Numbering Code	U-LAS12 10034 LE57	Year/Term	2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	Mainly 1st year students	Target Student	For science students
Language	English	Day/Period	Thu.3
Instructor name	DECHANT，Andreas (Graduate School of Science Senior Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	This course provides a comprehensive overview of equilibrium thermodynamics. What makes thermodynamics at the same time appealing but also a little bit mysterious, is that its laws are universal: All macroscopic physical objects that we can observe in our daily lives must obey the laws of thermodynamics. Apart from introducing the various thermodynamic laws and relations and learning how to apply them to different physical systems, we will also understand why thermodynamics is so universal. The first part introduces the basic concepts of thermodynamics such as thermodynamic systems, environment and state variables. We will formulate the first law of thermodynamics, which relates heat and work through internal energy, and the second law of thermodynamics, which characterizes irreversibility using entropy. In the second part, the various thermodynamic potentials, such as free energy, are introduced and applied to concrete examples by viewing energy and entropy as thermodynamic functions. Here we will also study the Maxwell relations, which provide a connection different physical quantities. The third part will deal with phase transitions and phase equilibria. We will understand how to describe a liquid chaning into a gas, and under which conditions both liquid and gas can exist at the same time.
Course Goals	-　Understanding heat and entropy and how they appear in the laws of thermodynamics. -　Being able to apply thermodynamics to describe physical processes. -　Understanding why thermodynamics is so fundamental for many everyday phenomena.
Schedule and Contents	Week 1-8: Fundamental principles of thermodynamics - System, environment, and boundary - States, processes, and equilibrium: the zeroth law - Heat, work, and energy: the first law - Irreversibility and entropy: the second law - Carnot heat engine and efficiency Week 9-11: Thermodynamic potentials - State variables and differentials - Energy and entropy revisited - Free energy, enthalpy and all the others - Maxwell relations - Selected applications Week 12-14: Phase transitions - Phases and Gibbs’ rule - Phase transitions, critical exponents, and scaling Week 15：Final written examination Week 16：Feedback
Evaluation Methods and Policy	The final score will be determined by weekly assignments (50%) and the final written examination (50%). The total score will be on a scale from 0 to 100 and students will need at least 60 points to pass.
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Students will be asked to complete and hand in assignments.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	Equilibrium thermodynamics, C.J. Adkins, (Cambridge University press), ISBN:0521274567