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Thermodynamics, 6 credits

Swedish name: Termodynamik B
This syllabus is valid: 2007-01-01 valid to 2011-06-26 (newer version of the syllabus exists)
Syllabus for courses starting before 2011-06-26
Course code: 5FY083
Credit points: 6
Education level: First cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level: Physics: First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass with merit, Pass, Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Physics

Contents

The course begins with an introduction to basic concepts as temperature, thermal equilibrium, work, heat, heat capacity and enthalpy. A statistical approach is applied to some simple model systems in order to introduce the second law of thermodynamics formulated in terms of the entropy. Heat engines and refrigerators are discussed as well as internal combustion engines and steam engines. Finally, the concept of free energy is introduced and applied to phase transformations.

Required Knowledge

Classical Mechanics, or equivalent. A first course in multi-variable analysis.

Literature

Valid from: 2007 week 37

Schroeder Daniel V.
An introduction to thermal physics
San Francisco : Addison Wesley : cop. 2000 : x, 422 s. :
ISBN: 0-201-38027-7
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