School of Engineering \ Material Science and Nanotechnology Engineering
Course Credit
ECTS Credit
Course Type
Instructional Language
Programs that can take the course
Can be taken as faculty elective course by the other engineering departments
Galilean and Lorentz transformation, general relativity, wave-particle duality, Planck's law, Wien's law, particle nature of light, wave nature of light, matter waves, atomic structure and theories, Schrödinger equation, introduction to quantum mechanics, quantum theory of the hydrogen atom, multi-electron atoms.
Textbook and / or References
1. Serway, Beichner, Physics for Scientists and Engineers 3, Palme Publishing, Translation Editor: Prof. Dr. Kemal Çolakoğlu, 2002, ISBN 975-8624-22-9.
2. Arthur Beiser, Modern Physics, Translated by Prof. Dr. Gülsen Önengüt, ISBN 978-975-6885-14-7.
To help students comprehend the fundamental concepts of modern physics. and principles at a basic mathematical level.
1. To understand the Galilean transformation.
2. To understand that the speed of light is not relative to other speeds in the Michelson-Morley experiment.
3. To understand the derivation of the relativity constant.
4. To understand the concepts of time dilation, length contraction, relativistic momentum, and relativistic energy.
5. To understand the explanation of the half-lives of fundamental particles using the concept of relativity.
6. To understand the concepts of relativity using the Lorentz transformation, the calculation of the velocities of high-speed particles relative to each other, and the derivation of the formula.
7. To understand special relativity.
8. To understand blackbody radiation, Planck's law, and Wien's law, as well as the energy density-frequency graph and the concept of redshift.
9. To understand the photoelectric effect and Compton scattering.
10. To understand the concepts of wave-particle duality, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, and de Broglie waves.
11. To learn Rutherford and Bohr atomic models.
12. To learn quantum mechanics and the derivation and application of the Schrödinger equation in one dimension.
13. To understand the explanation of the hydrogen atom using the Schrödinger equation.
14. To learn the concepts of multi-electron atoms and the Schrödinger equation in multiple dimensions.
Week 1: Presentation and definition of terms such as process, equilibrium and system of units
Week 2: Energy and the first law of Thermodynamics, Energy of a system
Week 3: Energy transfer with heat and work, Energy balance for systems and cycles
Week 4: Reversible and Irreversible Processes
Week 5: Second Law of Thermodynamics
Week 6: Statistical Interpretation of Entropy
Week 7: Auxiliary Functions
Week 8: Heat Capacity, Enthalpy, Entropy
Week 9: Third Law of Thermodynamics
Week 10: Phase Equilibrium in a Single Component System
Week 11: Behavior of Gases
Week 12: Behavior of Solutions
Tentative Assesment Methods
Quiz: 30 %
Midterm: 30 %
Final: 40 %
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