Goal:

    To introduce the basic concepts and principles of thermodynamics.
     

    Prerequisites:

    PHYS 102, MATH 102.
     

    Topics:

    temperature, heat, work, first law of thermodynamics. kinetic theory of ideal gases, diffusion. second law of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes, the Carnot cycle, engines and refrigeration, entropy and disorder. conduction heat transfer, convection heat transfer, radiation heat transfer. principles of statistical physics and thermodynamics, energy distribution functions. selected applications.

    Credit Units:

    2
     

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