Corrections to the Instructor's Solutions Manual to accompany
by Daniel V.
Schroeder,
Department of
Physics, Weber State University
First printing, January 2001
Here is a list of known substantive errors in the solution manual. I apologize
that I've lost track of who first brought some of these errors to my attention.
If you find an error that is not listed here, please e-mail me
at 
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- 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 44. About six lines from the top of the page, the expression (1 - b/a)
should be (1 + b/a) in both places (inside the logarithms). (Posted 1/9/13.)
- Page 44. Just below the middle of the page, where it says "50 ln 50 = 50",
the = sign should be a minus sign. (Posted 1/9/13.)
- Page 74. In the last displayed equation for part (f), somewhat below the
middle of the page, the fraction kT/epsilon should be inverted: epsilon/kT.
(Posted 2/11/13.)
- 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. Near the top of the page, the line pertaining to methane should not
have a 2 in the final term. (Posted 1/9/13.)
- 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 197. A few lines below the top of the page, in the numerical value of
Boltzmann's constant, the exponent -5 should, of course, be attached to a missing factor of 10.
(Posted 1/9/13.)
- 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 211. At the end of the third line, the number .054 should be .034. (Posted 1/9/13.)
- Page 215. The solution to Problem 7.18 should include a plot of the final expression.
- 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.)
- Page 332. In the last line on the page, the exponent 125 should be 95. (Posted 1/9/13.)
- Page 339. Near the middle of the page, at the end of part (a), Gamma(2/3) should be Gamma(3/2).
(Posted 1/9/13.)
Last modified on February 11, 2013.