Introduction to thermodynamics and statistical physics WM-FI-S1-E6-WTFS
Scope of the course:
1. Thermodynamic parameters and processes. Reversible processes.
2. Heat, the first law of thermodynamics. Ideal gas.
3. Enthalpy. Joule-Thomson experiment.
4. Entropy. The second law of thermodynamics.
5. Thermodynamic potentials. Maxwell's equations.
6. Kinetic theory of gases.
7. Phase transitions. Van der Waals equation.
8. Statistical approach to thermodynamics.
9. Probabiliy distributionand entropy.
10. Statistical sum. The micro-canonical ensemble. Extremalization of entropy.
11. The canonical ensemble. The classic ideal gas in statistical description.
12. Grand canonical ensemble. Extremalization of entropy.
13. Elements of the thermodynamics of black holes..
14. Paradoxes of classical statistical physics.
15. Inroduction to quantum statistical physics.
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Learning outcomes
Student can:
- analyze physical problems according to the basic principles of phenomenological thermodynamics
- calculate the properties of a simple model using statistical physics methods
- describe phenomena and processes on the basis of statistical physics and thermodynamics
- formulate the physical problems in terms of its thermodynamical properties stemming from statistical physics
Assessment criteria
Written and oral exam.
Bibliography
1. R. Hołyst, A. Poniewierski, A. Ciach, Termodynamika dla chemików, fizyków o inżynierów, Wyd. UKSW.
2. R. Hołyst, A. Poniewierski, Termodynamika w zadaniach, Wyd. UKSW.
3. H. Buchowski, Elementy termodynamiki statystycznej, Wyd. WNT.
4. T. Balcerzak, Wykłady z termodynamiki i fizyki statystycznej, Wyd. UŁ.
5. L.D. Landau, J. M. Lifszyc, Statistical physics.
6. K. Huang, Introduction to statistical physics.
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