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Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, 6 ECTS credits.
/Termodynamik och statistisk mekanik/
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 52
Rec. self-study hours: 108
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Area of Education: Science
Main field of studies: Physics, Applied Physics
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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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.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Calculus in one and several variables
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:
The course is presented in lectures and problem solving lessons.
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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, phase transformation, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, van der Waals equation.
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Course literature:
Kittel and Kroemer: Thermal physics 2nd ed., Freeman.
Läs- och räkneråd för kursen termodynamik och statistisk mekanik, Peter Münger
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Examination: |
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A written examination (U,3,4,5)
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6 ECTS
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Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IFM.
Director of Studies: Magnus Johansson
Examiner: Peter Münger
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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