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This chapter discusses the thermodynamics of a number of well-known examples including the ideal gases, valence electrons in solids, crystals with their lattice vibrations approximated by the Einstein or Debye model, as well as non-interacting lattice point defects.
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Donald A. McQuarrie, Statistical Mechanics, Harper & Row, New York, 1976.
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Derivation of partition function and thus the fundamental equation of thermodynamics of a Debye crystal can be found most of the solid state physics textbooks.
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Joachim Maier, Physical Chemistry of Ionic Materials: Ions and Electrons in Solids, 2005, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Chen, LQ. (2022). Chemical Potentials of Gases, Electrons, Crystals, and Defects. In: Thermodynamic Equilibrium and Stability of Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8691-6_10
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