Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PHY 103 — General Physics III

PHY department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• explain the concepts of heat and temperature and relate the temperature scales
• define, derive, and apply the fundamental thermodynamic relations to thermal systems
• describe and explain the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and the concept of entropy
• state the assumptions of the kinetic theory and apply techniques of describing macroscopic behaviour
• deduce the formalism of thermodynamics and apply it to simple systems in thermal equilibrium; and
• describe and determine the effect of forces and deformation of materials and surfaces

Course contents

Heat and temperature (temperature scales). Gas laws. General gas equation. Thermal conductivity. First Law of thermodynamics (heat, work and internal energy, reversibility). Thermodynamic processes (adiabatic, isothermal, isobaric). Second law of thermodynamics (heat engines and entropy). Zeroth law of thermodynamics.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PHY 103.

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