ME 404

Credit: 4 hours.

(M E 301) Classical thermodynamics including the Tds equations and the Maxwell relations, development of thermodynamic property relations, P-v-T behavior of real gases, thermodynamics of mixtures, phase equilibrium and chemical reactions and equilibrium with an emphasis on combustion reactions. Statistical thermodynamics including the effect of molecular and atomic structure, statistical concepts and distributions, calculation of thermodynamic properties of gas-phase atoms and molecules, kinetic theory of gases, and an introduction to vibrations in crystals and the electron gas in metals. Selected applications such as the use of statistical thermodynamics in laser spectroscopic analysis of gas phase properties are discussed.

Credit is not given for both ME 404 and any of PHYS 427, CHEM 442, or CHEM 444. Prerequisite: ME 300 or a first course in thermodynamics.