Introduction to thermodynamics and statistical physics WM-FI-S1-E6-WTFS
Lectures (WYK) Winter semester 2021/22

Information on classes (common for all the groups)

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Class hours:	30
Places limit:	(no limit)
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Written and oral exam.
List of topics:	1. Thermodynamic parameters and processes. Reversible processes. 2. Heat, first principle of thermodynamics. Ideal gas. 3. Enthalpy, Joule-Thomson experiment. 4. Entropy. Second law of thermodynamics. 5. Thermodynamic potentials. Maxwell equations. 6. Kinetic theory of gases. 7. Phase transitions. Van der Waals equation. 8. Statistical approach to thermodynamics. 9. Probability distribution vs entropy. 10. Statistical sum. Microcanonical ensemble. Extremalisation of entropy. 11. Canonical ensemble. Classical ideal gas in statistical description. 12. Grand canonical ensemble.Extremalisation of entro pii. 13. Quantum statistics. State occupancy for bosons and fermions. 14. Boson statistics: phonons, photons and condensates. 15. Fermion statistics: electron gas and its properties.

Group	Timeframe(s)	Lecturers	Places Number of students in group / places limit	Actions
1	every Thursday, 9:45 - 11:15, room 1222	Tomasz Radożycki	1/	details
All lectures are taking place in this building: (in Polish) Kampus Wóycickiego Bud. 12

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