PHYS213 GENERAL PHYSICS III
| Course Code: |
2300213 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
5.0 |
| Department: |
Physics |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
| Prerequisite: |
Set 1: 2300105
, 2300106 , 2360119 , 2360120 |
| The course set above should be completed before taking
PHYS213 GENERAL PHYSICS III . |
Course Content
Temperature, heat and laws of thermodynamics. Thermal expansion, ideal gases, kinetic theory of gases. The wave nature of light, diffraction, interference, polarization and related phenomena. Special theory of relativity. Early quantum theory and atomic models, introduction to quantum mechanics. Time-independent Schrodinger,s equation and application to simple potentials.
