By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Distinguish between Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin and Rankine temperature scales
• Outline deviations from ideal gas behaviour in real gases and understand the implications of intermolecular interactions
• Explain the First law of thermodynamics in analysing energy conservation in isolated systems
• Identify the principles of thermal equilibrium and the Zeroth law of thermodynamics
• Explain the thermal expansion of solids and liquids
• Describe the relationship between pressure, volume and temperature in ideal gases
• Discuss the kinetic theory of ideal gases used to analyse gas behaviour
• Compare important ideal gas laws, including Boyle's, Charles's, Gay-Lussac's and Avogadro's, among others
• Define the terms ‘gas constant’ and ‘Boltzmann constant’

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Apply Fourier's law to calculate the rate of heat transfer across various geometries
• Solve the conduction heat equation by applying boundary conditions to determine the temperature distribution function
• Solve a variety of simple conduction heat transfer problems by applying theoretical knowledge and problem-solving skills
• Define thermal resistance and the overall heat transfer coefficient for conduction, convection, and radiation
• Analyse one-dimensional steady-state conduction using different approaches in Cartesian and radial coordinate systems
• Explain the conduction heat equation in Cartesian coordinates by applying the law of energy conservation
• Describe one-dimensional steady-state conduction with heat generation