FYS253 Thermal Physics
Credits (ECTS):5
Course responsible:Mathijs Adriaan Janssen
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Engelsk
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:For 13 weeks: Lectures: 1 x 2 hours per week. Exercises: 1 x 2 hours per week. Individual work and group discussions: 5 hours per week for 15 weeks. Total of 125 hours.
Teaching and exam period:This course starts in autumn parallel. This course has teaching/evaluation in autumn parallel.
About this course
Teaching structure: One 2-hour lecture per week. One 2-hour problem solving class per week.
Content: Fundamental thermodynamics concepts and their application in different scenarios. First and second law, enthalpy, free energy, entropy, ideal gas mixtures, thermodynamics property relations, ensembles, interacting particles, and introduction to phase and chemical equilibrium. Basic concepts in statistical physics such as Boltzmann distribution, Kinetic theory of gases, equipartition theorem, and partition functions.
Learning outcome
Obtain a good understanding of thermodynamics and statistical physics.
The students will have an introduction to ideal gas mixtures and models of gases and vapor mixtures. Thermodynamic property relations will be introduced. Their use will be presented with a focus on their use in statistical thermodynamics.
An introduction to real gas behavior and equations of state for gasses will also be presented. Chemical reaction equilibrium will be presented, and the students will be taught how to calculate the equilibrium constant and thermodynamic properties at equilibrium conditions.
Students will be given an introduction to statistical physics and the implications of its use. The students will be introduced to the statistical behavior and probabilistic analysis of matter and its properties. Students will learn how microscopic properties affect macroscopic properties of matter.
- The lectures will cover main ideas and theories of thermodynamics, statistical physics, and closely related topics, giving the basic tools for the student to address different problems and situations. In exercise classes, the students will solve related problems to the field, using mathematical tools. The concepts in the lecture will serve as guide for addressing the problems.
- The students can contact the teacher for general advice, verbally or by e-mail.
- FYS101, FYS102, FYS103, MATH111, MATH112, MATH113
- KJM100
- Written exam (3,0 hours). Grading will be A til F.
- The external and internal examiner jointly prepare the exam questions and the correction manual. The external examiner reviews the internal examiner's examination results by correcting a random sample of candidate's exams as a calibration according to the Department's guidelines for examination markings.
- Compulsory hand-in assignments. Rules for approving mandatory activities will be announced when the course starts.
- The teaching period consists of 14 weeks. There will be 13 weeks of organized teaching Lectures: 1 x 2 hours x 13 weeks = 26 hours. Exercises: 1 x 2 hours x 13 weeks = 26 hours. Self-study and colloquia.
- FYS253 overlaps 50% with FYS252.
- Special requirements in Science