Introduction to Thermodynamics & Kinetics (F31ST1)

• Thermal physics
• Hyperphysics (this is a very useful resource for all your modules - not just Thermal & Kinetic)
• A number of students have e-mailed me to ask about the C programs I used for the simple simulations related to diffusion in Lecture 8 . These simulations were taken from the now defunct 1st year Computing II module. The Computing II website is still available for those of you with an interest in simulations, numerical methods, and computing in general.

• Kinetic Theory of Gases: A Brief Review
• Kinetic molecular theory and gas laws
• Diffusion

Thermometry and the 0th law of thermodynamics

• Simple devices for measuring temperature
• Absolute temperature scales and entropy

The 1st law

• Frank Sciulli's lecture notes, Columbia University
• http://www.physics.carleton.ca/~watson/Physics_105/Thermodynamics/105_First_law_of_thermo.html

(NB Note that a different sign convention for work than that used in the Thermal & Kinetic module is employed in both of the links above)

Entropy and the 2nd law

• http://www.secondlaw.com/default.htm
• The Carnot cycle
• http://www.2ndlaw.com/entropy.html
• Thermodynamics, evolution, and creationism
• Shuffled Cards, Messy Desks, and Disorderly Dorm Rooms - Examples of Entropy Increase?

Java applets

• Pressure-volume isotherms
• Ideal gas law
• Random walk
• Maxwell's demon

Biographies

• Boyle
• Boltzmann
• Maxwell

The drinking bird

• H2G2 entry on BBC website posted by Nottingham student
• A short explanation of the drinking bird
• The Happy Drinking Bird

© Philip Moriarty, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham 2003