PHYS 522 /422 - Thermal Physics

Institution:

California State University-Los Angeles

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Prerequisites: PHYS 310, 320, 350. (Undergraduates enroll in PHYS 422; graduates enroll in PHYS 522.) Entropy and temperature, Boltzmann distribution and Helmholtz free energy, thermal radiation, chemical potential, Gibbs distribution, ideal gas, Fermi and Bose gases, heat and work, Gibbs free energy and chemical reactions, phase transformations and kinetic theory. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture-discussion 3 hrs.)

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.calstatela.edu

Phone Number:

(323) 343-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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