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PHYS 427 - Thermal & Statistical Physics
Last offered Fall 2024
Official Description
Equilibrium thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory of gases. A unified treatment is used in that the principles of heat and thermodynamics are discussed along with statistical postulates and the microscopic approach of introductory quantum mechanics. Course Information: 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Credit is not given for both PHYS 427 and any of ME 404, CHEM 444, MSE 500. Prerequisite: PHYS 213; PHYS 214; PHYS 435 or ECE 329.
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Texts
Thermal Physics. 1st ed. Addison Wesley
Thermal Physics. 2nd ed. W.H. Freeman (recommended)
| Title | Section | CRN | Type | Hours | Times | Days | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thermal & Statistical Physics | A | 30681 | LEC | 4 | 1100 - 1220 | M W | 136 Loomis Laboratory | Jessie Shelton |
| Thermal & Statistical Physics | D0 | 64574 | DIS | 0 | 1700 - 1750 | T | 0018 Campus Instructional Facility | |
| Thermal & Statistical Physics | D1 | 64575 | DIS | 0 | 1800 - 1850 | T | 0036 Campus Instructional Facility | |
| Thermal & Statistical Physics | D2 | 64576 | DIS | 0 | 1900 - 1950 | T | 0018 Campus Instructional Facility | |
| Thermal & Statistical Physics | D3 | 64577 | DIS | 0 | 2000 - 2050 | T | 0018 Campus Instructional Facility |