PHYS 213 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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The book chapter recommendations are supplementary to the prelecture notes. Generally the course follows the notes very closely, and the book only approximately.
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| Week | Date | Prelectures | Checkpoints | Lectures | Prelabs/Labs | Discussions | Homework | Exams |
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Monday
3/23/2026 |
Prelecture 1 | Checkpoint 1 | Lecture 1: Internal energy Book: Introduction, Chapter 1 |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 1 Solution |
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Tuesday
3/24/2026 |
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Wednesday
3/25/2026 |
Prelecture 2 | Checkpoint 2 | Lecture 2: Temperature, heat capacity Book: Chapters 3 A-D |
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Thursday
3/26/2026 |
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Friday
3/27/2026 |
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Monday
3/30/2026 |
Prelecture 3 | Checkpoint 3 | Lecture 3: Entropy Book: Chapter 2, 5 |
Prelab 1 Lab 1: Thermal properties of materials E-log 1 |
Discussion 2 Solution |
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Tuesday
3/31/2026 |
Homework 1 due Homework 2 due |
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Wednesday
4/1/2026 |
Prelecture 4 | Checkpoint 4 | Lecture 4: Entropy II Book: Chapter 6 |
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Thursday
4/2/2026 |
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Friday
4/3/2026 |
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Monday
4/6/2026 |
Prelecture 5 | Checkpoint 5 | Lecture 5: Kinetic theory of the ideal gas Book: Chapter 3 |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 3 Solution |
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Tuesday
4/7/2026 |
Homework 3 due Homework 4 due |
Exam 1 (9 through 12 April) Unit 1 through Unit 4 |
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Wednesday
4/8/2026 |
Prelecture 6 | Checkpoint 6 | Lecture 6: Quasistatic processes Book: Chapter 4 A-C |
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Thursday
4/9/2026 |
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Friday
4/10/2026 |
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| 4 |
Monday
4/13/2026 |
Prelecture 7 | Checkpoint 7 | Lecture 7: Thermodynamic cycles Book: Chapter 4 E-F |
Prelab 2 Lab 2: Ideal Gas Law E-log 2 |
Discussion 4 Solution |
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Tuesday
4/14/2026 |
Homework 5 due Homework 6 due |
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Wednesday
4/15/2026 |
Prelecture 8 | Checkpoint 8 | Lecture 8: Gibbs free energy and phases Book: Chapter 10E |
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Thursday
4/16/2026 |
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Friday
4/17/2026 |
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Monday
4/20/2026 |
Prelecture 9 | Checkpoint 9 | Lecture 9: Phase diagrams and phase boundaries |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 5 Solution |
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Tuesday
4/21/2026 |
Homework 7 due Homework 8 due |
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Wednesday
4/22/2026 |
Prelecture 10 | Checkpoint 10 |
Lecture 10: Boltzmann factors |
Exam 2 (23 through 26 April) Unit 5 through Unit 8 |
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Thursday
4/23/2026 |
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Friday
4/24/2026 |
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Monday
4/27/2026 |
Prelecture 11 | Checkpoint 11 | Lecture 11: Heat capacity of a solid revisited Book: Chapters 9 |
Prelab 3 Lab 3: Phase Transitions E-log 3 |
Discussion 6 Solution |
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Tuesday
4/28/2026 |
Homework 9 due |
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Wednesday
4/29/2026 |
Prelecture 12 | Checkpoint 12 | Lecture 12: Boltzmann factors and semiconductors Book: Chapters 12C |
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Thursday
4/30/2026 |
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Friday
5/1/2026 |
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| 7 |
Monday
5/4/2026 |
Checkpoint 13 | Lecture 13: Greenhouse effect |
No Discussions |
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Tuesday
5/5/2026 |
Homework 11 due Homework 12 due |
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Wednesday
5/6/2026 |
Checkpoint 14 | Lecture 14: Final review |
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Thursday
5/7/2026 |
Reading Day | |||||||
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Friday
5/8/2026 |
Final Exam (7 through 14 May) Unit 1 through Unit 12 |
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