Tulane University 2006-2007 Catalog

Course:

PHYS 423 Thermal Physics (3)

Staff. Prerequisites: PHYS 121 and 122, or 131 and 132. A study of the physical properties of matter where temperature is an important variable. The laws of thermodynamics, equations of state, thermodynamic potentials. Kinetic theory of gases. Elementary statistical postulates. Ensembles, the partition function. Entropy, phase transitions.

 

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