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University of Alberta Calendar 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CALENDAR]

CH E 625 - Surface and Statistical Thermodynamics

Course Career Graduate
Units 3
Approved Hours 3-0-0
Fee index 6
Faculty Engineering
Department Chemical&Materials Engineering
Typically Offered either term or Spring/Summer

Description
Advanced topics in macroscopic thermodynamics and fundamentals of statistical thermodynamics. Thermodynamics of composite systems including surface thermodynamics and thermodynamics in fields. Introduction to quantum mechanics. Principles of statistical thermodynamics. Construction of partition functions and calculations of basic thermodynamic properties for several fundamental systems. Applications will include properties of ideal gases, ideal solids and adsorbed gases.