PH 2030 - Physics III-Thermo/Quantum Physics

• Use the ideal gas law to calculate the work done by an ideal gas in constant temperature, constant pressure, constant volume, and adiabatic process
• Understand the information contained in pressure - volume diagrams, and be able to perform calculations involving work, heat flow, and internal energy using the first law of thermodynamics
• Understand the microscopic origins of pressure and temperature, and be able to perform calculations involving pressure, temperature, RMS speed, and molecular kinetic energy
• Understand the origin of, and be able to perform calculations using molar specific heats at constant temperature and constant volume
• Understand the origin of, and be able to perform calculations involving heat transfer due to heat conduction and blackbody radiation
• Understand the concept of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics, and be able to apply these concepts to calculations involving heat engines
• Compare and contrast the wave picture and photon picture of electromagnetic radiation
• Understand the physics underlying the photoelectric effect, and be able to perform calculations involving the photoelectric effect
• Compare and contrast the wave picture and particle picture of matter
• Understand the concepts and equations connected with the Bohr model of the Hydrogen atom, make calculations based on these equations, and be able to extend the concepts of energy levels to more complex atoms
• Understand the quantum effects, such as energy bands, that arise when isolated atoms are assembled into solids
• Solve Schrodingers equation for several simple models, such as the infinite and finite square well potentials, the simple harmonic oscillator and the Hydrogen atom, and understand the essential results of each
• Understand the circumstances in which Newtonian physics and relativistic physics must be applied
• Understand the concepts, and be able to perform calculation involving time dilation, length contraction, and relativistic velocity addition
• Know the mass-energy-momentum relations of special relativity and how to use them
• Understand the fundamentals of radioactivity, radioactive decay, and the half life of radioactive materials, and be able to perform calculations involving these quantities
• Understand the interactions of gamma rays, beta particles, and alpha particles with matter

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• Kinetic Theory, Heat Capacity and Heat Transfer, 1st and 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (9 classes)
• The wave - particle duality of electromagnetic radiation and matter (3 classes)
• The quantum descriptions of atoms and molecules (6 classes)
• The quantum descriptions of solids (6 classes)
• Special relativity (3 classes)
• Nuclear physics (3 classes)

• Specific heat and heat of fusion of water (design experiments)
• Blackbody radiation
• The Photoelectric Effect
• Bohr model of the Hydrogen Atom
• X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy-identification of unknown metals
• X-ray diffraction - atomic plane spacing in a single crystal
• X-ray diffraction - lattice constant and crystal structure of Copper and an Unknown
• Mass of the electron, Compton Scattering, and identification of an unknown radioactive isotope
• Radioactive source activity, dose from source, background dose
• Half life determination of radioactive copper and silver