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 equilib- rium 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.