PH21004: Thermal Physics
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| Course name | Thermal Physics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offered by | Physics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L-T-P | 3-0-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Semester | Spring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syllabus
Syllabus mentioned in ERP
Laws of thermodynamics: zeroth, first, second & third; Entropy, free energy, enthalpy, and their implications and applications, Maxwells thermodynamic relations. Heat engines, Carnot engine, thermodynamic phase transitions, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, phase equilibrium and Gibbs phase rule, blackbody radiation (Stefans law), thermodynamic description of magnetism, superconductivity and ionic phenomena, Joule-Thomson effect. Kinetic Theory of gases: Brownian motion, Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law, collision parameters and its experimental determination; transport phenomena: diffusion, effusion, thermal conduction; viscosity, relaxation time, principle of equipartition of energy, specific heat capacity of solids and gases, classical theory of specific heat of solids.
Concepts taught in class
Student Opinion
How to Crack the Paper
Classroom resources
Additional Resources
Thermodynamics by Enrico Fermi