Thermal & Statistical Physics credit:

4 Hours

Equilibrium thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory of gases. A unified treatment is used in that the principles of heat and thermodynamics are discussed along with statistical postulates and the microscopic approach of introductory quantum mechanics. 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Credit is not given for both PHYS 427 and any of ME 404 , CHEM 444 , MSE 500 . Prerequisite: PHYS 213 ; PHYS 214 ; PHYS 435 or ECE 329 .