Thermal & Statistical Physics

PHYS 430 - Thermal & Statistical Physics (4-0-4)

Concepts of temperature, laws of thermodynamics, entropy, thermodynamic relations, free energy. Applications to phase equilibrium, multicomponent systems, chemical reactions, and thermodynamic cycles. Introduction to Kinetic theory and transport phenomena. Introduction to Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics.

Pre-requisites: PHYS213 Or PHYS204