Theoretical chemistry 2026/2027
Przegląd sekcji
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Lecturer: dr Damian Nieckarz
Scientific consultations: Thursdays 11:00-13:00, room 618 (VI floor), Collegium Chemicum
E-mail address: damian.nieckarz@umcs.pl
Stationary telephone number: 81 537 77 65
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of mathematics
Classes assessment
· Written test (multiple-choice questions, each with one correct answer)
· One absence is allowed
The final grade from the classes will be issued according to the following key (points):
0-50 : 2.0
51-62 : 3.0
63-71 : 3.5
72-80 : 4.0
81-89 : 4.5
90-100 : 5.0
Proposed literature:
[1] A. M. Glazer, J. S. Wark, Statistical mechanics: a survival guide, Oxford University Press, 2001.
[2] D. Koks, Microstates, entropy and quanta. An introduction to statistical mechanics, Springer, 2018.
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Phenomenological (classical) thermodynamics, introduction to statistical thermodynamics, microstate and macrostate, thermodynamic probability, phase space, thermodynamic equilibrium state, and Boltzmann entropy.
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Clausius equation for a change in entropy.
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Derivation of the Gibbs entropy, and Lagrange’s method of undetermined multipliers.