Corrections to the Instructor's Solutions Manual to accompany

An Introduction to Thermal Physics

by Daniel V. Schroeder, Department of Physics, Weber State University

First printing, January 2001

Here is a list of known errors in the solution manual. If you find an error that is not listed here, please e-mail me at dschroeder@cc.weber.edu.

• Page 8. In the second displayed equation, within the big parentheses, the denominators of the second and third terms should be inverted to obtain (V/n) and (V/n)², respectively. (Thanks to G. Wiegerinck; posted 10/9/02.)
• Page 16. About 9 lines from the bottom of the page, the calligraphic N in the equation U = NkT/2 should be replaced by a normal N multiplied by f. (Posted 1/27/06.)
• Page 107. In the next-to-last line, the subscripts on the partial derivative should be N and T, not N and P. (Thanks to J. Lockhart; posted 3/19/01.)
• Page 126. The labels "Steam" and "Water" in the phase diagram should be interchanged. (Thanks to J. Lockhart; posted 3/26/01.)
• Page 162. In the last displayed equation on the page, the numbers after the second equals sign should read "-46.3 +/- 106.8 = 153.1 or 60.5." This correction then propagates through the text just below: 50 becomes 60, 150 becomes 180, 200 becomes 160, and the final computation becomes 160/(2x60) = 4/3; the fraction 2/3 therefore becomes 4/7. (Thanks to A. Gavrin; posted 4/26/04.)
• Page 171. In the last displayed equation on the page, in the first exponent, 10.2/.862 should be 10.2/.819. (Thanks to J. Lockhart; posted 1/24/03.)
• Page 187. Please delete the extraneous = sign after first summation symbol, in the displayed equation at the middle of the page. (Thanks to J. Lockhart; posted 1/24/03.)
• Pages 191-194. The symbol P (script capital P) should be changed to D in the solutions to Problems 6.36, 6.38, and 6.41. (Thanks to J. Lockhart; posted 4/25/01.)
• Page 208. Near the middle of the page, the ratio 10/55 is equal to 18%, not 10%. (Thanks to L. Cominsky; posted 1/17/01.)
• Page 259. In the last expression of the displayed equation in part (b), the factor of pi⁶ in the denominator should be pi². This change should also be made in the similar expressions that occur in the two displayed equations in part (c) lower on the page. In the last equation on the page, the factor of c⁶ in the numerator should also be changed to c⁴. Back in part (b), just below the displayed equation, the numerical answers 9 x 10^-31 and 6 x 10^-12 should both be increased by a factor of 100, so the exponents become -29 and -10, respectively. The number of photons emitted per second is approximately 40, not less than 1 as claimed. Amazingly, the numerical value of H given at the bottom of the page is correct, as are the further calculations on the following page. (Thanks to M. Davis; posted 7/23/04.)
• Page 331. At the end of the last equation on the page, the exponent should be -10, not +10. (Posted 3/30/03.)

Last modified on January 27, 2006.