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FY523: Thermal physics I (5 ECTS)

STADS: 07005701

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: ipsen@memphys.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
mlomholt@sdu.dk

Timetable
Group Type Day Time Classroom Weeks Comment
Common I Monday 08-10 U155 5-7,9-10,12
Common I Tuesday 08-10 U155 5
Common I Wednesday 12-14 U155 10
Common I Friday 12-14 U155 6-7,9
Common I Friday 15-17 U155 11
H1 TE Monday 12-14 U155 5-7,9-11
H1 TE Wednesday 08-10 U14 5,7
H1 TE Wednesday 12-14 U142 11
H1 TE Thursday 08-10 U155 6
H1 TE Friday 08-10 U14 9-10
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Comment:
Samlæses med FY810 og 1. Del af FY509.

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
None

Course introduction
The course gives an introduction to the fundamental concepts of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics and shows their applications to selected physical and chemical systems and to the interpretation of experiments.

Expected learning outcome
At the end of the course, the students must be able to:

  1. Explain and apply the statistical basis of the laws of thermodynamics
  2. Apply the relationships between thermal response functions and statistical correlations
  3. Formulate and use equilibrium conditions in statistical mechanics
  4. Apply the most common ensembles for calculations of average and dispersion values of standard variables
  5. Calculate thermodynamics functions for classical and quantum gases
  6. Write down partition sums for molecules and solids and calculate the appropriate thermodynamic variables
  7. Apply the mean field approximation for strongly interacting systems
Subject overview
The main topics are thermodynamics and basic statistical mechanics

  • The basic concepts of thermodynamics (state functions, first and second law of thermodynamics, thermodynamics potentials and response functions) are derived and discussed using simple examples e.g. the ideal gas.
  • The thermodynamic fundament of the description of structural stability, chemical equilibrium and fase transition
  • The basic principles of statistics are introduced and related to the thermodynamic description.
  • Examples considered: surface absorption, piezo- and pyroelectricity, real gases, mixtures, rubber elasticity and evaporation, Ising paramagnetic model.
Literature
  • S.J. Blundell og K.M. Blundell: Concepts in Thermal Physics, (second edition) 2010, Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0-19-956210-7 (paperback) findes også i Hard-udgave. .


Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
Written project report followed by a short oral exam (15 minutes) with the project report as a starting point, 7-point grading scale, internal examiner (5 ECTS)

Reexamination in the same exam period or immediately thereafter. The mode of exam at the re-examination may differ from the mode of exam at the ordinary exam.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 22 hours
Skills training phase: 20 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 20 hours

Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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