State-counting; classical distributions; origins and role of entropy; equilibrium; microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical ensembles; concepts of work, heat, and temperature; equations of state; heat capacity; equipartition theorem; engines; laws of thermodynamics; non-equilibrium systems; Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution; enthalpy and free energies.
This course may not be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s)
- Physics 325, 343; Applied Mathematics 219 or Mathematics 253 or 263
Sections
This course will be offered next in
Fall 2010.