| Individual course details | ||||||||||
| Study programme | Theoretical and experimental physics | |||||||||
| Chosen research area (module) | ||||||||||
| Nature and level of studies | Undergraduate studies | |||||||||
| Name of the course | Molecular physics and thermodynamics | |||||||||
| Professor (lectures) | Božidar Nikolić | |||||||||
| Professor/associate (examples/practical) | Biljana Nikolić | |||||||||
| Professor/associate (additional) | ||||||||||
| ECTS | 9 | Status (required/elective) | required | |||||||
| Access requirements | None | |||||||||
| Aims of the course | Understanding of the basic laws of fluid mechanics, kinetic theory and thermodinamics. Attaining a skill of estimation based on the solid physical ground. | |||||||||
| Learning outcomes | Capability to solving standard problems, based on clear understanding of basic physical principles. | |||||||||
| Contents of the course | ||||||||||
| Lectures | Fluid mechanics: Basic concepts. Temperature and Heat. Thermal properties of Matter. The First Law of Thermodynamics. The Second Law of Thermodynamics. Entropy. The Third Law of Thermodynamics. Phase Transitions. | |||||||||
| Examples/ practical classes | Practical exercises, follows course plan. | |||||||||
| Recommended books | ||||||||||
| 1 | Young & Freedman, University Physics vol. 1, 11th ed., Pearson Addison Wesley (2004) | |||||||||
| 2 | Enrico Fermi, Thermodynamics, Dover (1956) | |||||||||
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| 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | ||||||||||
| Number of classes (weekly) | ||||||||||
| Lectures | Examples&practicals | Student project | Additional | |||||||
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| Teaching and learning methods | Lectures, exercises, group discussions, homework, essays. | |||||||||
| Assessment (maximal 100) | ||||||||||
| assesed coursework | mark | examination | mark | |||||||
| coursework | 10 | written examination | 40 | |||||||
| practicals | oral examination | 30 | ||||||||
| papers | 20 | |||||||||
| presentations | ||||||||||