Department of Physics
Thermodynamics 6 hp: Schedule
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Department of Physics Thermodynamics 6 hp: Schedule |
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| Day | Subject of lecture | Book section | Suitable exercises |
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| 01. Mon 03/11 | Introduction. Thermal energy - thermal eq., Ideal gas | 1.1-1.2 | |
| 02. Tue 04/11 | Thermal energy - Equipartition of energy, Heat and work | 1.3-1.4 | 1.16a-c, 1.21 |
| 03. Wed 05/11 | Thermal energy - Compression work, heat capacity, latent heat, enthalpy | 1.5-1.6 | 1.31a-d, 1.34, 1.37, 1.49 |
| 04. Thu 06/11 | The second law - two-state systems, Einstein model | 2.1-2.2 | |
| 05. Fri 07/11 | The second law - interacting systems, large systems | 2.3,2.4 | 2.17, 2.24a-c, 2.25 |
| 06. Mon 10/11 | The second law - the ideal gas, definition of entropy | 2.5-2.6 | (2.26) |
| 07. Tue 11/11 | The second law - more on entropy | 2.6 | (2.32), 2.34, (2.35), 2.37 |
| 08. Wed 12/11 | Thermal interactions - Temperature, entropy and heat | 3.1-3.2 | 3.5, 3.6, 3.8, 3.10 |
| 09. Thu 13/11 | Thermal interactions - Mechanical eq. | 3.4-3.6 | 3.25a-d, 3.31, 3.36 |
| 10. Fri 14/11 | Diffusive eq. The thermodynamic identity. | 3.6 | |
| 11. Mon 17/11 | Engines - ideal operations | 3.3, 4.1, 4.2 | 4.1, 4.5, 4.14a-c |
| 12. Tue 18/11 | (08:15-10:00) Engines - Real heat engines and refrigerators | 4.3-4.4 | 4.18, 4.20, 4.21 |
| 13. Tue 18/11 | (10:15-12:00) Paramagnetism. Problem solving, chapter 2. | ||
| 14. Wed 19/11 | Free energy - as available work | 5.1 | 5.5, 5.11 |
| 15. Thu 20/11 | Free energy - as a force toward eq. | 5.2 | 5.23a-c |
| 16. Fri Thu 21/11 | Phase transformations | 5.3 | |
| 17. Mon 24/11 | (08:15-10:00) Vapor pressure. Problem solving, chapter 3. | 5.3 | 5.35, 5.47, (5.48), 5.51 |
| T1. Mon 24/11 | (10:15-12:00) --Topics in Thermodynamics-- | 5.4 | |
| 18. Tue 25/11 | Transport processes | 1.7 | 1.69, 1.70 |
| 19. Wed 26/11 | (08:15-10:00) Cooling to low temperatures. Problem solving chapter 4. | ||
| T2. Wed 26/11 | (10:15-12:00) --Topics in Thermodynamics-- | 5.5 | |
| 20. Thu 27/11 | (08:15-10:00) Follow the link to Energy in the society. Problem solving. | ||
| T3. Thu 27/11 | (10:15-12:00) --Topics in Thermodynamics-- | 5.6 | |
| --- 28/11-20/12 | ---Experimental labs--- | ||
| 21. Wed 07/01 | (08:15-10:00) Problem solving chapter 5. | ||
| 22. Wed 07/01 | (10:15-12:00) Problem solving: Exam with short solutions. Also problems 1(ii) and 4 in this exam. | ||
| --- Mon 12/01 | Exam 8-14 |
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