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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
A 12-week online course is required for the Thermal Physics Certification. Although Swayam is allotted to teach the course, IIT Kharagpur advances and authorises the course syllabus. This course certificate is approved to be delivered by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and NPTEL. Thermal Physics training is offered as a physics core program. Debamalya Banerjee is the instructor for this certification program.
This course focuses on the internal energy that results from the motion of the atoms and molecules that make up an item as well as the transfer of this energy, or heat, from one object to another and integrates the study of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and gas kinetic theory. It aims to provide a general overview of each of the three main heat-related topics.
The Highlights
- Twelve weeks duration
- Virtual Course
- Core Programme
Important dates
Certificate Exam Date
Start Date : 04 May, 2025
Programme Offerings
- Undergraduate level
- assignments
- Certificate Of Accomplishment
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 1000 | yes | IIT Kharagpur |
The Thermal Physics Certification fee is free, but participants must pay Swayam Rs. 1,000 for the final test if they wish to seek certification.
Fee Structure :
Description | Amount |
Course Exam Fee | Rs. 1,000 |
Eligibility Criteria
Educational Qualification
- BSc students across the CBCS platform are eligible for this Thermal Physics Certification by Swayam.
Thermal Physics Certification Qualifying Details
- IIT Kharagpur, Swayam, and NPTEL certify accomplishment of the Thermal Physics curriculum if applicants receive a 25% on 8 of 12 assignments and a 75% on the certification exam.
What you will learn
The students will learn the concepts of thermodynamics, like the kinetic theory of gases, which connects the macroscopic and microscopic worlds, the theory of specific heat, the behavior of real gases, and the transport phenomena related to ideal gases, after completing the Thermal Physics certification syllabus.
Who it is for
Those who intend to become physicists should take this course.
Admission Details
To enrol for Thermal Physics Certification Classes, students may follow these steps:
Step 1: Follow the official URL
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_ph27/preview
Step 2: Then the participants will have to register on Swayam.
Step 3: Participants won't receive admittance confirmation until they can register and log in.
The Syllabus
- Kinetic theory of gasses
- Maxwell-Boltzmann speed distribution law
- Average speed
- RMS speed
- Most probable speed
- Pressure expression from kinetic theory
- Mean free path
- Collision probability
- Fundamentals of transport phenomena
- Viscosity
- Diffusion
- Effusion
- Thermal conductivity in gasses
- Brownian motion and its significance
- Einstein’s theory of molecular diffusion
- Perrin’s experiment
- Random walk (concept only)
- Principle of equipartition of energy
- Degrees of freedom
- Specific heat of monoatomic
- Diatomic and polyatomic gasses
- Specific heat of solids
- Dulong-petit law
- Einstein and Debye theory of specific heat of solids
- Real gasses
- Deviation from ideal gas equation
- The Van-der Walls equation of state
- The virial coefficients
- Other equation of state (elementary discussion)
- Zeroth and 1 st law of thermodynamics
- Quasi static processes
- Work and internal energy
- Isothermal and adiabatic processes
- Elastic coefficients of matter
- Cyclic process
- Heat engines and refrigerators
- Carnot’s theorem and Carnot’s cycle
- 2 nd law of thermodynamics
- Clausius’ theorem
- Entropy
- The entropy principle
- The T-S diagram
- Otto and diesel cycles
- Entropy and unavailable energy
- Physical interpretation of entropy
- Maxwell’s thermodynamics relations
- The TdS
- Gibbs- Helmholtz and energy equations
- Enthalpy
- Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies
- General condition for thermodynamic equilibrium
- Thermodynamics of chemical reactions
- Equilibrium between phases
- 1 st order phase transitions
- 1 st and 2nd latent heat equations
- Phase diagram and Triple point
- 2nd order phase transition and Ehrenfest equations
- Gibbs phase rule and simple applications.
- Radiation: Energy density and pressure of radiation
- Blackbody radiation and Kirchhoff’s law
- Blackbody (Cavity) radiation as a thermodynamic system
- 3 rd law of thermodynamics
- Entropy at absolute zero temperature
Evaluation process
After registering for the Thermal Physics certification course, students must take the exam in person at one of the designated testing centres.
Instructors
IIT Kharagpur Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Yes, the participants will receive three points for their efforts.
Debamalya Banerjee is the instructor of this Thermal Physics online course on Swayam.
A total score of 100 was given for the final exam in Thermal Physics.
No. The Thermal Physics Certificate cannot be physically delivered to the students' homes.