CHEM C223B
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics with Laboratory II
Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Presentation of fundamentals of classical thermodynamics. Principles of statistical thermodynamics: probability, ensembles, partition functions, independent molecules, and perfect gas. Applications of classical and statistical thermodynamics selected from diatomic and polyatomic gases, solid and fluid states, phase equilibria, electric and magnetic effects, ortho-para hydrogen, chemical equilibria, reaction rates, imperfect gas, nonelectrolyte and electrolyte solutions, surface phenomena, high polymers, gravitation. May be concurrently scheduled with course C123B.
Letter grading.
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Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 110A, 110B or 156, 113A, C223A, Mathematics 33A.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
CHEM C223B
- CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- CHEM 14AEGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I—Enhanced
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CHEM C223B
- CHEM M223CNonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Molecular Biophysics
- PHYSICS M215DNonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Molecular Biophysics
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