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Thermal and Statistical Physics

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    By the end of this course, students will have gained an understanding of basic thermodynamics terminology, the statistical behavior of the underlying microscopic particles and the great difference in the statistical properties of fermions and bosons. They will have acquired the ability to implement thermodynamics laws to provide explanations for practical applications. Moreover, they will be able to interpret numerous physical phenomena such as blackbody radiation, electrons in solids, and heat capacities. This subject will prepare students for the study of solid-state devices and research into modern sciences.
  • Course Goals
  • Quality Education

Requirements

PHM113

Description

  • English Description

    Basic Thermodynamics Terminology – Chemical Concepts - Mechanisms of Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection and Radiation – Kinetic Theory and the Maxwell Distribution – Law of Equipartition- Distribution of Molecular Speeds – Heat Capacities - First Law of Thermodynamics – Reversible and irreversible processes – Second Law of Thermodynamics – Heat Engines and Heat Pumps – Entropy and its Microscopic Interpretation – Elementary Statistical Physics – The Fermi– Dirac Distribution – The Fermi Energy – Applications of the FD Distribution – the Bose–Einstein Distribution - Black–Body Radiation – Vibrations in a Solid – Phonons and Heat Capacity – Debye’s Theory.
  • Arabic Description

    Basic Thermodynamics Terminology – Chemical Concepts - Mechanisms of Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection and Radiation – Kinetic Theory and the Maxwell Distribution – Law of Equipartition- Distribution of Molecular Speeds – Heat Capacities - First Law of Thermodynamics – Reversible and irreversible processes – Second Law of Thermodynamics – Heat Engines and Heat Pumps – Entropy and its Microscopic Interpretation – Elementary Statistical Physics – The Fermi– Dirac Distribution – The Fermi Energy – Applications of the FD Distribution – the Bose–Einstein Distribution - Black–Body Radiation – Vibrations in a Solid – Phonons and Heat Capacity – Debye’s Theory.
  • Department
    Engineering Physics and Mathematics
  • Credit Hours
    3
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (25) + tr.Major Assessment (30 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 15% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 20% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    150
  • Equivalent ECTS
    6
  • - Hugh D. Young and Roger A. Freedman, University Physics with Modern Physics (Sears and Zemansky), 14th Ed., Pearson & Addison Wesley, 2016.
  • - Normand M. Laurendeau, Statistical Thermodynamics – Fundamental and applications, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  • - Stephen J. Blundell and Katherine M. Blundell, Concepts in Thermal Physics, 2nd Ed., Oxford University Physics, 2010.
  • - Arthur Beiser, Concepts of Modern Physics, 6th Ed., McGraw Hill, 2003.