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PHYSI 115 - Thermal and Statistical Physics

Upper Division

Prerequisites
PHYSI 003  and MATH 039  are prerequisites for all upper-division physics courses.

This course covers the laws of thermodynamics and statistical physics. Topics include temperature, work, heat transfer, entropy, phase transitions, Maxwell’s relations, the kinetic theory of gases, partition functions and particle statistics.

Course credits: 1


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