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Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics
PHN 330, Spring 2006



Syllabus


Instructor: 		  Dr. Stephen Weppner 

Text: Thermal Physics, 2nd edition; by Charles Kittel and Herbert Kroemer
WWW-page: http://academics.eckerd.edu/instructor/weppnesp/PH330
Office Location: SHC 105C, TuTh 8:30-9:50
Office Hours: MWF 9:30-11:30, and TuTh 2:30-4:30
e-mail: weppnesp@eckerd.edu     (phone: 864-8976)


     
Week of: Chapter Contents
     
     
Sept. 5 1/2 States of a model system, equilibrium, temperature
Sept. 12 2 Entropy, laws of thermodynamics, pressure
Sept. 19 3 Boltzmann Distribution and Hemholtz Free Energy
Sept. 26 4 Planck Distribution
Oct. 3 5 Chemical Potential
Oct. 10 5 Gibbs Distribution and review
Oct. 17 6 Test Ideal gas
Oct. 24 6 Ideal gas continued
Nov. 2 6 Ideal gas continues
Nov. 7 7 Fermi and Bose Gases
Nov. 14 8 Heat and Work
Nov. 21 9 Gibbs Free Energy and Chemical Reactions
Nov. 28 10 Take Home Test Due Phase Transitions
Dec. 5 13 Semiconductors
     


   
Grading Chart %
   
In Class EXAM 1 (Tues., Oct. 17th) 15%
Take Home EXAM 2 (Thurs. Nov. 30th) 15%
FINAL 20%
9 Homework Assignments 25%
2 Mathematica Assignments 10%
Preclass Warmups 15%
   

Notes for Statistical Physics - PHN 330




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