Assessment will come from exams and assigned homework. The course objectives will be accomplished through lecture and discussion of selected topics in class and by students working through the assigned parts of text, including all assigned homework problems. GOALS: To obtain a basic understanding of the key concepts of thermal physics, especially the use and basic applications of equilibrium statistical mechanics and elementary thermodynamics in problems of pedagogical and practical importance. Planck Distribution Photon Gas Cavity Radiation (Comprehensive Final Exam emphasizing chapters 6.1-6.3, 6.5-6.7, and 7 on Wed Dec 18)Ä«oltzmann Factor Exam 2 (Wed Nov 6) Average Values Maxwell Construction Free Energy of a Mixture Review Toward Equilibrium Phase Transformations van der Waals Model Heat Engines Refrigerators and Throttling Free Energy Paramagnetism Mechanical Equilibrium Diffusive Equilibrium Review Exam 1 (Wed Oct 2) Temperature & Entropy Multiplicity of an Ideal Gas Entropy Mixing Interacting Systems Large Systems Monatomic Ideal Gas Viscosity and Diffusion Two-State Systems Einstein Solid (Labor Day) Heat Capacity and Enthalpy Heat conduction Thermal Equilibrium & Ideal Gas Heat and Work Compression (Exam 1 over Chapters 1 and 2 on Wed Oct 2) Office Hours: MW 4:00-5:00pm in MP-425, or by appointment Week Text: Introduction to Thermal Physics by Daniel Schroeder, 1 st edition Students who have received credit for PHYS 432 may not enroll in PHYS 532. Recommended review (quantum physics): Appendix A on Quantum Mechanics in Schroeder Required preparation (mathematical): Ability to master Appendix B of Schroeder
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