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Dec 20, 2025
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PHYS 3011 - Thermal Physics
First and Second laws of thermodynamics, phase changes, and entropy. Temperature, thermodynamic variables, equations of state, heat engine. Introduction to statistical physics: statistical interpretation of first and second laws of thermodynamics, microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, partition functions, classical (Boltzmann) and quantum (Fermi and Bose-Einstein) statistics applied to ideal gas.
Requisites: MATH 3400 and PHYS 2052
Credit Hours: 3.0
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
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