Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
PHYS
Course Subject
PHYS
Course Number
3750
Course Section
01
Course Title
Thermodynamcs & Stat.Mechanics
Academic Term and Year
Fall 2015
Credits
4.00
Area of Study
PHYS
Course Description
Goals: To develop a fundamental understanding of the principles of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics that allows a variety of applications to be surveyed in the latter part of the course. Content: The laws of thermodynamics and other conventional thermodynamic concepts such as heat, work, entropy, enthalpy, heat capacity, and the equipartition theorem are introduced. Adiabatic, isothermal, isobaric, and nonequilibrium processes are studied. Topics include the equations of state for non-ideal gases, Maxwell's relations, kinetic theory, the Maxwell distribution of molecular velocities, magnetic materials, blackbody radiation, phase transitions, phase diagrams, ensembles, and the partition function. Classical and quantum statistics are studied; the Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, and Fermi-Dirac distributions are examined. Taught: Alternate years, fall term. Prerequisites: PHYS 1240 or PHYS 1160 and MATH 3720 or coregistration. Credits: 4 credits
Recommended Citation
Stanley, Michael, "PHYS3750-01.Thermodynamcs & Stat.Mechanics.F15.Stanley,Michael" (2015). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 6132.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/6132