PHYS 013. Thermodynamics / Statistical Mechanics

A half-semester introductory course in thermal and statistical physics. Topics include energy, heat, work, entropy, temperature (the First, Second and “Third” Laws of Thermodynamics), heat capacity, ideal gases, paramagnetism, phase transitions, and the chemical potential. This course serves as a prerequisite for PHYS 114 and for PHYS 135.
Prerequisite: MATH 015
Corequisite: MATH 025
0.5 credit.
Spring 2022. Bester.
Spring 2023. Smith, H.
Catalog chapter: Physics and Astronomy
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/physics-astronomy

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