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Week Date Prelecture Lecture Lab Discussion Homework/Online Quiz Exam
1
Monday
7/10/2017
   Lecture 1:
Mechanics & Thermodynamics
Text: Introduction and Ch. 1
pdf ppt		   Discussion 1
No quiz		    
Tuesday
7/11/2017

Prelecture 1
Pressure and
equipartition
 

 Lecture 2:
Equipartition
Text: Ch. 3
pdf ppt		 No lab      
Wednesday
7/12/2017

Prelecture 2
Work and heat
capacity
 

 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
7/13/2017

Prelecture 3
Heat capacity and
thermal conduction
 

 Lecture 4:
Diffusion, Microstates & Macrostates
Text: Ch. 5
pdf ppt		 Prelab 1 due
Lab 1:
Ideal Gas Law		      
Friday
7/14/2017
            
2
Monday
7/17/2017

Prelecture 4
Entropy and volume exchange
 

 Lecture 5:
Volume Exchange:
Equilibrium & Entropy
Text: Ch. 6
pdf ppt		   Discussion 3
Quiz 2		 Homework 2 due
Online quiz 2 due		  
Tuesday
7/18/2017

Prelecture 5
Energy exchange,
entropy and temperature
 

 Lecture 6:
Energy Exchange:
The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Text: Ch. 7
pdf ppt		 Prelab 2 due
Lab 2:
Thermal Properties
of Materials		      
Wednesday
7/19/2017

Prelecture 6
Boltzman distribution

 Lecture 7:
The Boltzmann Distribution
Text: Ch. 8
pdf ppt		   Discussion 4
Quiz 3		 Homework 3 due
Online quiz 3 due		  
Thursday
7/20/2017
   Lecture 8:
Review & Examples
Text: Ch. 6-7
pdf ppt		 No lab      
Friday
7/21/2017
            
3
Monday
7/24/2017
 Exam 1     Exam 1
Tuesday
7/25/2017
   Lecture 9:
Polymers, Thermal Radiation
Text: Ch. 9
pdf ppt		 Prelab 3 due
Lab 3:
Probability and Boltzmann		      
Wednesday
7/26/2017

Prelecture 7
Thermal radiation

 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
7/27/2017

Prelecture 8
Heat engines
 

 Lecture 11:
Heat Engines
Text: Ch. 4D-F
pdf ppt		 No lab      
Friday
7/28/2017
            
4
Monday
7/31/2017

Prelecture 9
Free energy
 

 Lecture 12:
Heat Pumps, Refrigerators &
Free Energy
Text: Ch. 10
pdf ppt		   Discussion 6
Quiz 5		 Homework 5 due
Online quiz 5 due		  
Tuesday
8/1/2017

Prelecture 10
Chemical potential
part 1
 

 Lecture 13:
Particle Exchange, Lattice Defects
Text: Ch. 11
pdf ppt		 Prelab 4 due
Lab 4: Phase
Transitions		      
Wednesday
8/2/2017
 Prelecture 11
Chemical potential
part 2		 Lecture 14:
Applications of Free Energy
Semiconductors
Text: Ch. 12
pdf ppt		   Discussion 7
Quiz 6		 Homework 6 due
Online quiz 6 due		  
Thursday
8/3/2017
 Reading Day
Friday
8/4/2017
 Final 1:00-3:00 PM Loomis 141