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Schedule

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Week Date Prelecture Lecture Lab Discussion Homework/Online Quizzes Exam
1
Monday
3/10/2014
  Lecture 1:
Mechanics & Thermodynamics
Text: Introduction and Ch. 1
pdf ppt
       
Tuesday
3/11/2014
      Discussion 1    
Wednesday
3/12/2014
Prelecture 1 Lecture 2:
Equipartition
Text: Ch. 3
pdf ppt
     
Thursday
3/13/2014
         
Friday
3/14/2014
Prelecture 2 Lecture 3:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 1-3
pdf ppt
     
2
Monday
3/17/2014
Prelecture 3 Lecture 4:
Heat Capacity and Conductivity
Text: Ch. 4 A-C
pdf ppt
       
Tuesday
3/18/2014
    Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Ideal Gas Law
Discussion 2
Quiz 1
Homework 1 due
Online Quiz 1 due
 
Wednesday
3/19/2014
 

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

 

   
Thursday
3/20/2014
       
Friday
3/21/2014
  Lecture 6:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 3, 4A-C, 5
pdf ppt
     
3
Monday
3/24/2014
  Spring Break
4
Monday
3/31/2014
Prelecture 4 Lecture 7:
Volume Exchange:
Equilibrium & Entropy
Text: Ch. 6
pdf ppt
       
Tuesday
4/1/2014
    Prelab 2
Lab 2:
Thermal Properties
of Materials
Discussion 3
Quiz 2
   
Wednesday
4/2/2014
Prelecture 5 Lecture 8:
Energy Exchange:
The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Text: Ch. 7
pdf ppt
   
Thursday
4/3/2014
    Homework 2 due
Online Quiz 2 due
 
Friday
4/4/2014
  Lecture 9:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 6-7
pdf ppt
     
5
Monday
4/7/2014
Prelecture 6 Lecture 10:
The Boltzmann Distribution
Text: Ch. 8 A-D
pdf ppt
       
Tuesday
4/8/2014
      Discussion 4
Quiz 3
Homework 3 due
Online Quiz 3 due
 
Wednesday
4/9/2014
  Lecture 11:
Polymers, Limits to Equipartition
Text: Ch. 8 E
pdf ppt
     
Thursday
4/10/2014
         
Friday
4/11/2014
Prelecture 7 Lecture 12:
Law of Atmospheres, Thermal Radiation
Text: Ch. 9
pdf ppt
     
6
Monday
4/14/2014
Prelecture 8 Lecture 13:
Global Warming, Heat Engines
Text: Ch. 4D-F
pdf ppt

Lab 3:  Monday Sections
will be held on
4/21/2014

    Midterm Exam (7 PM)
Tuesday
4/15/2014
    Prelab 3
Lab 3:
Probability &
Boltzmann
Discussion 5
Quiz 4
   
Wednesday
4/16/2014
  Lecture 14:
Heat Pumps, Refrigerators
Text: Ch. 10
pdf ppt
   
Thursday
4/17/2014
    Homework 4 due
Online Quiz 4 due
 
Friday
4/18/2014
Prelecture 9 Lecture 15:
Free Energy,Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 4D-F, 10
pdf ppt
     
7
Monday
4/21/2014
Prelecture 10 Lecture 16:
Particle Exchange, Lattice Defects
Text: Ch. 11
pdf ppt
Prelab 3
Lab 3:
Probability &
Boltzmann
     
Tuesday
4/22/2014
      Discussion 6
Quiz 5
   
Wednesday
4/23/2014
Prelecture 11 Lecture 17:
Applications of Free Energy
Semiconductors
Text: Ch. 12
pdf ppt
     
Thursday
4/24/2014
       
Friday
4/25/2014
  Lecture 18:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 11-12
pdf ppt
     
8
Monday
4/28/2014
  Lecture 19:
Chemical Equilibrium
Law of Mass Action
Text: Ch. 13
pdf ppt
Prelab 4
Lab 4:
Phase Transitions
     
Tuesday
4/29/2014
    Discussion 7
Quiz 6
Homework 5 due
Online Quiz 5 due
 
Wednesday
4/30/2014
  Lecture 20:
Phase Transitions
Text: Ch. 13
pdf ppt
   
Thursday
5/1/2014
       
Friday
5/2/2014
  Lecture 21:
Phase Transitions (2), Latent Heat
pdf ppt
     
9
Monday
5/5/2014
  Lecture 22:
Phase Transitions (3),
Supercooling/heating
pdf ppt
       
Tuesday
5/6/2014
        Homework 6 due
Online Quiz 6 due
 
Wednesday
5/7/2014
  Final Review:
Review & Examples
       
Thursday
5/8/2014
  Reading Day
Friday
5/9/2014
  FINAL EXAM: 1:30-3:30pm   Wednesday
5/14/2014
FINAL EXAM: 7-9 pm