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PHYS416: Thermal and Statistical Physics (Honors)

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Offering:
Fall, Class 4, cr. 4

Prerequisites:
Admission by special permission
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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.

Instructor(s):
Robicheaux, Francis J

Email:
robichf@purdue.edu

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