phy041 - Thermodynamics and Statistics (Complete module description)

attendance: 84 hrs self study: 96 hrs

courses experimental physics 1, 2, 3

Procurement of fundamental principles of thermodynamics and statistical physics to enable students to understand and analyze formulation of relations for particle ensembles with appropriate magnitudes.

I. PHENOMENOLOGICAL THERMODYNAMICS A) Fundamental Concepts Temperature, thermal equilibrium, 0. law, heat, internal energy, work from a system, first law , thermodynamic states and processes, thermodynamic cycles, B) Application of Fundamental Concepts Carnot and Stirling cycle, second law, entropy, Legendre Transform and potential functions (Free Energy, Enthalpy, Gibbs Potential), irreversible processes and change in entropy, C) Open Systems, real Gases, phase transitions II. STATISTICS Isotropic particle distribution in space Diffusion (1-dim) via particle hopping entropy changes with volume alteration energy distribution for distinguishable particles (Boltzmann- and Maxwell-distribution) energy distribution for non-distinguishable Particles (Fermi-Dirac-, and Bose-Einstein-distribution) Black Body Radiator (Plancks law) Saha-Equation

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