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):
Rodriguez, Jorge
Email:
jhrodrig@purdue.edu
Textbook(s) for Spring 2013
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | Req/Opt | Notes |
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REQUIRED: Thermal Physics | Kittel & Kroemer | 2nd | 0716710889 | Freeman & Co. | Optional | |
i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | Optional | ||||
RECOMMENDED: Thermo-Dynamics | Enrico Fermi | June 1, 1956 | 0-486-60361-X | Dover Publications | Optional | |
RECOMMENDED: Statistical Physics | Franz Mandl | 2nd; (May 12, 1988) | 978-0471915331 | Wiley | Optional |
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