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Classical Thermo'dynamics
1. n moles of an ideal monatomic gas, initially at volume and va
temperature To, are enclosed in a cylinder of cross sectional area A
by a tight fitting, frictionless plunger of mass "M, as shown. The
system is in a gravitational field g. A piece of hot metal at tem-
perature T1 > To with heat capacity C is gently pla<;ed in sweet
thermal contact with the cylinder. The system is thermally isolated
and quasis~tically reaches a new thermodynamic equilibrium.

la. What is the final temperature Tf of the system?

lb. What is the total change in entropy of the system? (You

can leave your "answer in terms of Tf),

Ie. What is ~h~;'work done on (or by - spe~ify which) the gas?

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2. Suppose that in a certain range of temperature, when a rod

is stretched a distance x beyond its natural length, the rod exerts
a force given by F = .:-~ (i.e. a temperature-modified Hookean
force) where T is the temperature (in Kelvin) and A is a constant.

2a.What is the fundamental thermodynamic relationship be-

tween the internal energy E, the entropy S, and the force F?

2b. Find an expression for (~;)T in terms of A, x, and 7"

2c. Find an exp~ession for (~~)T in terms of A, x~' and T.

2d. What is the change in the internal energy of the rod when
it is stretched at constant temperature an amount Xo beyond its
natural length ?

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3. n moles of an ideal diatomic gas are cycled quasistatically

around the shown loop, beginning at point a. Step A is isothermal,
Step B is at constant volume (isochoric), and Step C is adiabatic.
Express all answers in terms of the initial pressure and volume, Po
and VO.

3a. Compute the work done W, the change in internal energy

tlE,and the heat Q added in step A.

3b. Do the same thing for step B.

3c. And again for step C.

3d. Compute the change in entropy in each of the three steps,

as well as the total change in entropy for the entire process.

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Statistical Mechanics
1. "The Dreamer" For a photon gas, show that:
la. ~ = aT4, where a is some constant, T is the temperature, U is
the internal energy, and V is the volume of the system.
lb. p = k~, where p isthe pressure.
lc. Find the adiabatic equation of state for this photon gas.

2. "The Law" A zipper has N > > 1 links. EaCh link has two
states: state 1, in which it is closed and .has energy 0, and state 2,
in which it is open with energy €. The zipper can only unzip from
the left end and the 8th link can'not open unless all the links to its
left (1,2, ..., 8 - 1) are already open.
2a. Find the partition function for the zipper ..
2b. Find the mean number of open links. Evaluate your result in
both the high and low temperature limits.

3. "The Heartbreaker" Consider a system of N non-interacting

quantum mechanical osdllators in equilibrium at temperature T.
The energy levels of a single oscillator are given by Em = (m + ~)~,
where A is a constant and the volume V is one-dimensional. You
may assume the oscillators are distinguishable.
ga. Find U and Cv as functions of T.
3b. Determine the equation of state for the system.
3c. What is the average number of p~rticles in the mth level?

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freely. They are in thermal equilibrium with the environment at
temperature T. Compute the meanforce F between the dipoles for.
the high temperature limit ~t~j « 1. (Hint: the potential energy
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if> = 3(M1 • R)(M2 • R) - (MI' M2)R2)

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of N identical non-interacting spin 1/2 magnetic ions with magnetic
moment J.Lo in a crystal attemperature T in a magnetic field H. For
this system calculate:
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5b. The entropy S.
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5d. The average magnetic moment M and the fluctuations in the
magnetic moment, b..M = J«(M - (M))2).
5e. The crystal is initially in thermal equilibrium with a reservoir
at T = 1 K in a magnetic field, Hi = 10, 000 G. The crystal is
then thermally isolated from the reservoir (and everything else in
the known universe) and the field is then reduced to HI = 100 G.
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