Estb. 1882

University of the Punjab

Thermal Physics

Kinetic theory of the ideal gas, work done on an ideal gas, internal energy of an ideal gas, intermolecular forces. Statistical mechanics, statistical distribution and mean values, distribution of molecular speeds, distribution of energies, Brownian motion. Heat and Thermodynamics; heat, different theories of heat, specific heat, gram molecular specific heat, laws of thermodynamics, Zeroth law, first law, second law, third law of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes, indicator diagram, entropy, law of increase of entropy, temperature-entropy diagram, Maxwell’s thermodynamics relations, TDS equations, Clapeyron’s equation, entropy and second law of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes, second law of thermodynamics, Carnot Cycle, Carnot engine, thermodynamic temperature scale, entropy, low temperature physics, thermoelectricity, Seebeck effect, Peltier effect, thermocouple.

Credit hours/ Marks:- 3

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