PHYS 251 - Introduction to Thermal Physics

A calculus based introduction to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics including the first and second laws of thermodynamics, ideal gases, kinetic theory of gases, entropy, heat capacity, heat engines, Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies, phase transformations, and Boltzmann statistics. Prerequisite(s): C or better in PHYS 141. (PCS 1.1, 2 credit hours - 2 hours lecture, 0 hours lab)