NFYC01 Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics 2007

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Valid for year : 2007

NFYC01	Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics, 7,5 ECTS credits. /Termodynamik och statistisk fysik/ For: Fys
	Prel. scheduled hours: 66 Rec. self-study hours: 134
	Area of Education: Science Subject area: Physics
	Advancement level (G1, G2, A): G2
	Aim: The general aim of the statistical mechanics part of the course is that the student equipped with a quantum mechanical description of physical systems on a microscopic level and guided by the principle of entropy maximization - can derive equilibrium features of macroscopic systems that apply to thermodynamics, medicine, metallurgy, chemistry and semiconductor physics. This means that the student should be able to: construct idealized models for microscopic systems and calculate equilibrium features under different circumstance, i.e. given temperature, chemical potential or energy give an account of the reasoning and/or derivations in statistical mechanics and describe the connection between the basic concepts of the theory use the statistical mechanics results for problem solving in thermodynamics, medicine, metallurgy, chemistry and semiconductor physics. The goal with the laboratory work is that the student, in cooperation with others, should plan and perform experimental work within thermodynamics and communicate the result in writing.
	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.
	Organisation: Lectures, problem solving sessions and laboratory work.
	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, phase transformation, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, van der Waals equation.
	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
	Examination:
	A written examination Laboratory work	3,5 p 1,5 p	/ /	5 ECTS 2 ECTS


Course language is Swedish. Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Magnus Boman Examiner: Lars Alfred Engström Course Syllabus in Swedish

Linköping Institute of Technology
Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se Last updated: 07/04/2007