PHYS 213 Fall 2026
PHYS 213 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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The book chapter recommendations are supplementary to the prelecture notes. Generally the course follows the notes very closely, and the book only approximately.
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| Week | Date | Prelectures | Checkpoints | Lectures | Prelabs/Labs | Discussions | Homework | Exams |
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| 1 | Monday 10/19/2026 |
Prelecture 1 | Checkpoint 1 | Lecture 1: Internal energy Book: Introduction Chapter 1 |
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Tuesday 10/20/2026 |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 1 Solution |
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Wednesday 10/21/2026 |
Prelecture 2 | Checkpoint 2 | Lecture 2: Temperature, heat capacity Book: Chapters 3 A-D |
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Thursday 10/22/2026 |
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Friday 10/23/2026 |
No lectures on Fridays! |
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| 2 | Monday 10/26/2026 |
Prelecture 3 | Checkpoint 3 | Lecture 3: Entropy Book: Chapter 2, 5 |
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Tuesday 10/27/2026 |
No lab activities |
Discussion 2 Solution |
Homework 1 due Homework 2 due |
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Wednesday 10/28/2026 |
Prelecture 4 | Checkpoint 4 | Lecture 4: Entropy II Book: Chapter 6 |
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Thursday 10/29/2026 |
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Friday 10/30/2026 |
Worked problems | |||||||
| 3 | Monday 11/2/2026 |
Prelecture 5 | Checkpoint 5 | Lecture 5: Kinetic theory of the ideal gas Book: Chapter 3 |
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Tuesday 11/3/2026 |
Discussion 3 Solution |
Homework 3 due Homework 4 due |
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Wednesday 11/4/2026 |
Prelecture 6 | Checkpoint 6 | Lecture 6: Quasistatic processes Book: Chapter 4 A-C |
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Thursday 11/5/2026 |
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Friday 11/6/2026 |
Worked problems | Exam 1 (Units 1-4) Sign-Up for an exam time in PrairieTest. |
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| 4 | Monday 11/9/2026 |
Prelecture 7 | Checkpoint 7 | Lecture 7: Thermodynamic cycles Book: Chapter 4 E-F |
Exam 1 (Units 1-4) Sign-Up for an exam time in PrairieTest. |
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Tuesday 11/10/2026 |
No lab activities |
Discussion 4 Solution |
Homework 5 due Homework 6 due |
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Wednesday 11/11/2026 |
Prelecture 8 | Checkpoint 8 | Lecture 8: Gibbs free energy and phases Book: Chapter 10E |
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Thursday 11/12/2026 |
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Friday 11/13/2026 |
Worked problems | |||||||
| 5 | Monday 11/16/2026 |
Prelecture 9 | Checkpoint 9 | Lecture 9: Phase diagrams and phase boundaries |
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Tuesday 11/17/2026 |
Prelab 2 Lab 2: Ideal gas law |
Discussion 5 Solution |
Homework 7 due Homework 8 due |
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Wednesday 11/18/2026 |
Prelecture 10 | Checkpoint 10 | Lecture 10: Boltzmann factors (Chapter 8) |
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Thursday 11/19/2026 |
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Friday 11/20/2026 |
Worked problems | |||||||
| 6 | Monday 11/23/2026 |
Fall break, no class | ||||||
Tuesday 11/24/2026 |
Fall break, no class | No lab activities this week |
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Wednesday 11/25/2026 |
Fall break, no class | |||||||
Thursday 11/26/2026 |
Fall break, no class | |||||||
Friday 11/27/2026 |
Fall break, no class | |||||||
| 7 | Monday 11/30/2026 |
Prelecture 11 | Checkpoint 11 | Lecture 11: Heat capacity of a solid revisited (Chapter 9) Book: Chapters 8 |
Exam 2 (Units 5-8) Sign-Up for an exam time in PrairieTest. |
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Tuesday 12/1/2026 |
Prelab 3 Lab 3: Phase Transitions |
Discussion 6 Solution |
Homework 9 due Homework 10 due |
Exam 2 (Units 5-8) Sign-Up for an exam time in PrairieTest. |
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Wednesday 12/2/2026 |
Prelecture 12 | Checkpoint 12 |
Lecture 12: Boltzmann factors and semiconductors (chapter 12C) |
Exam 2 (Units 5-8) Sign-Up for an exam time in PrairieTest. |
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Thursday 12/3/2026 |
Exam 2 (Units 5-8) Sign-Up for an exam time in PrairieTest. |
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Friday 12/4/2026 |
Worked problems | |||||||
| 8 | Monday 12/7/2026 |
Checkpoint 13 | Lecture 13: Greenhouse effects |
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Tuesday 12/8/2026 |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 7 (at home problems) Solution |
Homework 11 due Homework 12 due |
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Wednesday 12/9/2026 |
Checkpoint 14 | Lecture 14: Final Review |
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Thursday 12/10/2026 |
Reading Day | |||||||
Friday 12/11/2026 |
Worked problems |