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| Course name | Fundamentals of physics II - Thermodynamics |
| Course ID | 13.2-WF-FizP-FP-II-T-S17 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| Field of study | Physics |
| Education profile | academic |
| Level of studies | First-cycle studies leading to Bachelor's degree |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2020/2021 |
| Semester | 2 |
| ECTS credits to win | 5 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
| Author of syllabus |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Lecture | 30 | 2 | - | - | Exam |
| Class | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
The aim of the course is to acquire the student's ability to understand and describe the physical phenomena of thermodynamics and the basics of statistical physics. In addition, students will become acquainted with the development of physics research concepts and methods. The lecture is enriched with demonstrations of physical laws and their applications.
Knowledge of mathematics and physics at the secondary school level, finished course “Fundamentals of physics I'
- Basis notions of thermodynamics: work, heat, internal energy
- The zeroth law of thermodynamics: measure of temperature, temperature's scales
- Specific heat and material properties: thermal expansions of fluids and solids, heat capacity, specific heat, latent (hidden) heat
- Heat and work: the first law of thermodynamics, thermodynamic processes
- Heat transfer modes: thermal conductivity, convection, radiation
- Model of ideal gas: assumptions of this model, equation of state for an ideal gas, thermodynamic processes for ideal gases
- Models of real gases: van der Waals state equation
- Kinetic theory of gasses: relation of pressure and temperature to the average value of the square of the velocity of molecules, Maxwell distribution of velocities, mean free path
- The second law of thermodynamics: entropy, thermal engines, Carnot's engines, efficiency coefficient
- The third law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes; systems: open, closed and isolated; absolute zero temperature; cooling and obtaining very low temperatures
- Elements of phase transitions physics: fluctuations, phase diagrams, phase transitions of first kind and continuous transitions
- Elements of statistical physics: probability, microstates and macrostates, statistical sum, entropy, microcanonical and canonical ensembles, statistical definition of temperature; open systems, grand canonical ensemble, bosons and fermions, the Fermi-Dirac and the Bose-Einstein statistics, photon gas in the cavity and Planck's radiation law, the blackbody spectrum
Conventional lecture illustrated with demonstrations of physical experiments
During classes students analyse and solve exercises illustrating the content of the lecture.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Lecture - obtaining a positive assessment of the final exam (written and oral). A positive evaluation requires at least 60% of the answers to the questions posed.
Classes - Positive pass of partial tests obtained on the base of more than 50% of the maximum number of points.
Before taking the exam a student must gain positive grade during the class.
Total score: average rating of the exam (50%) and grade from the class (50%).
[1] A. K. Wróblewski, J. A. Zakrzewski, Wstęp do fizyki, (t. 2, cz. 2, roz. VI – Elementy termodynamiki, t. 1, roz. VII – Układy bardzo wielu cząstek), Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN,, 1991 i 1984.
[2] R. Hołyst, A. Poniewierski, A. Ciach, Termodynamika dla chemików, fizyków i inżynierów, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego, Warszawa, 2005. Eng. translation R. Hołyst, A. Poniewierski, A. Ciach, Thermodynamics for chemists, physicists and engineer, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012
[3] K. Huang, Podstawy fizyki statystycznej, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2006, Eng. translation K. Huang, Introduction to Statistical Physics, 2 ed, Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2009
[4] Slides and other materials provided by lecturer
[1] D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker, Podstawy fizyki, tom 2, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2005.
[2] I. Anselm, Podstawy fizyki statystycznej i termodynamiki, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa 1990.
The lectures are supplemented by physical demonstrations conducted by Dr. S. Jerzyniak, MSc S. Kruk and Mr. H. Adamek
Modified by dr hab. Piotr Lubiński, prof. UZ (last modification: 03-06-2020 16:14)
