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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Physics
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Snir Gazit
Coordinator Office Hours:
Sunday 9:00-10:00
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Snir Gazit,
Mr. Saar Beck
Course/Module description:
A basic course in the foundations of thermal physics and thermodynamics.
Course/Module aims:
See learning outcomes
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Analyze physical systems using the laws of thermodynamics
2. Make a connection between the macroscopic and microscopic description of many particle problems.
3.Determine the approach to equilibrium state of many particle problems.
Attendance requirements(%):
0
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture + Recitation
Course/Module Content:
1. Introduction, the definition of the temperature, thermal and thermodynamic equilibrium. The ideal gas equation of state. States of matter: solid, gas, and liquid. The phase diagram, critical points, and the triple point.
2. Microscopic model of the ideal gas – The kinetic theory of gases. The relation between temperature and typical velocity. Internal energy, equipartition. Van der Waals gas.
3. Thermodynamic processes – work and heat. Work associated with compression and expansion. The first law of thermodynamics. Heat capacity. Isothermic, isobaric, and isochoric processes. Quasistatic and irreversible processes.
4. Engines and thermodynamics cycles – Thermodynamic description of engines and refrigerators. The coefficient of efficiency. Carnot engine, realistic engines. The second law of thermodynamics in different formulations. Maximal efficiency.
5. Clausius inequality and the thermodynamic definition of entropy. The second law of thermodynamics as the principle of entropy increase. The fundamental law of thermodynamics. Entropy changes in thermodynamic processes. The third law of thermodynamics.
6. The microscopic definition of entropy. Multiplicity and thermodynamics equilibrium. The entropy of an ideal gas and the Maxwell Boltzman velocity distribution. Gibbs paradox, information as entropy and vice verse. The canonical ensemble.
7. Thermodynamic potentials. Legendre transform. The free energies of Helmholtz and Gibbs. Enthalpy. Maxwell relations. Thermodynamic stability.
8. The chemical potential. Chemical equilibrium and chemical reactions.
9. Phase transitions. Gas-liquid transition. Clausius Clapeyron equation. Gibbs rule of phases. Ehrenfest classification
10. The approach to equilibrium. Mean free path and time. Transport coefficients, diffusion. Random walk. Langevin equation. Boltzmann equation.
Required Reading:
None
Additional Reading Material:
1. C.B.P. Finn, Thermal Physics.
2. An Introduction to Thermal physics, Daniel V. Schroeder.
3. Heat and Thermodynamics, Mark Zemansky.
4.Concepts in Thermal Physics, Stephen J. Blundell, Katherine M. Blundell
5. Statistical Physics of Particles: Kardar, Mehran
6. Thermal physics, Charles Kittel, Herbert Kroemer
7. Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics, Herbert Callen
Grading Scheme :
Additional information:
None
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