Standard syllabus
Thermodynamics · Undergraduate · Physics
Learning objectives from the Thermodynamics syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Fundamentals and first law
- Temperature, heat, and work — Temperature, heat, and work; state variables
- Equations of state for ideal and real gases — Equations of state for ideal and real gases
- First law for closed and open systems — First law for closed and open systems
- Enthalpy and specific heats — Enthalpy and specific heats
- Reversible and irreversible processes — Reversible and irreversible processes
Second law and entropy
- Heat engines, refrigerators, and Carnot cycle — Heat engines, refrigerators, and Carnot cycle
- Entropy as a state function — Entropy as a state function
- Clausius inequality and entropy production — Clausius inequality and entropy production
- Thermodynamic potentials: Gibbs and Helmholtz — Thermodynamic potentials: Gibbs and Helmholtz
- Maxwell relations and Jacobian methods (intro) — Maxwell relations and Jacobian methods (intro)
Phase transitions and mixtures
- Phase diagrams and Clausius–Clapeyron equation — Phase diagrams and Clausius–Clapeyron equation
- Chemical potential and Gibbs phase rule — Chemical potential and Gibbs phase rule
- Ideal and non-ideal solutions — Ideal and non-ideal solutions
- Osmotic pressure and colligative properties — Osmotic pressure and colligative properties
- Critical phenomena overview — Critical phenomena overview
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- Multi-Unit Problems
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- Fundamentals and first law
Temperature, heat, and work; state variables
Coming soon - Second law and entropy
Heat engines, refrigerators, and Carnot cycle
Coming soon - Phase transitions and mixtures
Phase diagrams and Clausius–Clapeyron equation
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