| CODE | PHY2120 | ||||||
| TITLE | Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Physics | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Thermodynamic potentials: Helmholtz and Gibbs functions (definitions, relations, thermodynamic potentials); Maxwell's relations; stable and unstable equilibrium; phase transitions; Clausius-Clapeyron equation; third law of thermodynamics and its implications; one thermodynamic system should be analysed as an illustration (e.g. thermodynamics of a paramagnetic substance, electromotive cell, etc.) Kinetic theory of gases: Molecular description of the ideal gas (basic assumptions treated mathematically); molecular flux; ideal gas equation of state; equipartition of energy; classical theory of specific heat capacity; intermolecular forces; Van der Waals' gas; mean free path Recommended Texts: F W Sears and G L Salinger, Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics, Addison-Wesley M W Zemansky, Heat and Thermodynamics: An Intermediate Textbook, McGraw Hill |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-units: PHY1190 and PHY1195 | ||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Pierre Sandre Farrugia |
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