480-8673/01 – Introduction to Thermodynamics (UTd)
| Gurantor department | Department of Physics | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. RNDr. Dalibor Ciprian, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. RNDr. Dalibor Ciprian, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | | |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2018/2019 | Year of cancellation | 2024/2025 |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The objective of the course is to learn basic principles of equilibrium thermodynamics. After the course, the students are able to describe and analyze the behaviour of simple thermodynamic systems,
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Summary
The course is focused on basic principles and methods of equilibrium thermodynamics. The brief introduction to thermodynamics of non-equilibrium processes is presented too. The methods are demonstrated on the description of simple thermodynamic systems.
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Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Discussion with students during the lessons, final written test.
Combined exam.
E-learning
no e-learning available
Other requirements
systematic out-of-class study required
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Basic definitions, state parameters and state functions
2. The first law of thermodynamics, equations of state
3. Reversible, irreversible and natural processes, heat capacities
4. The second law of thermodynamics, kvasistatic processes, absolute temperature, entropy
5. Thermodynamics potentials - internal energy, entropy and Gibbs function
6. Helmholtz free energy, enthalpy, relation among the derivatives of thermodynamic quantities
7. Chemical potential
8. Application of thermodynamic potentials to simple systems
9. Conditions of thermodynamic equilibrium
10. Thermodynamics of mixing
11. Phase equilibrium, the influence of the boundary
12. Introduction to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, Onsager relations, diffusion and heat transfer
13. The third law of thermodynamics, thermodynamics of blackbody radiation
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