Chemistry 348
Physical Chemistry for ISP
Spring 2022
Northwestern University
- Instructor: Todd Gingrich
- Office: Ryan Hall 4018
- Office Hours: Thursdays 1 pm, Tech LG52
- Telephone: 510-457-8600
- Email: todd.gingrich@northwestern.edu
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- TA:  Nils Strand
- Office Hours: Mondays 2-4 pm, Wednesdays 2-4 pm
- Email: NilsStrand2022@u.northwestern.edu
- Lecture: Tech LG52
- Time: MTuWF 1-1:50pm CST
The course syllabus contains additional information about notes, evaluations, collaboration, programming assignments, and a course outline.
The course website (this site) will be used to post lecture notes, special notes, homework assignments, and homework solutions.
Lecture notes:
- Tuesday, May 2, 2021: Introduction to the course, steady states of dynamical systems, macroscopic versus microscopic measurements. [Link]
- Thursday, May 5, 2021: Macrostates, steady states, and equal a priori weights. [Link] [Video]
- Friday, May 6, 2021: Random walks and counting microstates. [Link]
- Monday, May 9, 2021: Boltzmann entropy and thermal baths. [Link]
- Wednesday, May 11, 2021: The Boltzmann distribution. [Link]
- Friday, May 13, 2021: Connecting beta and temperature. [Link]
- Monday, May 16, 2021: Conditions for equilibrium. [Link]
- Tuesday, May 17, 2021: Conditions for equilibrium continued. [Link][Video]
- Wednesday, May 18, 2021: Introducing generating functions. [Link][Video]
- Friday, May 21, 2021: Connecting free energies and partition functions. [Link] [Forgot to record today. Sorry!]
Homework assignments
will normally be made available on this website one week before they are due.
Late work will only be accepted if arrangements
are made in advance or if there are particularly exceptional
circumstances.