Physics of Solids I

Study Materials

Exam Practice Problems

Practice problems for exam 1:

• The problems in the first three problem sets.
• The following problems in Kittel’s book: (2), (3) on page 22, (2), (3), (5), (7) on page 44-45; (2), (5), (6) on page 86.

Practice problems for exam 2:

• The problems in the first five problem sets.
• The following problems in Kittel’s book: (3), (5) on page 103, (4) on page 128.
• Review statistical physics, such as the calculation of average energy of an oscillator in the classical limit and in the quantum limit.

Practice problems for exam 3:

• The problems in the first eight problem sets.
• The following problems in Kittel’s book: (5), (6), (9) on page 158; (1), (3), (6) on page 182, (3) on page 218.

Practice problems for the final exam:

• The problems in all the problem sets.
• The practice problems of the first three exams.
• The following problems in Kittel’s book: (5) on page 219, (1) on page 252, (4), (7) on page 253, (11) on page 254, (4) on page 318, (7), (8) on page 320.

Numerical Simulations

• Formation of crystal
• Two crystal structures: GaAs and CaF2
• Make your crystal
• Formation of Van der Waals crystals
• Formation of Van der Waals crystals - two kinds of particles
• Formation of Ionic crystals
• Cooperative transport of particles