Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics Basics
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Heat, work, entropy, and the molecular view of temperature and energy.
10 content steps
4 quizzes
~210 minutes
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Temperature, heat, and thermal equilibrium
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Zeroth and first laws; internal energy and work
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Heat capacity and latent heat
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Ideal gases and the kinetic theory
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PV diagrams and simple thermodynamic processes
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Second law, entropy, and irreversibility
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Heat engines, efficiency, and Carnot limit
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Refrigerators and heat pumps
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Microscopic states, macroscopic variables (ensembles—conceptual)
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Boltzmann distribution (intuition)
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