MEAM 661 - Advanced Thermodynamics Seminar

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Description:

Upon demand. Classical statistical mechanics as developed by Gibbs and Boltzmann. The H-theoremand approach to equilibrium. Fluctuations, application to ideal and real gases and to chemical equilibrium, quantized systems, theory of specific heats, Maxwell Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac Statistics, mean-free path phenomena diffusion, the Boltzmann equation and transport phenomena.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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