Physics 213 - Course Syllabus - Spring 2012

Lecture will meet for the first time on Monday, March 5.
Discussion will meet for the first time on Tuesday, March 6.
The first lab will be on Tuesday, March 13.

Week

Date

Lectures & Exams

Homework & Quizzes

Labs

1

Mon
Mar 5

Lecture 1:         Introduction: Mechanics & Thermodynamics.

   PPT or PDF   Text: Introduction and Ch. 1

Discussion, but no Quiz
Homework 1
(due 8am Tues Mar 13)

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

Wed
Mar 7

Lecture 2:         Ideal Gases.  Equipartition.

   PPT or PDF   Text: 3

Fri
Mar 9

Lecture 3:         Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

2

Mon
Mar 12

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

   PPT or PDF    Text: 4 A-C

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

Lab 1
Ideal Gas Law

PreLab 2
(Due at start of Lab 2)

Wed
Mar 14

Lecture 5:         Statistical Processes.  Microstates & Macrostates.

   PPT or PDF   Text: 5

                        Probability Introduction: PowerPoint or PDF

Fri
Mar 16

Lecture 6:         Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

Mar 19-23

SPRING BREAK

3

Mon
Mar 26

Lecture 7:         Volume Exchange. Equilibrium & Entropy.

   PPT or PDF   Text: 6

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

Lab 2
Thermal Properties
of Materials

Wed
Mar 28

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

   PPT or PDF   Text: 7

Fri
Mar 30

Lecture 9:         Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

4

Mon
Apr 2

Lecture 10:       The Boltzmann Distribution.

   PPT or PDF   Text: 8

Quiz 3
Homework 4
(due 8am Thursday Apr 12)

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

Wed
Apr 4

Lecture 11:       When Equipartition Fails.  Thermal Radiation.

   PPT or PDF   Text: 9

Fri
Apr 6

Lecture 12:       Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

5

Sun
Apr 8

Review lecture for Midterm Exam
2PM, 141 & 151 Loomis

Quiz 4
Homework 5
(due 8am Tues Apr 17)

Lab 3
Probability &
Boltzmann

Mon
Apr 9

Lecture 13        Heat Engines

   PPT or PDF   4 D-F

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

Wed
Apr 11

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

   PPT or PDF   Text: 10

Fri
Apr 13

Lecture 15:       Review & Examples

 

   PPT or PDF

6

Mon
Apr 16

Lecture 16:       Particle exchange.  Chemical Potential.

   PPT or PDF   Text: 11

Quiz 5
Homework 6
(due 8am  Tuesday, May 1

 

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

Wed
Apr 18

Lecture 17:       Applications of Free Energy.  Semiconductors.

   PPT or PDF   Text: 12

Fri
Apr 20

Lecture 18:       Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

7

Mon
Apr 23

Lecture 19:       Chemical Equilibrium.  Law of Mass Action.

   PPT or PDF   Text: 13

Quiz 6
No more homework !!

Lab 4
Phase Transitions

Wed
Apr 25

Lecture 20:       Phase Transitions.

   PPT or PDF

Fri
Apr 27

Lecture 21:       Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

8

Mon
Apr 30

Lecture 22:       Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

 

Wed
May 2

Start review for Final Exam:

Thu
May 3

Review lecture  for Final Exam:
3PM to 5PM, 141 Loomis

 

FINAL EXAM:

A1: May 7,  8-10am      A2: May 8, 8-10am    A3: May 11, 1:30 - 3:30 pm

Revised February 24, 2012

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