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Week
Date Prelectures Checkpoints Lectures Prelabs/Labs Discussions Homework Exams
1
Monday
10/12/2020
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Lecture 1: Equilibrium, entropy, and energy
Book: Introduction, 5A, 5B
pdf pptx
       
Tuesday
10/13/2020
        Discussion 1
Solution
   
Wednesday
10/14/2020
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Lecture 2: Heat and temperature
Book: Chapters 2, 7B, 7D
pdf pptx
     
Thursday
10/15/2020
           
Friday
10/16/2020
    No lectures on Fridays!      
2
Monday
10/19/2020
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Lecture 3: Ideal gases and equipartition
Book: Chapter 3
pdf pptx
       
Tuesday
10/20/2020
      Lab 0:
Orientation
Discussion 2
Solution
Homework 1 due
Homework 2 due
 
Wednesday
10/21/2020
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Lecture 4: Equipartition and molar heat capacity
Book: Chapter 3
pdf pptx
   
Thursday
10/22/2020
         
Friday
10/23/2020
         
3
Monday
10/26/2020
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Lecture 5: Boltzmann factor
Book: Chapters 8A, 8B
pdf pptx
       
Tuesday
10/27/2020
        Discussion 3
Solution
Homework 3 due
Homework 4 due
 
Wednesday
10/28/2020
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Lecture 6: Boltzmann examples
Book: Chapters 9A, 9B
pdf pptx
     
Thursday
10/29/2020
         
Friday
10/30/2020
         
4
Monday
11/2/2020
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Lecture 7: Thermodynamic processes
Book: Chapters 4A, 4B, 4C, 4E
pdf pptx
      Quiz 1
Tuesday
11/3/2020
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Solution
Homework 5 due
Homework 6 due
 
Wednesday
11/4/2020
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Lecture 8: Reversible processes
Book: Chapters 4B, 4F
pdf pptx
     
Thursday
11/5/2020
           
Friday
11/6/2020
           
5
Monday
11/9/2020
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Lecture 9: Helmholtz free energy (F)
Book: Chapters 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E
pdf pptx
       
Tuesday
11/10/2020
      Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Thermal Properties of Materials
Discussion 5
Solution
Homework 7 due
Homework 8 due
 
Wednesday
11/11/2020
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Lecture 10: Chemical equilibria
Book: Chapters 11A, 11D, 11E, 11F
pdf pptx
 
Thursday
11/12/2020
       
Friday
11/13/2020
       
6
Monday
11/16/2020
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Lecture 11a: Gibbs free energy
Book: Chapters 14A, 14B, 14D
pdf pptx
      Quiz 2
Tuesday
11/17/2020
        Discussion 6
Solution
Homework 9 due
Homework 10 due
 
Wednesday
11/18/2020
    Lecture 11b: Gibbs free energy II
Book: Chapters 14A, 14B, 14D
pdf pptx
     
Thursday
11/19/2020
           
Friday
11/20/2020
           
7
Monday
11/23/2020
Fall break
8
Monday
11/30/2020
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 Lecture 12a: Phases
Book: Chapters 13D, 13E, 13F
pdf pptx
       
Tuesday
12/1/2020
      Prelab 2
Lab 2:
Phase Transitions
Discussion 7
Solution
Homework 11 due
 
 
Wednesday
12/2/2020
    Lecture 12b: Phases II
Book: Chapters 13D, 13E, 13F
pdf pptx
   
Thursday
12/3/2020
         
Friday
12/4/2020
         
9
Monday
12/7/2020
Lecture 13: TBD
pdf pptx
       
Tuesday
12/8/2020
          Homework 12 due  
Wednesday
12/9/2020
    Final review
pdf pptx
       
Thursday
12/10/2020
Reading Day
Friday
12/11/2020