CLASSICAL VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE

Click to edit Master subtitle style NASC 2073 - Modern Physics BS Chemistry 3-1 REYNOLD V. LUNA

Department of Physical Sciences PUP Manila

Course Outline:
I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX.

Classical Physics: Overview (1) Relativity (2) Quantum Mechanics (4) Atomic Structure (2) Statistical Physics (1) Molecular Structure (1) The Solid State (1) Nuclear Structure (1) Elementary Particles (1)

Contents
Scientific Method Overview of Classical Physics Particles in Classical Physics Waves in Classical Physics System with large number of particles

Why still study classical physics?

Continues to give a lot of applications successfully Gives approximate description of HOW world behaves

KEEP in MIND:

Modern Physics reduces to Classical Physics when certain conditions are met

SCIENTIFIC METHOD

An approach used by basic and applied scientists (e.g. biophysicist who is assembling a special molecule to attack cancer cells) Its BUILDING BLOCKS:

Overview of Scientific Method

Classical Physics: Basic Interactions

STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS for collection of large number of particles

Classical Particles

PROPERTIES: Mass Charge Position Momentum Kinetic Energy Potential Energy Equation of motion

INTERESTING POINTS: No Quantization of Particle Energy Physical observables are measured with certainty

Classical Wave Phenomena

PROPERTIES Frequency Wavelength Amplitude Phase velocity Reflection Polarization Diffraction

Simple form of WAVE EQUATION:

Maxwells Equations
Formulation in terms of free charge and current Name Gauss's law Gauss's law for magnetism MaxwellFaraday equation (Faraday's law of induction) Ampre's circuital law (with Maxwell's correction)
Differential form Integral form

Systems with Large Number of Particles

Includes GASES (air in room), LIQUIDS (chemical reagents) and SOLIDS (atoms and molecules in a piece of gold)

Its measurable properties ( i.e. p, V, T) are described by statistical averages.

Example: MOLECULES of air inside a room.

Relation between pressure and volume of gas Average KE of molecules Probability that molecules have energy E. Is there a difference between the average KE of oxygen molecules and average KE of nitrogen molecules?

Important Concepts in Thermodynamics

Accdg. To Thermodynamics: Each mode of standing wave represent a possible degree of freedom. Equipartition of Energy Theorem: Energy equals, each degree of freedom has equal energy

Experimental curve is bounded; average energy is finite.

Questions

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