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Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Physics II

Code

10353

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Department

Departamento de Física

Credits

6.0

Teacher in charge

João Paulo Lança Pinto Casquilho, Rui Filipe dos Reis Marmont Lobo

Weekly hours

4

Total hours

71

Teaching language

Português

Objectives

Fundamental concepts and techniques of Thermodynamics

will be introduced, together with application and examples.

Students should be able  to deeply understand the processes occurring in thermodynamic systems. 

Prerequisites

Aproval in the subjects

"Análise Matemática I"

and

"Física I" 

is recommended.

Subject matter

1. Introdution to Fluid Mechanics
2. Fundamental concepts
   2.1. Thermodynamic systems
   2.2. Thermodynamic properties
   2.3. Thermodynamic processes
3. Temperature and state equation
   3.1. Thermometric properties
   3.2. Thermal balance
   3.3. Thermal scales
   3.4. Ideal gas state equation - PvT surface
   3.5. Real gas state equation
   3.6. Phase transitions
4. Kinetic theory
   4.1. The theorem of equipartition of energy
   4.2. Specific heat classical theory
5. First law of thermodynamics - energy conservation
   5.1. Work
   5.2. Heat
   5.3. Enthalpy
   5.4. Specific heat and latent heat
   5.5. Internal energy
   5.6. Thermal machines, thermal pumps and refrigerators
   5.7. Heat transfer
6. Second law of thermodynamics - Entropy
   6.1. Kelvin and Clausius formulations
   6.2. Carnot''''''''s theorem
   6.3. Thermodynamic temperature
   6.4. Entropy
   6.5. Entropy change in reversible processes
   6.6. Clausius inequality
   6.7. Entropy formulation of the second law
7. Combined first and second law  of thermodynamics
   7.1. Using T and V as independent variables
   7.2. Using T and P as independent variables
   7.3. TdS equations
   7.4. Properties of pure substances
   7.5. Properties of ideal gases 
   7.6. Properties of van der Waals´s gases
8. Thermodynamic potential
   8.1. Maxwell relations
   8.2. Thermochemical enthalpy
9. Third law of thermodynamics - zero point

Bibliography

a)  Halliday, Resnick and Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, 7th ed

b) M. W. Zemansky, R. H. Dittman, Heat and Thermodynamics, 6th Ed.
c) Y. A. Çengel, M. A. Boles, Termodinâmica, 3ª Ed.
d) M. L. Costa, A. A. Dias, M. C. Lança, Folhas de Física II – Termodinâmica, FCT-UNL.

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