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Oct 12, 2024
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PHYS 342 - Thermodynamics Description: The laws of thermodynamics and its application to macroscopic systems.
Prerequisites: Co- or prerequisite: PHYS 317 and MATH 376.
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Apply the zeroth, first, second, and third laws of thermodynamics to solve conceptual and quantitative thermodynamics problems.
- Calculate pressure, temperature, and/or volume for both ideal and non-ideal gases.
- Summarize the role of thermodynamic microstates and macrostates in the second law of thermodynamics.
- Analyze idealized and realistic thermodynamic cycles to describe the operating principals of heat engines, steam engines, and refrigerators.
- Distinguish between first and second-order phase transitions in physical systems; calculate latent heat and discontinuous volume changes for first-order phase transitions.
- Evaluate calculations of thermodynamic potentials including internal energy, Helmholtz free energy, and Gibbs free energy to predict phase stability.
- Apply appropriate mathematical methods to solve problems in statistical mechanics.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date: 2/21/20
Anticipated Course Offering Terms and Locations: Spring Locations: Ellensburg
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