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Undergraduate Catalog 2010-2011 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2010-2011 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 352 - Statistical and Engineering Thermodynamics

3 cr.
(Prerequisite: PHYS 270)Derivation of Thermodynamics from probability theory and atomic physics; Laws of Thermodynamics; Maxwell relations; chemical potential and phase changes; refrigerators and heat pumps; theory of gasses and theory of solids. Special topics dependent upon interests of majors represented. Three hours lecture.(Also listed as ENGR 352.)