A Guide to Physics Problems. Part 2. Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics, and Quantum Mechanics

Contents

PART II: SOLUTIONS

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4.Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

IntroductoryThermodynamics

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Why Bother? (MoscowPhys-Tech)

SpaceStationPressure(MIT)

Baron vonMünchausen and IntergalacticTravel(Moscow

Phys-Tech)

RailwayTanker (MoscowPhys-Tech)

MagicCarpet(MoscowPhys-Tech)

TeacupEngine(Princeton,MoscowPhys-Tech)

GrandLunarCanals(MoscowPhys-Tech )

FrozenSolid(MoscowPhys-Tech)

Tea in Thermos(MoscowPhys-Tech)

HeatLoss(MoscowPhys-Tech)

Liquid–Solid–Liquid(Moscow Phys-Tech)

HydrogenRocket(MoscowPhys-Tech)

Maxwell–Boltzmann Averages (MIT)

SlowlyLeaking Box(MoscowPhys-Tech, StonyBrook

(a,b))

SurfaceContamination(Wisconsin-Madison)

Bell Jar (MoscowPhys-Tech)

Hole in Wall(Princeton)

BallastVolume Pressure(MoscowPhys-Tech)

Rocket inDrag(Princeton)

Adiabatic Atmosphere(Boston, Maryland)

AtmosphericEnergy(Rutgers)

Puncture(Moscow Phys-Tech)

Heat and Work

Cylinder withMassivePiston(Rutgers,Moscow

Phys-Tech)

SpringCylinder(MoscowPhys-Tech)

IsothermalCompression andAdiabatic Expansion of

Ideal Gas(Michigan)

Isochoric Cooling and Isobaric Expansion(Moscow

Phys-Tech)

Venting(MoscowPhys-Tech)

Cylinder and Heat Bath(Stony Brook)

HeatExtraction(MIT, Wisconsin-Madison)

Heat Capacity Ratio (MoscowPhys-Tech)