1 false PHYS2020 <p>Thermal physics deals with large numbers of particles, anything big enough to see with a conventional microscope. From understanding the greenhouse effect to the blackbody radiation left over from the Big Bang, no other physical theory is used more widely through out science.&nbsp; This course begins with a study of statistical mechanics in which the laws of statistics are used to make the connection between the quantum behaviour of 1 atom and the behaviour of bulk matter made up of 10^23 atoms.&nbsp; This leads to the concepts of temperature, entropy, Boltzmann and Gibbs factors, partition functions and distribution functions.&nbsp; These concepts are then used in the classical thermodynamics approach to explore free energy, heat, the fundamental behaviour of heat engines and refrigerators and phase transformations. </p> B 1 false 13264 <p>Assessment will be based on:</p><ul><li>Laboratory work (30%; LO 2, 3, 4, 7)</li><li>Final exam (35%; LO 1-6)</li><li> Assignments (35%;LO 1-6) </li><li>Approximately twenty-eight lectures, up to 12 tutorials and 18 hours of laboratory work, plus individual study.</li></ul> 1 1 <p>On satisfying the requirements of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:</p>1. Identify and describe the statistical nature of concepts and laws in thermodynamics, in particular: entropy, temperature, chemical potential, Free energies, partition functions.<br />2. Use the statistical physics methods, such as Boltzmann distribution, Gibbs distribution, Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distributions to solve problems in some physical systems.<br />3. Apply the concepts and principles of black-body radiation to analyze radiation phenomena in thermodynamic systems.<br />4. Apply the concepts and laws of thermodynamics to solve problems in thermodynamic systems such as gases, heat engines and refrigerators etc.<br />5. Analyze phase equilibrium condition and identify types of phase transitions of physical systems.<br />6. Make connections between applications of general statistical theory in various branches of physics.<br />7. Design, set up, and carry out experiments; analyse data recognising and accounting for errors; and compare with theoretical predictions. 2 Thermal and Statistical Physics 6 6 6 <p>Requires PHYS1101 and PHYS1201 and mathematics to at least the standard of MATH1013 and MATH1014.</p> Thermal & Statistical Physics Band 2 NP Physics u4103646 4 <p>A total of approximately twenty-eight lectures and thirty hours of tutorials and laboratory work.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p> 2010