Introduction to Thermodynamics & Kinetics (F31ST1)
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Lecture 1: Introduction, forces and potentials
Lecture 2: Heat Capacity, Latent Heats, Vapour Pressure
Lecture 3: Distributions, Averaging, and introducing the Ideal Gas Law
Lecture 4: Free expansion, the ideal gas law continued.
Lecture 5: Towards the Ideal Gas Law; Boltzmann factors
Lecture 6: The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
Lecture 7: M-B distribution continued
Lecture 8: Equipartition and Specific Heats

Lecture 9: Specific Heats

Lecture 10: Problem Class I [Worked solution to Q6(a) from last year's exam paper. Note use of standard integral].
Lecture 11: Blackbody radiation, Equipartition, and Oscillators
Lecture 12: Diffusion
Lecture 13: Towards Entropy and the 2nd Law
Lecture 14: Combinations and Permutations
Lecture 15: Combinations and Permutations
Lecture 16: Entropy and the 2nd law

Lecture 17: PV cycles and the 1st law
Lecture 18: Adiabatic work; Back to the 2nd law
Lecture 19: The Carnot Cycle I
Lecture 20: The Carnot Cycle II
Lecture 21: Thermal properties of solids; Worked Examples
Lecture 22: Problems Class II

 

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