HEAT AND THERMODYNAMICS | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

PHY1206

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

College:

College of Education and External Studies

School:

School of Education (SoE)

Course Description & Objectives:

This is an introductory course in heat and thermodynamics. It covers the following major topics: equation of state for an ideal gas; basic heat transfer; kinetic theory; the laws of thermodynamics; and Maxwell’s distribution of velocities.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course the student should be able to:

State the relationship between temperature and heat;
Analyze thermodynamic changes using laws of thermodynamics;
Use the equation of state and the simple kinetic theory in solving problems;
State and apply the laws of thermodynamics;
State and apply the equipartition theorem.

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