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Answers To Problems in Introduction To Statistical Physics - Kerson Huang

Tackle the challenging problems in Kerson Huang's Introduction to Statistical Physics with this comprehensive solution set. This guide is a must-have for physics students at the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level. It offers detailed explanations for problems spanning thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, classical and quantum statistical ensembles, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics, and phase transitions.
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Answers To Problems in Introduction To Statistical Physics - Kerson Huang

Tackle the challenging problems in Kerson Huang's Introduction to Statistical Physics with this comprehensive solution set. This guide is a must-have for physics students at the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level. It offers detailed explanations for problems spanning thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, classical and quantum statistical ensembles, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics, and phase transitions.
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Chapter 1
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1.1
Mass of water =106 g, temperature raised by 20◦ C.
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Heat needed Q = 2 × 107 cal = 8.37×107 J.=23.2 kwh.
Work needed = mgh = 14×150×29000 = 6.09×107 ft-lb =22.9 kwh.

1.2
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Work done along various paths are as follows
ab: Z b Z b
dV Vb
P dV = N kB T1 = N kB T1 ln
a a V Va

cd: µ ¶
Vb
ggm
Pd (Vd − Vb ) = N kB T3 1 −
Vd
de: Z e
dV Va
N kB T3 = N kB T3 ln
d V Vd
maa

No work is done along bc and ea. The total work done is the sum of the
above. Heat absorbed equals total work done, since internal energy is unchanged
in a closed cycle.

1.3
(a)
1 ∂V bV0 T b−1
α= =
V ∂T T0b V
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(b)

bV0 T b−1
∆V = ∆T
T0b
N kB T N kB T0b 1−b
P = = T
V V0
Work done = P ∆V = bN kB ∆T
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2 CHAPTER 1.

1.4
Consider an element of the column of gas, of unit cross section, and height
between z and z+dz. The weight of the element is −gdM , where dM is the mass
of the element: dM = mndz, where m is the molecular mass, and n = P/kB T
is the local density, with P the pressure. For equilibrium, the weight must
equal the pressure differential: dP = −gdM .Thus, dP/P = −(mg/kB T )dz. At
constant T , we have dp/P = dn/[Link]

n(z) = n(0)e−mgz/kB T

1.5
No change in internal energy, and no work is done. Therefore total heat
absorbed ∆Q = ∆Q1 + ∆Q2 = 0. That is, heat just pass from one body to the
other. Suppose the final temperature is T . Then
∆Q1 = C1 (T − T1 ), ∆Q2 = C2 (T − T2 ). Therefore

C1 T1 + C2 T2
T =
C1 + C2

1.6
R
Work done by the system is − HdM . Thus the work on the system is
Z Z
κ κH 2
HdM = HdH =
T 2T

1.7
Consider the hysteresis cycle in the sense indicated in Fig.1.6. Solve for the
magnetic field:
H = ±H0 + tanh−1 (M/M0 )
R
( + for lower branch, − for upper branch.). Using W = − HdM , we obtain
Z M0 Z −M0
W =− dM [H0 + tanh−1 (M/M0 )] − dM [−H0 + tanh−1 (M/M0 )]
−M0 M0
= −4M0 H0

1.8
3

A log log plot of mass vs. A is shown in the following graph. The dashed
line is a straightline for reference.

log M

1 10 100 1000 10000


A
.
4 CHAPTER 1.
Chapter 2

2.1
Use the dQ equation with P, T as independent variables:
dQ = CP dT + [(∂U/∂P )T + P (∂V /∂P )T ]dP
For an ideal gas (∂U/∂P )T = 0, P (∂V /∂P )T = −V. Thus
dQ = CP dT − V dP.
The heat capacity is given by
C = CP − V (∂P/∂T )path .
The path is P = aV b , or equivalently P b+1 = a(N kB T )b by the equation of
state. Hence
V (∂P/∂T )path = [ab/(b + 1)]V (N kB T )b T −1 = bN kB /(b + 1). Therefore

b
C = CP − N kB
b+1
This correctly reduces to CP for b = 0.

2.2
Use a Carnot engine to extracted energy from 1 gram of water between 300
K and 290 K.
Max efficiency η = 1 − (290/300) = 1/30.
1
W = ηC∆T = (4.164 J g−1 K−1 × 1 g × 10 K) = 1.39 J
30

Gravitational potential energy = 1 g × 9.8 kg s−2 × 110 m = 1.08 J

2.3
The highest and lowest available temperatures are, 600 F = 588.7 K and 70
F = 294.3 K.
The efficiency of the power plant is W/Q1 = 0.6[1 − (294.3/588.7)] = 0.3.
In one second: W = 106 J.
So Q2 = 2.33 × 106 J = CV ∆T . Use CV = 4.184 J g−1 K−1 ,

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