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In physics, we need to adopt a moreprecise definition, and several have been proposed over the years. In everyday language, we use theword "heat" in a variety of ways. The term "heat" causes a great deal of confusionamong physicists and physics students. Still,it's good to keep in mind that the U in the first law (equation 1.24)is the total energy, whereas the U that we compute in statisticalmechanics is usually just a part of the total energy. For a solid, we normally take the thermal energyto be the energy measured relative to its value at absolute zero.Later in the book (for instance, in equation 1.33 on page 25) I've generallydropped the subscript "thermal", hoping that the context indicateswhich forms of energy are included in U and which aren't.
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The idea is that the totalenergy of the system might contain other contributions, but thesedo not depend on temperature over the temperature range of interest and thereforethey disappear when we consider only changes in energy.For a gas, we normally take the thermal energy to include all kineticenergy (in the center-of-mass frame) plus any vibrational potentialenergy of the molecules. The term "thermal energy", and the associatedsymbol U thermal, are intentionally somewhat ambiguous butnevertheless useful (in my opinion). For much of the material in chapters 1, 3, and 4, you mayalso wish to consult your introductory physics textbook. Another book that provides solutions is Bowley andSanchez, Introductory Statistical Mechanics (Oxford UniversityPress, 1996). Reif (1965) and Zemansky and Dittman (1997) provideselected answers in the back, while Mandl (1988) provides outlinesof solutions. Fourth, try workingsome problems out of another book that does provide answersor solutions. First, make sure you haveread the text carefully, working through every calculation in detail.Second, try working some easier problems before attempting themore difficult ones.Third, try to find other students to study with,so you can check answers and share hints. If you're struggling with the problems in the book and your instructoris unable to help (or you're using the book for self study with noinstructor), you have several options.
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An instructor can always providemore answers, but cannot take away answers that are printed in the book. However, I decided againstproviding more answers or hints, because I wanted to give instructorsthe choice of whether to do so. In response, let me firstsay that about 100 of the problems do contain answers or partialanswers, while many others contain hints.
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Several students have pointed out that many of theproblems in the book are difficult, and have asked why there are noanswers or hints in the back of the book. For a list of outrighterrors, click here.For hints on problems that require a computer, click here.For a discussion of how the book was produced, click here.If you have a question or comment that isn't addressed here, please e-mail meat. This page contains comments, clarifications, and answers to frequentlyasked questions about the content of the book. Schroeder, Department ofPhysics, Weber State University Clarifications and FAQs Thermal Physics: Clarifications An Introduction toThermal PhysicsÄaniel V.