ME346A Introduction to Statistical Mechanics – Wei Cai – Stanford University – Win[removed]Handout 9. NPT and Grand Canonical Ensembles

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• Partition function
• Canonical ensemble
• Isothermal–isobaric ensemble
• Grand potential
• Statistical mechanics
• Microcanonical ensemble
• Entropy
• Helmholtz free energy
• Ensemble average
• Physics
• Thermodynamics
• Grand canonical ensemble