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):
Ritchie, Ken
Email:
kpritchie@purdue.edu
Textbook(s) for Spring 2014
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | Req/Opt | Notes |
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Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics | Frederick Reif | (December 31, 2008) | 978-1577666127 | Waveland Pr Inc | Required | |
Thermodynamics | Enrico Fermi | June 1, 1956 | 978-0486603612 | Dover Publications | Optional |
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