Molecular Gas Dynamics

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Analysis of basic gas properties at the molecular level. Kinetic theory: molecular collisions, the Boltzmann equation, Maxwellian distribution function. Quantum mechanics: the Schrodinger equation, quantum energy states for translation, rotation, vibration, and electronic models of atoms and molecules. Statistical mechanics: the Boltzmann relation, the Boltzmann energy distribution, partition functions. These ideas are combined for the analysis of a chemically reacting gas at the molecular level.