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Lecturer(s)
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Nezbeda Ivo, prof. RNDr. DrSc.
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Course content
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1. Basic concept of thermodynamics; internal/external variables, extensive/intensive variables. 2. First law of thermodynamics 3. Consequences and applications of the first law 4. Second law of thermodynamics 5. Absolute temperature and entropy 6. Applications of the second law 7. Thermodynamic potentials; response functions 8. Maxwell relations. Gibbs-Duhem relation 9. Conditions of the phase equilibria 10. Phase equilibria in multicomponent systems 11. Global phase diagrams 12. Classification of the phase behavior 13. Selected classes of compounds and their phase behavior
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to present in a concise way the modern thermodynamics, its principles and selected important applications, focussing primarily on the phase equilibria in multi-component systems.
Students will gain the basic knowledge required as a prerequisite for other more advanced courses in physics or chemistry.
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Prerequisites
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Students must have credits from the Introductory course of physics and calculus (including functions of more variables).
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Students are supposed to master the subject within the scope of the lectures and to be able to solve tasks from tutorials. They must be able to apply acquired skills to solve new problems.
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Recommended literature
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A. B. Pippard. Elements of Classical Thermodynamics. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1957..
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K. Denbirgh. : Principles of Chemical Equilibrium. 3rd ed. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1971..
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T. L. Hill. Thermodynamics for Chemists and Biologists. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1968..
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