsofInteractingParticles
Section8.1:8.1,8.2,8.4,8.5,8.10
Section8.2:8.17,8.20,8.26,8.27
AppendixA:ElementsofQuantumMechanics
SectionA.1:A.1,A.7
SectionA.2:A.10
SectionA.3:A.13,A.14,A.15,A.19
SectionA.4:A.21,A.22
SectionA.5:(none)
SectionA.6:(none)
AppendixB:MathematicalResults
SectionB.1:B.1,B.2,B.3
SectionB.2:B.8
SectionB.3:B.10
SectionB.4:B.16
SectionB.5:B.17,B.19,B.21
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