Thermal Physics - PHYS2060

 
Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Physics
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: PHYS1002 or PHYS1022 or PHYS1111 or PHYS1221 or PHYS1231 or PHYS1241, MATH1021 or MATH1131 or MATH1141 or MATH1031.
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Kinetic theory of gases, pressure, temperature, work & heat, Laws of thermodynamics, heat engines, Carnot cycle, entropy, Helmholtz & Gibbs functions, phase transitions and diagrams.