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PHYS217: Introductory Thermodynamics
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Ideal gas laws. Laws of Thermodynamics. Temperature and entropy. Thermodynamic potentials such as free energy and their use. Heat engines and Carnot cycles. Introductory statistical physics: Maxwell and Boltzmann distributions. Microscopic derivations of thermodynamic properties such as heat capacities.
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- Credit will be granted for only one of PHYS 217, PHYS 317.
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