ME 55Thermodynamics II
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Last listed
- 1968–69
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1963–64 to 1968–69; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Chemical equilibrium, multiconstituent fluid phases, additional topics in statistical thermodynamics, introduction to thermodynamics of irreversible processes.
As printed in the 1968–69 calendar, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Requirements, as last listed
Prerequisite: ME 54
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1963–64 to 1968–69, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1968–69 1 calendar
Chemical equilibrium, multiconstituent fluid phases, additional topics in statistical thermodynamics, introduction to thermodynamics of irreversible processes.
Prerequisite: ME 54
1967–68 1 calendar
Titled Statistical Thermodynamics.
Kinetic theory of an ideal gas, velocity distribution function, simple theory of transport properties. Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics, energy levels from classical and quantum mechanics. The partition function, evaluation of thermodynamic properties from partition functions with examples for gases, liquids and solids. Chemical equilibrium, equilibrium constants, the third law of thermodynamics. Fluctuations.
3 lectures.
Prerequisite: GE 31.
Not in the 1964–65 to 1966–67 calendars.
1963–64 1 calendar
Titled Statistical Thermodynamics.
Entropy and information. The formalism of statistical mechanics. The perfect monotomic gas. The general concept of temperature. Macroscopic properties of closed systems. Perfect diatomic gases and crystals. Properties of non-perfect gases, liquids, and solids. Generalized PVT data. Open systems. The grand potential function and the general criterion for equilibrium. Chemically reactive systems. Solutions and heterogeneous systems. Variables other than ressure. Inherently irreversible processes. rerequisites: Math 55. 3 lectures, one term. .