PHYS 213 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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Week Date Prelecture Lecture Ask the Prof Lab Discussion Homework/Online Quizzes Exam
1
Monday
3/7/2016
   Lecture 1:
Mechanics & Thermodynamics
Text: Introduction and Ch. 1
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof No Lab      
Tuesday
3/8/2016
       Discussion 1    
Wednesday
3/9/2016
 Prelecture 1 Lecture 2:
Equipartition
Text: Ch. 3
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof    
Thursday
3/10/2016
          
Friday
3/11/2016
 Prelecture 2 Lecture 3:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 1-3
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof      
2
Monday
3/14/2016
 Prelecture 3 Lecture 4:
Heat Capacity and Conductivity
Text: Ch. 4 A-C
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Ideal Gas Law		      
Tuesday
3/15/2016
       Discussion 2
Quiz 1		 Homework 1 due
Online Quiz 1 due		  
Wednesday
3/16/2016
  

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

 

 Ask the Prof    
Thursday
3/17/2016
          
Friday
3/18/2016
 StatPreview Lecture 6:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 3, 4A-C, 5
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof      
3
Monday
3/21/2016
   Spring Break
4
Monday
3/28/2016
 Prelecture 4 Lecture 7:
Volume Exchange:
Equilibrium & Entropy
Text: Ch. 6
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof Prelab 2
Lab 2:
Thermal Properties
of Materials		      
Tuesday
3/29/2016
       Discussion 3
Quiz 2		    
Wednesday
3/30/2016
 Prelecture 5 Lecture 8:
Energy Exchange:
The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Text: Ch. 7
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof    
Thursday
3/31/2016
       Homework 2 due
Online Quiz 2 due		  
Friday
4/1/2016
   Lecture 9:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 6-7
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof      
5
Monday
4/4/2016
   Lecture 10:
The Boltzmann Distribution
Text: Ch. 8
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof No Lab      
Tuesday
4/5/2016
       Discussion 4
Quiz 3		 Homework 3 due
Online Quiz 3 due		  
Wednesday
4/6/2016
 Prelecture 6 Lecture 11:
Polymers, Thermal Radiation
Text: Ch. 9
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof    
Thursday
4/7/2016
          
Friday
4/8/2016
   Lecture 12:
Law of Atmospheres, Global Warming
Text: Ch. 8-9
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof      
6
Monday
4/11/2016
 Prelecture 7 Lecture 13:
Heat Engines
Text: Ch. 4D-F
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof Lab 3:  Monday Sections
will be held on
4/18/2016		     Midterm Exam (7 PM)
Tuesday
4/12/2016
       Prelab 3
Lab 3:
Probability &
Boltzmann		 Discussion 5
Quiz 4		    
Wednesday
4/13/2016
 Prelecture 8 Lecture 14:
Heat Pumps, Refrigerators &
Free Energy
Text: Ch. 10
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof    
Thursday
4/14/2016
       Homework 4 due
Online Quiz 4 due		  
Friday
4/15/2016
   Lecture 15:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 4D-F, 10
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof      
7
Monday
4/18/2016
 Prelecture 9 Lecture 16:
Particle Exchange, Lattice Defects
Text: Ch. 11
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof Prelab 3
Lab 3:
Probability &
Boltzmann		      
Tuesday
4/19/2016
       No Lab Discussion 6
Quiz 5		    
Wednesday
4/20/2016
 Prelecture 10 Lecture 17:
Applications of Free Energy
Semiconductors
Text: Ch. 12
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof    
Thursday
4/21/2016
          
Friday
4/22/2016
   Lecture 18:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 11-12
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof      
8
Monday
4/25/2016
   Lecture 19:
Chemical Equilibrium
Law of Mass Action
Text: Ch. 13
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof Prelab 4
Lab 4:
Phase Transitions		      
Tuesday
4/26/2016
       Discussion 7
Quiz 6		 Homework 5 due
Online Quiz 5 due		  
Wednesday
4/27/2016
   Lecture 20:
Phase Transitions
Text: Ch. 13
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof    
Thursday
4/28/2016
          
Friday
4/29/2016
   Lecture 21:
Phase Transistions (2), Latent Heat
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof      
9
Monday
5/2/2016
   Lecture 22:
Phase Transistions (3),
Supercooling/heating
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof No Lab      
Tuesday
5/3/2016
            
Wednesday
5/4/2016
   Final Review:
Review & Examples
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof   Homework 6 due
Online Quiz 6 due		  
Thursday
5/5/2016
   Reading Day
Friday
5/6/2016