| State variables, equilibrium states, PVT surface temperature, Zeroth law of thermodynamics, Thermometers, temperature scales. Thermal expansion, thermal conductivity in solids, Specific heat, phase changes. Laws of thermodynamics. Entropy and the second law. Heat engines and reversible processes. Kinetic theory of gases. Specific heats of gases, Law of equipartition of energy, atomicity. Adiabatic processes, speed of sound in gases. Free energies and Maxwell's relations. Black-body radiation.
Entropy and its relation to microscopic properties of a system. Basic methods of Statistical Mechanics - concept of Statistical ensembles. Microcanonical and canonical ensembles and their application for discrete systems. Classical systems: the Equipartition theorem, Ideal Classical gas. Introduction to Quantum Statistical Mechanics.
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Administrative assistant: RAINA FERHANA HOSSENBUX
Telephone: 4037400
Email: r.hossenbux@uom.ac.mu |
