Physics 213 - Course Syllabus - Spring 2011

Lecture will meet for the first time on Monday, March 7.
Discussion will meet for the first time on Tuesday, March 8.
The first lab will be on Tuesday, March 15.

Week

Date

Lectures & Exams

Homework & Quizzes

Labs

1

Mon
Mar 7

Lecture 1:        Introduction: Mechanics & Thermodynamics.

   PPT or PDF    Text: Introduction and 1

Discussion, but no Quiz
Homework 1
(due 8am Tues Mar 15)

No lab
PreLab 1
(Due at start of Lab 1)

Wed
Mar 9

Lecture 2:        Ideal Gases.  Equipartition.

   PPT or PDF    Text: 3

Fri
Mar 11

Lecture 3:        Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

2

Mon
Mar 14

Lecture 4:        Heat Capacity, Thermal Conductivity, & Irreversibility.

   PPT or PDF     Text: 4 A-C

Quiz 1
Homework 2
(due 8am Tues Mar 29)

Lab 1
Ideal Gas Law

PreLab 2
(Due at start of Lab 2)

Wed
Mar 16

Lecture 5:        Statistical Processes.  Microstates & Macrostates.

   PPT or PDF    Text: 5

                        Probability Introduction: HTML or PowerPoint or PDF

Fri
Mar 18

Lecture 6:        Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

Spring Break

3

Mon
Mar 28

Lecture 7:        Volume Exchange. Equilibrium & Entropy.

   PPT or PDF    Text: 6

Quiz 2
Homework 3
(due 8am Tues Apr 5)

Lab 2
Thermal Properties
of Materials

Wed
Mar 30

Lecture 8:        Energy Exchange.  The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics.

   PPT or PDF    Text: 7

Fri
Apr 1

Lecture 9:        Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

4

Mon
Apr 4

Lecture 10:      The Boltzmann Distribution.

   PPT or PDF    Text: 8

Quiz 3
Homework 4
(due 8am Thursday Apr 14)

No Lab
PreLab 3
(Due at start of Lab 3)

Wed
Apr 6

Lecture 11:      When Equipartition Fails.  Thermal Radiation.

   PPT or PDF    Text: 9

Fri
Apr 8

Lecture 12:      Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

5

Sun
Apr 10

Review lecture for Midterm Exam
3-5 pm, 141 Loomis

Quiz 4
Homework 5
(due 8am Tues Apr 19)

Lab 3
Probability &
Boltzmann

Mon
Apr 11

Lecture 13       Heat Engines

   PPT or PDF    4 D-F

MIDTERM EXAM: 7-8:30 pm (Conflict Exam, 5:15 pm)

Wed
Apr 13

Lecture 14:      Heat engines (2).  Free Energy.

   PPT or PDF    Text: 10

Fri
Apr 15

Lecture 15:      Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

6

Mon
Apr 18

Lecture 16:      Particle exchange.  Chemical Potential.

   PPT or PDF    Text: 11

Quiz 5
Homework 6
(due 8am  Saturday Apr 30)

 

No Lab
PreLab 4
(Due at start of Lab 4)

Wed
Apr 20

Lecture 17:      Applications of Free Energy.  Semiconductors.

   PPT or PDF    Text: 12

Fri
Apr 22

Lecture 18:      Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

7

Mon
Apr 25

Lecture 19:      Chemical Equilibrium.  Law of Mass Action.

   PPT or PDF    Text: 13

Quiz 6
No more homework !!

Lab 4
Phase Transitions

Wed
Apr 27

Lecture 20:      Phase Transitions.

   PPT or PDF

Fri
Apr 29

Lecture 21:      Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

8

Thu
May 5

Review lecture  for Final Exam:
3-5 pm, 141 Loomis

 

Mon
May 9 

Combined Final Exam 8 to 10 AM
You may select either exam in the gradebook on the web.
Wed
May 11

Conflict Final Exam 7 to 9 PM

Revised March 17, 2011

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