Peter Derlet: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2017 |
Name | Herr Prof. Dr. Peter Derlet |
Adresse | Paul Scherrer Institut Villigen-PSI WHGA/134 5232 Villigen PSI SWITZERLAND |
Telefon | 0563103164 |
peter.derlet@mat.ethz.ch | |
Departement | Materialwissenschaft |
Beziehung | Titularprofessor |
Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
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327-0410-00L | Projects in Statistical Thermodynamics | 2 KP | 2S | J. Vermant, P. Derlet | |
Kurzbeschreibung | Independent study of selected topics in statistical thermodynamics (small projects with presentations) | ||||
Lernziel | (1) Supplement to and illustration of the course "Foundations of Materials Physics A" (2) Deeper understanding by independent study of selected topics in statistical thermodynamics (small projects with presentations) | ||||
Inhalt | 1. Thermal Engines. 2. Boltzmann- life and work. 3. Phase Diagrams of Multicomponent Systems. 4. How does a fuel cell work? 5. Magnetic Systems: the Ising Model. 6. The Gibbs-Thomson effect or "how difficult it is to be small". 7. Diffusion in fluids and soft solids: Fluctuations and motion. 8. Elastic response of soft solids: Entropic vs energetic elasticity. 9. The ant in the labyrinth: A first approach to diffusion and transport in disordered media. 10. Up or down? Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics illustrated for two-state systems. 11. Real solids: Thermodynamics in equilibrium. 12. Batteries: Kinetics and irreversible thermodynamics. |