| NFYC01 | Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics, 7,5 ECTS credits. /Termodynamik och statistisk fysik/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 66 |
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Area of Education: Science Subject area: Physics |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): C
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| Aim: One of the goals is to give a good understanding of how the classical thermodynamics can be derived from a statistical description of quantum mechanical systems. An other goal is to show the wide area of applicability of statistical physics - metallurgy, medicine, biology, chemistry, astronomy, environmental issues, heat engines, electronics... . |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Mathematical analysis and Quantum Physics 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: Lectures, problem solving sessions and laboratory work. |
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| Course contents: The statistical definitions of entropy, temperature, pressure and chemical potential constitutes the starting point. Other concepts that are presented is: multiplicity, ensemble average, specific heat, Boltzmann factor, partition function, thermodynamic identity, Helmholtz free energy, classical ideal gas, quantum concentration, Sackur-Tetrodes equation, Planck radiation law, Stefan-Boltzmanns law, emissivity, photon gas, greenhouse effect, heat shields, internal and external chemical potential, Gibbs factor, Gibbs sum (grand partition function), absolute activity, Langmuir adsorption isotherm, orbital, Pauli exclusion principle, Fermi-Dirac distribution, Bose-Einstein distribution, internal partition function, reversibility, free electron model, density of states, chemical potential as a normalizing constant, heat, work, heat engine, refrigerator, heat pump, Carnot process, adiabatic process, isothermal process, Gibbs free energy, law of mass action, vapor pressure, phase transformation, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, van der Waals equation. In the laboratory the efficiency of heat engines and heat pumps are investigated. Heat capacitivity of gases, liquids and solids are measured as well as latent heat in phase transitions. |
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| Course literature: Kittel and Kroemer: Thermal physics 2nd ed., Freeman. Läs- och räkneråd för kursen termodynamik och statistisk mekanik, Lars Alfred Engström Compendium for laboratory work |
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| A written examination Laboratory work |
3,5 p 1,5 p |
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Course language is Swedish. Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Magnus Boman Examiner: Lars Alfred Engström Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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