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PHYS 224, Winter 2003
Thermal Physics
Syllabus
Please note that some of the details given below may change as we go through the quarter.
| Class date |
Topics |
Giancoli sections |
Other reading |
| M Jan 6 |
Admin. Fluid statics:
density, pressure, compressibility; suction |
13-1,13-2 |
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| W Jan 8 |
Quiz 1. Pressure variation with position; buoyancy; Pascal's and
Archemedes' principles |
13-3 to13-6 |
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| F Jan 10 |
Fluid dynamics: continuity equation; Bernoulli equation |
13-7 to 13-9 |
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| M Jan 13 |
Quiz 2. Applications of continuity and Bernoulli equations |
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Aerodynamics
of bicycles |
W Jan 15
HW1 due |
Viscosity; turbulence; surface tension |
13-10 to 13-12 |
The
transition to turbulence |
| F Jan 17 |
Definition and measurement of temperature. Zeroth law
of thermodynamics. Ideal gas thermometer. Absolute
temperature. |
17-2 to 17-5,17-10 |
Essay
on temperature |
| M Jan 20 |
MLK holiday |
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W Jan 22
HW2 due |
Quiz 3. Ideal gas law. Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and
gases. |
17-4 to 17-8 |
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| F Jan 24 |
Atomic picture. Kinetic theory of ideal
gas. Equipartition. |
17-1,17-9,18-1 |
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| M Jan 27 |
Quiz 4. Non-ideal gases. Statistical mechanics and
distribution functions. |
18-2 to 18-5 |
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W Jan 29
HW3 due |
Brownian motion. rms velocity and mean velocity. |
18-2 |
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| F Jan 31 |
MIDTERM 1 |
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| M Feb 3 |
Exam return.
Maxwell-Boltzmann velocity distribution.
More about distribution functions. |
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Derivation
of M-B distribution |
W Feb 5
HW4 due |
Boltzmann distribution. Mean free path
and its distribution; diffusion. |
18-6,7 |
Boltzmann
distribution |
| F Feb 7 |
Heat as energy; work; internal energy; first
law of thermodynamics; heat capacity; latent heat. |
19-1 to 19-5 |
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| M Feb 10 |
Quiz 5. Phase
diagram of water. Changes of state. |
Figs 18-6 and 19-5, Sec. 19-6 |
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W Feb 12
HW5 due |
Quiz 6. Quasistatic,
adiabatic,
isothermal, isobaric processes. Degrees of freedom; equipartition of energy; heat
capacities
of gases. Adiabatic expansion of gases. |
19-7,19-9 |
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| F Feb 14 |
Molecular gases. Heat transfer; thermal conductivity; thermal
radiation. |
19-8,19-10 |
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| M Feb 17 |
Presidents Day holiday |
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W Feb 19
HW6 due |
Quiz 7.
Black body radiation. Planck distribution; color; Wien's law. |
38-1 |
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| F Feb 21 |
Second law of thermodynamics (Clausius statement). Heat engines;
efficiency. Stirling engine. Reversible processes; |
20-1,2,3 |
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| M Feb 24 |
Quiz 8.
Carnot engine; Maximum efficiency; Refrigerators; Carnot's theorem. |
20-4 |
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| W Feb 26 |
Definition of entropy. Entropy always
increases. |
20-5 to 20-9
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F Feb 28
HW7 due |
Microscopic picture
and Boltzmann's
law, S = k ln W. Entropy pennies. Applications and review. |
20-10 |
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| M Mar 3 |
MIDTERM 2 |
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| W Mar 5 |
Special study session. |
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F Mar 7
HW8 due |
Exam return.
PVT surfaces. Phase boundaries; coexistence; vapor
pressure; dew point; triple point. |
18-3 to 18-5 |
Phase
diagrams
PVT-surface |
| M Mar 10 |
Quiz 9.
Thermodynamic potentials: internal energy, enthalpy, Gibbs free
energy, and Helmholtz free energy. |
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Hyperphysics |
| W Mar 12 |
Equilibrium and available energy. Maxwell relations. |
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Notes |
F Mar 14
HW9 due |
Applications and review. |
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| Th Mar 20 |
FINAL |
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Reading material
The required course book is Giancoli's Physics for Scientists and Engineers (3rd Edition). Additional notes will be provided as we go along.
Recommended books are:
(1) An Introduction to Thermal Physics by Daniel V. Schroeder (for a modern, insightful, more thorough treatment of thermodynamics and statistical physics)
(2) Physics Volume I, by Resnick, Halliday and Krane, (some of you may have this already - it is a little more detailed and has some more challenging problems than Giancoli).
(3) Thermodynamics, by Enrico Fermi (Dover, $8.95) - a brief, elegant and authoritative monograph.
(4) The Flying Circus of Physics by Jearl Walker (world-out-there physics questions, for your enjoyment!)
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