PHYS 213 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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Formula sheet

Week Date Prelectures Checkpoints Lectures Prelabs/Labs Discussions Homework Exams
1
Monday
7/11/2022
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Lecture 1: Equilibrium, entropy, and energy
Book: Introduction, 5A, 5B
pptx pdf (blank)
pdf (annotated)
recording
  Discussion 1
Solution
   
Tuesday
7/12/2022
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2

Lecture 2: Heat and temperature
Book: Chapters 2, 7B, 7D
pptx pdf (blank)
pdf (annotated)
recording

No Lab      
Wednesday
7/13/2022
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Lecture 3: Ideal gases and equipartition
Book: Chapter 3
pptx pdf (blank) pdf (note)
pdf (annotated)
recording (audio only, webcam shut off)
  Discussion 2
Solution
   
Thursday
7/14/2022
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Lecture 4: Equipartition and molar heat capacity
Book: Chapter 3
pptx pdf (blank)

pdf (annotated)
recording
Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Ideal Gas Law
     
Friday
7/15/2022
          Homework 1 due
Homework 2 due
 
2
Monday
7/18/2022
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5

Lecture 5: Thermodynamic processes
Book: Chapters 4A, 4B, 4C, 4E

pptx pdf (blank)

pdf (annotated)

recording

  Discussion 3
Solution
   
Tuesday
7/19/2022
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6

Lecture 6: Reversible processes
Book: Chapters 4B, 4F

pptx pdf (blank)

pdf (annotated)

recording

​No Lab      
Wednesday
7/20/2022
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7

Lecture 7: Boltzmann factor
Book: Chapters 8A, 8B

pptx pdf (blank)

pdf (annotated)

recording

  Discussion 4
Solution
Homework 3 due
Homework 4 due
 
Thursday
7/21/2022
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8

Lecture 8: Boltzmann examples
Book: Chapters 9A, 9B

pptx pdf (blank)

pdf (annotated)

​No Lab      
Friday
7/22/2022
  Homework 5 due
Homework 6 due
 
3
Monday
7/25/2022
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Lecture 9: Helmholtz free energy (F)
Book: Chapters 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E
pptx pdf (blank)
pdf (annotated)
recording
  Discussion 5
Solution
   
Tuesday
7/26/2022
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Lecture 10: Chemical equilibria
Book: Chapters 11A, 11D, 11E, 11F
pptx pdf (blank)
pdf (annotated)
no recording - new room
Prelab 2
Lab 2:
Thermal Properties
of Materials
     
Wednesday
7/27/2022
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Lecture 11a: Gibbs free energy
Book: Chapters 14A, 14B, 14D
pptx pdf (blank)
pdf (annotated)
  Discussion 6
Solution
Homework 7 due
Homework 8 due
(Conflict midterm)
Thursday
7/28/2022
    Lecture 11b: Gibbs free energy II
Book: Chapters 14A, 14B, 14D
pptx pdf (blank)
pdf (annotated)
​No Lab     Midterm exam
Units 1-6
Friday
7/29/2022
  Homework 9 due
Homework 10 due
 
4
Monday
8/1/2022
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12

Lecture 12a: Phases
Book: Chapters 13D, 13E, 13F

pptx pdf (blank)

  Discussion 7
Solution
   
Tuesday
8/2/2022
   

Lecture 12b: Phases II
Book: Chapters 13D, 13E, 13F

pptx pdf (blank)

pptx (annotated)

Prelab 3
Lab 3:
Phase Transitions
     
Wednesday
8/3/2022
   

Lecture 13: Working through problems
Book: Chapters 9D, 9E, 9F

pptx pdf (blank)

pptx (annotated)

    Homework 11 due
Homework 12 due
 
Thursday
8/4/2022
Reading Day  
Friday
8/5/2022

or
 
Saturday
8/6/2022
           

Final exam

exact time TBA