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    Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
    EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

    Important dates

    Certificate Exam Date

    Start Date : 26 Apr, 2026

    Courses and Certificate Fees

    Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
    INR 1000yesIIT Guwahati (IITG)

    The Syllabus

    • Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics 
    • Postulates and Boltzmann Distribution

    • Properties of Canonical Partition Function
    • Canonical Partition Function and Thermodynamic Properties
    • Thermodynamic Properties of Ideal Monoatomic Gases
    • Monoatomic Gases and Gibbs Entropy Equation
    • Energy Fluctuations for Monoatomic Gases

    • Diatomic and Polyatomic Gases
    • Vibrational Partition Function
    • Partition Function for Ideal Polyatomic Gas
    • Normal Mode Analysis
    • Illustrations

    • Non-reacting Ideal Gas Mixture 
    • Chemically Reacting Gas Mixture 
    • Degree of Ionization of Gas Molecules
    • Degree of Ionization of Gas Molecules

    • Microcanonical and Grand Canonical Ensemble 
    • Isobaric Isothermal Ensemble
    • Fluctuations in Grand canonical and Isothermal Isobaric Ensembles

    • Semi Grand Canonical Ensemble and Comparison of Ensembles
    • Problems and Adsorption Isotherm

    • Virial Equation of State for Polyatomic Molecules
    • Virial Equation
    • Virial Equation of State with Higher Order Terms
    • Thermodynamic Properties from Virial Equation

    • Interaction Potentials for Spherical Molecules
    • Inferences from Intermolecular Potentials
    • Engineering Applications of Virial Equation of State

    • Einstein Model
    • Debye_Model
    • Sublimation Pressure and Enthalpy of Crystals

    • Flory Huggins Model
    • Ising Model

    • Radial Distribution Function and Computer Simulation Models 
    • Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    • Monte Carlo Simulations

    • Perturbation Theory for Square Well Potential
    • First and Second Order Barker-Henderson Perturbation Theory

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