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PHYS-105: Advanced physics II (thermodynamics)

Lectures in this course (126)

Explains the kinetic theory of gases, focusing on ideal gas behavior and the van der Waals model.

Covers the '2 boxes, one wall' model, phase transition, and calorimetry.

Explores internal energy, mechanics, and state variables in isolated systems with practical examples involving a gas piston, air, and a fan.

Covers the definition and measurement of temperature, including the Kelvin scale and the relationship between Celsius and Kelvin scales.

Explores temperature, pressure, and chemical potential in simple systems, along with reversible processes and powers.

Explores the second principle of thermodynamics, emphasizing entropy's role in system evolution and equilibrium.

Explores entropy, heat transfer, friction, and mechanical power conversion in various systems.

Discusses the challenges of teaching entropy in thermodynamics and its application in simple systems.

Explores irreversible processes, dissipation, heat generation, subsystem behavior, and state variables.

Explores irreversible processes and transport phenomena related to heat, pressure, and chemical potential differences in isolated systems.

Explains thermal, mechanical, and chemical equilibriums in thermodynamics.

Introduces Chapter 3 on irreversibility, focusing on analyzing equilibriums and transport laws in specific thermodynamic systems.

Covers Legendre transformations, internal energy, building functions, and energy libre de Gibbs.

Explores internal energy in mechanics and thermodynamics, focusing on symmetric deformation and intensive quantities.

Explores the physical sense of potentials, equilibrium between subsystems, and work and free energy in systems.

Covers the Gibbs relations and the Euler relationship in thermodynamics.

Introduces thermodynamic potentials and their application in equilibrium problems and heat transfer.

Explores rules of derivation, including partial derivatives and cyclic identities.

Explores the application of Schwarz theorem to derive Maxwell relations.

Explores the equilibrium between subsystems, heat, work, and energy in thermodynamics.

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