Prerequisites: ME 100A or equivalent
Description: Introduces the fundamental statistical foundations of classical thermodynamics. Explores the origins of entropy, temperature, pressure, chemical potential, and the free energies. Applications include chemical equilibrium and reactions, phase equilibrium and transitions including vapor-liquid and solid-solid, fluctuations, and thermodynamics in nanoscale systems.
Credit: May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor.