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6
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Course No.
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Course Title
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No. of Units
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Pre-requisites
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Th.
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Pr.
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Credit
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PHYS 221
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Thermodynamics
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2
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2
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PHYS 203, MATH 202
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Objectives of the course :
This course aims at teaching the principles of heat and thermodynamics and their applications .
Course Description :
Basic principles of thermodynamics, First law of thermodynamics, Specific heat for ideal gases, Carnet's cycle, Entropy and equilibrium, Chemical potential, Maxwell's equations, Properties of pure materials, Change of Phase, Clausius-Clay Peron equation, Vapor pressure, Kinetic theory of gases, Principle of eguipartition of energy, Specific heat capacity of solids .
Main text books :
Thermodynamics, kinetic theory and statistical thermodynamics by F.W.Sears and G. L Salinger , John Wiley, 1975.
Subsidiary books :
Fundamentals of Classical thermodynamics by Wylen and Sonntag .
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