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PHYS 420 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

3 credits

Description
The laws of thermodynamics and their practical applications: work, heat, entropy, enthalpy, partition function; heat engines and refrigerators; Planck’s radiation law.

Prerequisites
PHYS 216 and 322.


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