PHY 227 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Semester: Spring
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite: PHY 237; MTH 281 or ME 201 (MTH may be taken concurrently)

Multiplicity of physical states, equilibrium entropy and temperature, Boltzmann factor and partition function, statistical approach to free energy, chemical potential, distribution functions for ideal classical and quantum gases. Applications to chemical reactions, thermal engines, equations of state and phase transitions, applications.

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