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

Schedule

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Week Date Prelecture Lecture Lab Discussion Homework/Online Quiz Exam
1
Monday
7/13/2015
  Lecture 1:
Mechanics & Thermodynamics
Text: Introduction and Ch. 1
pdf ppt
  Discussion 1
No quiz
   
Tuesday
7/14/2015
Prelecture 1
Prelecture 2
Lecture 2:
Equipartition
Text: Ch. 3
pdf ppt
No lab      
Wednesday
7/15/2015
Prelecture 3 Lecture 3:
Heat Capacity and Conductivity
Text: Ch. 4 A-C
pdf ppt
  Discussion 2
Quiz 1
Homework 1 due
Online quiz 1 due
 
Thursday
7/16/2015
Prelecture 4 Lecture 4:
Diffusion, Microstates & Macrostates
Text: Ch. 5
pdf ppt
Prelab 1 due
Lab 1:
Ideal Gas Law
     
Friday
7/17/2015
        Homework 2 due
Online quiz 2 due
 
2
Monday
7/20/2015
Prelecture 5 Lecture 5:
Volume Exchange:
Equilibrium & Entropy
Text: Ch. 6
pdf ppt
  Discussion 3
Quiz 2
   
Tuesday
7/21/2015
Prelecture 6 Lecture 6:
Energy Exchange:
The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Text: Ch. 7
pdf ppt
Prelab 2 due
Lab 2:
Thermal Properties
of Materials
     
Wednesday
7/22/2015
Prelecture 7

Lecture 7:
The Boltzmann Distribution
Text: Ch. 8
pdf ppt

  Discussion 4
Quiz 3
   
Thursday
7/23/2015
  Lecture 8:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 6-7
pdf ppt
No lab      
Friday
7/24/2015
        Homework 3 due
Online quiz 3 due
 
3
Monday
7/27/2015
          Exam 1
Tuesday
7/28/2015
Prelecture 8 Lecture 9:
Polymers, Thermal Radiation
Text: Ch. 9
pdf ppt
Prelab 3 due
Lab 3:
Probability and Boltzmann
     
Wednesday
7/29/2015
Prelecture 9 Lecture 10:
Law of Atmospheres, Global Warming
Text: Ch. 8-9
pdf ppt
  Discussion 5
Quiz 4
Homework 4 due
Online quiz 4 due
 
Thursday
7/30/2015
Prelecture 10 Lecture 11:
Heat Engines
Text: Ch. 4D-F
pdf ppt
No lab      
Friday
7/31/2015
        Homework 5 due
Online quiz 5 due
 
4
Monday
8/3/2015
  Lecture 12:
Heat Pumps, Refrigerators &
Free Energy
Text: Ch. 10
pdf ppt
  Discussion 6
Quiz 5
   
Tuesday
8/4/2015
  Lecture 13:
Particle Exchange, Lattice Defects
Text: Ch. 11
pdf ppt
Prelab 4 due
Lab 4: Phase
Transitions
     
Wednesday
8/5/2015
  Lecture 14:
Applications of Free Energy
Semiconductors
Text: Ch. 12
pdf ppt
  Discussion 7
Quiz 6
Homework 6 due
Online quiz 6 due
 
Thursday
8/6/2015
Reading Day
Friday
8/7/2015
Final Exam
08:00 - 10:00