Recent changes to website

June 07 2008: Uploaded questionnaire responses and module report form. This is the final year that the Thermal and Kinetic module will be given. To all the students who have taken the module over the past six years - thank you for all the constructive criticism, very helpful comments, and willingness to contribute/interact in the lectures.

Good luck with the exam!

May 18 2008: Uploaded worked solution for Q4 from '05/'06 F31ST1 exam.

May 18 2008: Uploaded worked solution for Q6(a) from last year's F31ST1 examination paper.

May 16 2008: NB There is an error in the numerical answers available online for the '03-'04 Thermal and Kinetic paper. For Q6(a), the entropy of the disc should be listed as -76.6 J/K rather than -72.5 J/K. My apologies for this.

May 1 2008: Uploaded slides for Lecture 20.

April 29 2008: Uploaded slides for lecture 19; uploaded tutorial problem sheets; uploaded revised version of "What should I have learnt from the Thermal & Kinetic module?" document. [Click on "Lecture Notes" above]

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Click on the links given above to download module documentation and lecture notes. The Links page contains a number of important links to material from a variety of other kinetic theory and thermodynamics courses available on the web. The structure of parts of the module (in particular Section 3) owes a lot to Chabay & Sherwood's "Matter & Interactions" text - a link to their webpage is included. Also included are links to Java applet demonstrations, biographies of scientists who played a key role in the development of kinetic theory and thermodynamics, and important articles which clarify and correct common misconceptions related to the laws of thermodynamics.