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Schedule

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Week Date Prelectures Lecture Lab Discussion Homework/Online Quizzes Exam
1
Monday
10/10/2016
   Lecture 1:
Mechanics & Thermodynamics
Text: Introduction and 1
pdf ppt		        
Tuesday
10/11/2016
       Discussion 1    
Wednesday
10/12/2016

Prelecture 1
Pressure and equipartition
 

 Lecture 2:
Equipartition
Text: 3
pdf ppt		      
Thursday
10/13/2016
          
Friday
10/14/2016

Prelecture 2
Work and heat capacity
 

 Lecture 3:
Review & Examples
pdf ppt		      
2
Monday
10/17/2016

Prelecture 3
Heat capacity and thermal conduction
 

 Lecture 4:
Heat Capacity and Conductivity
Text: 4 A-C
pdf ppt		        
Tuesday
10/18/2016
     Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Ideal Gas Law		 Discussion 2
Quiz 1		    
Wednesday
10/19/2016
  

Lecture 5:
Diffusion, Microstates & Macrostates
Text: 5
pdf ppt

 

 Homework 1 due
Online Quiz 1 due		  
Thursday
10/20/2016
        
Friday
10/21/2016
   Lecture 6:
Review & Examples
pdf ppt		    
3
Monday
10/24/2016

Prelecture 4
Entropy and volume exchange
 

 Lecture 7:
Volume Exchange:
Equilibrium & Entropy
Text: 6
pdf ppt		        
Tuesday
10/25/2016
     Prelab 2
Lab 2:
Thermal Properties
of Materials		 Discussion 3
Quiz 2		 Homework 2 due
Online Quiz 2 due		  
Wednesday
10/26/2016

Prelecture 5
Energy exchange, entropy and temperature
 

Lecture 8:
Energy Exchange:
The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Text: 7
pdf ppt

    
Thursday
10/27/2016
        
Friday
10/28/2016
   Lecture 9:
Review & Examples
pdf ppt		    
4
Monday
10/31/2016

Prelecture 6
Boltzmann distribution

 Lecture 10:
The Boltzmann Distribution
Text: 8
pdf ppt		        
Tuesday
11/1/2016
       Discussion 4
Quiz 3		 Homework 3 due
Online Quiz 3 due		  
Wednesday
11/2/2016
   Lecture 11:
Polymers, Thermal Radiation
Text: 9
pdf ppt		      
Thursday
11/3/2016
          
Friday
11/4/2016
 Prelecture 7
Thermal radiation		 Lecture 12:
Law of Atmospheres, Global Warming
pdf ppt		      
5
Monday
11/7/2016

Prelecture 8
Heat engines

 Lecture 13:
Heat Engines
pdf ppt		       Midterm Exam
Tuesday
11/8/2016
     No lab Discussion 5
Quiz 4		  

 
Wednesday
11/9/2016
   Lecture 14:
Heat Pumps, Refrigerators &
Free Energy
Text: 10
pdf ppt		    
Thursday
11/10/2016
     Homework 4 due
Online Quiz 4 due		  
Friday
11/11/2016
 Prelecture 9
Free energy		 Lecture 15:
Review & Examples
pdf ppt		    
6
Monday
11/14/2016

Prelecture 10
Chemical potential part 1
 

 Lecture 16:
Particle Exchange, Lattice Defects
Text: 11
pdf ppt		        
Tuesday
11/15/2016
     Prelab 3
Lab 3:
Probability &
Boltzmann		 Discussion 6
Quiz 5		    
Wednesday
11/16/2016


 

 Lecture 17:
Applications of Free Energy
Semiconductors
Text: 12
pdf ppt		    
Thursday
11/17/2016
     Homework 5 due
Online Quiz 5 due		  
Friday
11/18/2016

Prelecture 11
Chemical potential part 2
 

 Lecture 18:
Review & Examples
pdf ppt		    
7
Monday
11/21/2016
 Fall break
8
Monday
11/28/2016
  

Lecture 18-B:
Free Energy and Chemical Potential Review

Text: 13
pdf ppt

        
Tuesday
11/29/2016
     Prelab 4
Lab 4:
Phase Transitions		 Discussion 7
Quiz 6		    
Wednesday
11/30/2016
   Lecture 19:
Surfaces and Phase Transitions
Text: 13
pdf ppt		    
Thursday
12/1/2016
        
Friday
12/2/2016
   Lecture 20:
Phase Transitions (2)
Latent Heat
pdf ppt		    
9
Monday
12/5/2016
   Lecture 21:
Chemical Equilibrium
Law of Mass Action
pdf ppt		        
Tuesday
12/6/2016
         Homework 6 due
Online Quiz 6 due		  
Wednesday
12/7/2016
   Lecture 22:
Phase Transistions (3),
Supercooling/heating
pdf ppt		        
Thursday
12/8/2016
 Reading Day
Friday
12/9/2016