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
3/6/2017
   Lecture 1:
Mechanics & Thermodynamics
Text: Introduction and Ch. 1
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof No Lab      
Tuesday
3/7/2017
       Discussion 1    
Wednesday
3/8/2017

Prelecture 1
Pressure and
equipartition
 

 Lecture 2:
Equipartition
Text: Ch. 3
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof    
Thursday
3/9/2017
          
Friday
3/10/2017

Prelecture 2
Work and heat capacity
 

 Lecture 3:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 1-3
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof      
2
Monday
3/13/2017

Prelecture 3
Heat capacity and thermal conduction
 

 Lecture 4:
Heat Capacity and Conductivity
Text: Ch. 4 A-C
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Ideal Gas Law		      
Tuesday
3/14/2017
       Discussion 2
Quiz 1		 Homework 1 due
Online Quiz 1 due		  
Wednesday
3/15/2017
  

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

 

 Ask the Prof    
Thursday
3/16/2017
          
Friday
3/17/2017
   Lecture 6:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 3, 4A-C, 5
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof      
 
Monday
3/20/2017
 Spring Break
3
Monday
3/27/2017

Prelecture 4
Entropy and volume exchange
 

 Lecture 7:
Volume Exchange:
Equilibrium & Entropy
Text: Ch. 6
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof Prelab 2
Lab 2:
Thermal Properties
of Materials		      
Tuesday
3/28/2017
       Discussion 3
Quiz 2		    
Wednesday
3/29/2017

Prelecture 5
Energy exchange, entropy and temperature
 

 Lecture 8:
Energy Exchange:
The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Text: Ch. 7
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof    
Thursday
3/30/2017
       Homework 2 due
Online Quiz 2 due		  
Friday
3/31/2017
   Lecture 9:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 6-7
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof      
4
Monday
4/3/2017

Prelecture 6
Boltzmann distribution

 Lecture 10:
The Boltzmann Distribution
Text: Ch. 8
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof No Lab      
Tuesday
4/4/2017
       Discussion 4
Quiz 3		 Homework 3 due
Online Quiz 3 due		  
Wednesday
4/5/2017
   Lecture 11:
Polymers, Thermal Radiation
Text: Ch. 9
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof    
Thursday
4/6/2017
          
Friday
4/7/2017

Prelecture 7
Thermal radiation

 Lecture 12:
Law of Atmospheres, Global Warming
Text: Ch. 8-9
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof      
 
5
Monday
4/10/2017

Prelecture 8
Heat engines
 

 Lecture 13:
Heat Engines
Text: Ch. 4D-F
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof

Prelab 3
Lab 3:
Probability &
Boltzmann

[Due to midterm,
Monday's section meets on 4/17]

     Midterm Exam (7pm)
Tuesday
4/11/2017
       Discussion 5
Quiz 4		    
Wednesday
4/12/2017
   Lecture 14:
Heat Pumps, Refrigerators &
Free Energy
Text: Ch. 10
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof    
Thursday
4/13/2017
       Homework 4 due
Online Quiz 4 due		  
Friday
4/14/2017

Prelecture 9
Free energy

 Lecture 15:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 4D-F, 10
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof      
6
Monday
4/17/2017

Prelecture 10
Chemical potential part 1
 

 Lecture 16:
Particle Exchange, Lattice Defects
Text: Ch. 11
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof

No Lab

[Due to midterm exam,
the Monday 4/10 lab section section
meets on Monday 4/17]

      
Tuesday
4/18/2017
       Discussion 6
Quiz 5		 Homework 5 due
Online Quiz 5 due		  
Wednesday
4/19/2017
   Lecture 17:
Applications of Free Energy
Semiconductors
Text: Ch. 12
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof    
Thursday
4/20/2017
          
Friday
4/21/2017
 Prelecture 11
Chemical potential part 2		 Lecture 18:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 11-12
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof      
7
Monday
4/24/2017
   Lecture 19:
Chemical Equilibrium
Law of Mass Action
Text: Ch. 13
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof

Prelab 4
Lab 4:
Phase Transitions

[Due to scheduling conflicts,
the Monday 4/24 lab section
will meet on Monday 5/1]

      
Tuesday
4/25/2017
       Discussion 7
Quiz 6		    
Wednesday
4/26/2017
   Lecture 20:
Phase Transitions
Text: Ch. 13
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof    
Thursday
4/27/2017
          
Friday
4/28/2017
   Lecture 21:
Phase Transistions (2), Latent Heat
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof      
8
Monday
5/1/2017
   Lecture 22:
Phase Transistions (3),
Supercooling/heating
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof

[Due to scheduling conflicts,
the Monday 4/24 lab section
will meet on Monday 5/1]

No Lab

      
Tuesday
5/2/2017
            
Wednesday
5/3/2017
   Review of Midterm:
Review & Examples
pdf ppt		 Ask the Prof  

Homework 6 due

Online Quiz 6 due

  
Thursday
5/4/2017
 Reading Day
Friday
5/5/2017
             Final (8-10am)
 

Thursday
5/11/2017

             Final (1:30-3:30pm)