Physics and Astronomy - Course Details
PHYS515: Thermal and Statistical Physics (PAST/FUTURE SEMESTER)
Offering:
Spring (starting in Spring 2011), Class 3, cr. 3
Prerequisites:
PHYS 310 and 344. Coreq. 360 and 330
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Description:
Equilibrium states, the concept of heat, and the laws of thermodynamics; the existence and properties of the entropy and free energies; different thermodynamic potentials and their uses; phase diagrams and phase transitions; introduction to statistical mechanics and its relation to thermodynamics; treatment of ideal gases.
Instructor(s):
LI, TONGCANG
Email:
tcli@purdue.edu
Textbook(s) for Fall 2022
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | Req/Opt | Notes |
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Introduction to Thermal Physics | Daniel V. Schroeder | 1st edition | 978-0192895547 | Oxford University Press | Required |
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