Undergraduate Course: Thermodynamics (PHYS09021)

Course Outline
School	School of Physics and Astronomy	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	** This course is for Visiting Students who are here for semester 1 only and students from the School of Geosciences; please ensure students are enrolled on the correct instance. Fully registered students and visiting students who are registered for the full year, please see the new course Thermal Physics (PHYS09061). Visiting students who are registered for semester two only, please see course Statistical Mechanics (PHYS09019) ** An introduction to equilibrium thermodynamics. The First and Second laws of thermodynamics are introduced, along with the concepts of temperature, internal energy, heat, entropy and the thermodynamic potentials. Applications of thermodynamic concepts to topics such as heat engines, the expansion of gases and changes of phase are considered. The Third Law, and associated properties of entropy, complete the course.
Course description	* Concepts: State variables and state functions, temperature scales and some useful mathematics. * Reversible and irreversible processes * Ideal and non-ideal fluids * Cyclic processes, heat engines, Carnot's theorem and its corollaries. * Entropy * Maxwell relations and analytic thermodynamics * Phase transitions: discontinuous, continuous, and non symmetry-breaking. * The 3rd law * The application of thermodynamics to different physical systems including examples from astrophysics and superconductivity * Chemical potential and open systems

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Physics of Fields and Matter (PHYS08046) Students MUST have passed: Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus (PHYS08042) OR Algebra and Calculus (PHYS08041)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking Thermal Physics (PHYS09061) OR Statistical Mechanics (PHYS09019)	Other requirements	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
High Demand Course?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Revision Session Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 50 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Coursework, 20% Degree Examination, 80%
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)			2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)			2:00

Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Revision Session Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 50 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Coursework, 20% Degree Examination, 80%
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Thermodynamics		2:00

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Understand the Zeroth, First, Second and Third Laws of thermodynamics, and use the laws of thermodynamics to solve a variety of problems, such as the expansion of gases and the efficiency of heat engines Understand all the concepts needed to state the laws of thermodynamics, such as 'thermodynamic equilibrium', 'exact' and 'inexact' differentials and 'reversible' and 'irreversible' processes. Understand the meaning and significance of state variables in general, including the entropy, the enthalpy, Helmholtz and Gibbs free energy, and be able to manipulate these variables to solve a variety of thermodynamic problems. Understand the efficiency and properties of thermodynamic cycles for heat engines, refrigerators and heat pumps. Understand the meaning of phase diagrams, and be able to construct them from equations of state.

Reading List
Finn, Thermal Physics

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information	Workshop/tutorial sessions, as arranged.
Keywords	Thermodyn,Thermal Physics,Solids,Liquids,Gasses,Engines