| Date | Teacher | Place | Topic | Lecture notes / comments |
| 22.08.2012 | Trine S. Tveter | Introduction. Ideal gas. Equipartition of energy. 1.1-1.3 in textbook. | Summary | |
| 27.08.2012 | Equipartion of energy, cont. Heat and work. 1. law of thermodynamics. Compression work. Heat capacity. 1.3-1.6 in textbook. | Summary | ||
| 29.08.2012 | Two-state systems. Micro- and macrostates. The Einstein model of a solid. Interacting systems. 2.1-2.3 in textbook. | Summary Problems for week 35: 1.12 (typical molecular diameter is a few ?ngstr?m, 10^-10 m), 1.14, 1,16, 1.18, 1.26, 1.28. |
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| 03.09.2012 | Large and very large numbers, Stirling's approximation. Large Einstein solids. The multiplicity function and its sharpness in large interacting systems. 2.4 in textbook. | Summary | ||
| 05.09.2012 | Multiplicity in ideal gas. 2.5 in textbook. | Summary Problems for week 36: 1.34, 1.36, 1.38, 1.48, 2.1, 2.5 a-b). |
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| 10.09.2012 | Entropy and 2. law of thermodynamics. Entropy of mixing. Reversible and irreversible processes. 2.6 in textbook. Problem 2.34. | Summary | ||
| 12.09.2012 | Temperature, a precise definition. Predicting heat capacities. Entropy and heat. Determining entropy. 3.1 and 3.2 in textbook. Problem 3.9. | Summary Problems for week 37: 2.13, 2.16, 2.18, 2.22, 2.27. |
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| 17.09.2012 | Thermodynamic properties of paramagnets. Mechanical equilibrium and pressure. The thermodynamic identity. 3.3-3.4 in textbook. | Summary | ||
| 19.09.2012 | Entropy in quasistatic and non-quasistatic processes. Problem 3.33. Diffusive equilibrium and chemical potential. Determining chemical potentials. 3.4-3.5 in textbook. | Summary Problems for week 38: 2.28, 2.30, 2.36, 2.39, 3.1, 3.3. |
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| 24.09.2012 | Determining chemical potentials cont. Rest energy and chemical potential. 3.5-3.6 in textbook. Heat engines. 4.1 in textbook. | Summary | ||
| 26.09.2012 | Lecture CANCELLED | Problems for week 39: 3.10, 3.14, 3.16, 3.31, 3.32, 3.34. | ||
| 01.10.2012 | Heat engines and refrigerators cont. 4.1-4.2 in textbook. Thermodynamical potentials. Free energy and electrical work. 5.1 in textbook. | Summary | ||
| 03.10.2012 | Thermodynamic identities, Maxwell relations (problem 5.12). Free energy and total entropy as a force towards equilibrium. Extensive and intensive quantities. Chemical potential and Gibbs free energy. 5.1-5.2 in textbook. | Summary Problems for week 40: 3.37, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5. |
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| 15.10.2012 | Phase transitions. The Clausius-Clapeyron relation. The van der Waals model (short version). 5.3 in textbook. Problem.5.35. | Summary | ||
| 17.10.2012 | The law of mass action, dissociation of water, ionization of hydrogen.. 5.6 in textbook. | Summary | ||
| 22.10.2012 | The Boltzmann factor. The partition function. Average values. Paramagnetism. 6.1 and 6.2 in textbook. Problem 6.2 and 6.16. | Summary | ||
| 24.10.2012 | Rotation and vibration of diatomic molecules. The equipartition theorem. 6.2 and 6.3 in textbook. | Summary Problems for week 43: 4.15, 5.1, 5.13, 5.20, 5.32. |
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| 29.10.2012 | The Maxwell speed distribution. Partition functions and free energy. 6.4 and 6.5 in textbook. Problem 6.37 and 6.43. | Summary | ||
| 31.10.2012 | Partition functions for composite systems. Ideal gas, predictions for diatomic molecules with rotation and vibration. 6.6 and 6.7 in textbook. Problem 6.44, if time 6.48. | Summary Problems for week 44: 5.35, 5.41, 5.48, 5.49, 5.84, 6.3, 6.9, 6.12, 6.20. |
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| 05.11.2012 | The Gibbs factor and Gibbs sum. Bosons and Fermions. 7.1-7.2 in textbook. | Summary | ||
| 07.11.2012 | Bosons and Fermions cont. Distribution functions, chemical potential and total particle number, Gibbs sum and grand potential.7.2 in textbook. Problem 7.12. | Summary Problems for week 45: 6.26, 6.39, 6.41, 6.42, 6.47. |
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| 12.11.2012 | Degenerate Fermi gas. 7.3 in textbook. | Summary | ||
| 14.11.2012 | Degenerate Fermi gas cont., 7.3 in textbook (last part, the Sommerfeld expansion, is not part of syllabus). Problem 7.22, relativistic electron gas. Problem 7.33, semiconductors (short version). | Summary Problems for week 46: 7.3, 7.6, 7.8, 7.9, 7.15. |
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| 19.11.2012 | Blackbody radiation, 7.4 in textbook (up to entropy for a photon gas). Problem 7.44. | Summary | ||
| 21.11.2012 | Problem 7.39. Blackbody radiation cont. Stefan's law. The greenhouse effect. 7.4 in textbook. | Summary Problems for week 47: 7.5, 7.19, 7.26, 7.28. |
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| 26.11.2012 | The greenhouse effect, 7.4 last part. Bose-Einstein condensation, 7.6 in textbook. Problems 7.67 and 7.68. | Summary | ||
| 28.11.2012 | Selected old exam problems: Fall 2008-1, fall 2009-2, fall 2011-2 (as far as time allows). | Problems for week 48: 7.43, 7.45, 7.52, 7.56, 7.66. |
Teaching plan (FYS2160 - Autumn 2012)
NB! The teaching plan is preliminary and changes are foreseen.
Publisert 27. juni 2013 10:14