General Physics for Bio-Science Majors 171.103

Notes by Collin Broholm

for lecture given 12/2/97

 
• Microscopic description of the gas phase
  • Equipartition theorem
    • Quantum mechanics limits when degrees of freedom are thermodynamically active
    • Mon-atomic and molecular gases
    • Degrees of freedom per water molecule at room temperature
    • Microscopic degrees of freedom for a solid: the law of Dulong and Petit
    • Calorimetry demonstration experiment
  • Collision and transport phenomena
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