| NFYB44 | Thermodynamics, 7,5 ECTS credits. /Termodynamik/ |
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| Advancement level
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| Aim: The aim of the course is to give the students a basic knowledge in classical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, conceptions also used in Quantum Physics, Solid State Physics and Optoelectronics. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Attented NFYA31 Mechanics, NFYA32 Electromagnetic Fields and NFYA33 Electromagnetism and Waves. Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: Lessons, Physical seminars (see NFYA46) and laboratory work. |
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| Course contents: Thermodynamical system, state variables. The ideal gas equation and Van der Waals equation. Irreversible respective reversible process. The laws of thermodynamics. Heat and performance, internal energy and heat capacity, phase changes. Entropy, Chemical potential, entalpy, Gibbs and Helmholtz energies, Maxwells equations. Thermodynamical applications on simple systems. Statistical mechanics. Ensemble, partition function. Bolzmanfactor. Maxwell-Bolzmann. Bose-Einstein respective Fermi-Dirac statistics with applications. |
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| Course literature: Beckman-Kjöllerström-Sundström: Grundläggande termodynamik för högskolestudier. Energilära. Almquist och Wiksell 1991. Off-prints and laboratory instructions. |
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| Written examination Laboratory work |
4 p 1 p |
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Course language is . Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Magnus Boman Examiner: Jan Lundgren Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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