Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PHY 103 — General Physics III (Behaviour of Matter)

2 units · 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
• state the assumptions of the kinetic theory and apply techniques of describing macroscopic
• deduce the formalism of thermodynamics and apply it to simple systems in thermal
• 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, Zero’s law of thermodynamics; kinetic theory of gases; molecular collisions and mean free path; elasticity; Hooke's law, Young's shear and bulk moduli; hydrostatics; pressure, buoyancy, Archimedes' principles; Bernoullis equation and incompressible fluid flow; surface tension; adhesion, cohesion, viscosity, capillarity, drops and bubbles.

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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