Course RSS FeedsPHYS41600 (PHYS416) Fall 2009
Thermal and Statistical Physics (Honors)
Current session:
NOT IN SESSION
Offering:
Fall, Class 4, cr. 4
Prerequisites:
Admission by special permission
Description:
Thermal equililbrium, first, second and third laws of thermodynamics. Entropy. Statistical concepts of thermal physics. Microcanonical and canonical ensembles. Classical and quantum ideal gases. Chemical reactions, phase equilibria and critical phenomena.
Textbook(s) for Fall 2009
| Course | Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYS416 | Thermal Physics | Charles Kittel | 2nd (March 1980) | 0716710889 | W.H. Freeman |