When we consider bodies at macroscopic level they consist of uncountable atoms or molecules i.e. about 10²³ atoms/gm.mole. In such cases we cannot predict the result of interactions between atoms with the help of ordinary classical laws of motion.
Statistical Mechanics is the branch of Science which establishes the interpretation of macroscopic behaviour of system in terms of its microscopic properties.
The main theme is that it doesn't deal with motion of each particle but it takes into account the average or most probable properties of system without going into interior details of characteristics of its constituents.
The larger is the number of particles in the physical system considered, the more nearly correct are the statistical predictions. The smaller is the no. of particles (no. of degrees of freedom) in a mechanical system, the methods of mechanical system cease to have meaning.
Before the advent of quantum theory Maxwell, Boltzmann, Gibbs etc applied statistical methods making the use of classical physics. These statistical methods are known as Maxwell Boltzmann Statistics.
These statics explained successfully many observed physical phenomenon like temperature, pressure, energy etc; but couldn't explain adequately several other experimentally observed phenomenon like black body radiation, specific heat at low temperature etc.
In order to explain such phenomenon "quantum statistics" was introduced and developed by Fermi, Dirac, Bose, Einstein with new approach by using new quantum idea of discrete exchange of energy between system.
i) Bose-Einstein Statistics
ii) Fermi-Dirac Statistics
Statistical Mechanics is the branch of Science which establishes the interpretation of macroscopic behaviour of system in terms of its microscopic properties.
The main theme is that it doesn't deal with motion of each particle but it takes into account the average or most probable properties of system without going into interior details of characteristics of its constituents.
The larger is the number of particles in the physical system considered, the more nearly correct are the statistical predictions. The smaller is the no. of particles (no. of degrees of freedom) in a mechanical system, the methods of mechanical system cease to have meaning.
Before the advent of quantum theory Maxwell, Boltzmann, Gibbs etc applied statistical methods making the use of classical physics. These statistical methods are known as Maxwell Boltzmann Statistics.
These statics explained successfully many observed physical phenomenon like temperature, pressure, energy etc; but couldn't explain adequately several other experimentally observed phenomenon like black body radiation, specific heat at low temperature etc.
In order to explain such phenomenon "quantum statistics" was introduced and developed by Fermi, Dirac, Bose, Einstein with new approach by using new quantum idea of discrete exchange of energy between system.
i) Bose-Einstein Statistics
ii) Fermi-Dirac Statistics
