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This chapter provides a very brief introduction to statistical thermodynamics which can be employed as the theoretical foundation and tool to connect the quantum mechanical energy states of a system or the classical microscopic interatomic interaction energies among the particles in the system and the corresponding fundamental equation of thermodynamics for the macroscopic system, from which all the macroscopic thermodynamic properties can be derived.
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J. W. Gibbs, Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1902.
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Donald A. McQuarrie, Statistical Mechanics, Harper & Row, 1976.
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Chen, LQ. (2022). Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics. In: Thermodynamic Equilibrium and Stability of Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8691-6_4
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