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2020-21 NSU Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-21 NSU Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

PHYS 3413 - Thermal Physics


CIP Code: 141201
Description: Students will explore thermal physics and its microscopic foundation using statistical methods. Topics include laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic processes and properties of materials, statistical formulation of thermodynamics, ensemble theory, Boltzmann distribution, Fermi-Dirac statistics, and Bose-Einstein statistics.

Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: PHYS 2215 Engineering Physics II and MATH 2634 Calculus III.
LAS Course: Yes