PHYS 213 Summer 2026
PHYS 213 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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| Week | Date | Prelectures | Checkpoints | Lectures | Prelabs/Labs | Discussions | Homework | Exams |
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Monday
7/13/2026 |
Prelecture 1 | Checkpoint 1 | Lecture 1: Internal energy Book: Introduction Chapter 1 Lecture 1 (pdf) |
Discussion 1 Solution |
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Tuesday
7/14/2026 |
Prelecture 2 | Checkpoint 2 | Lecture 2: Temperature, heat capacity Book: Chapters 3 A-D Lecture 2 (pdf) |
No Lab | ||||
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Wednesday
7/15/2026 |
Prelecture 3 | Checkpoint 3 | Lecture 3: Entropy Book: Chapter 2, 5 Lecture 3 (pdf) |
Discussion 2 Solution |
Homework 1 due Homework 2 due |
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Thursday
7/16/2026 |
Prelecture 4 | Checkpoint 4 | Lecture 4: Entropy II Book: Chapter 6 Lecture 4 (pdf) |
No Lab | ||||
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Friday
7/17/2026 |
No Classes | |||||||
| 2 |
Monday
7/20/2026 |
Prelecture 5 | Checkpoint 5 | Lecture 5: Kinetic theory of the ideal gas Book: Chapter 3 Lecture 5 (pdf) |
Discussion 3 Solution |
Homework 3 due Homework 4 due |
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Tuesday
7/21/2026 |
Prelecture 6 | Checkpoint 6 | Lecture 6: Quasistatic processes and engines Book: Chapters 4 A-F Lecture 6 (pdf) |
Prelab 1 Lab 1: Ideal Gas Law E-log 1 |
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Wednesday
7/22/2026 |
Review for Exam 1 Exam 1 Review |
Discussion 4 Solution |
Homework 5 due |
HOUR EXAM (Units 1-5) |
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Thursday
7/23/2026 |
Prelecture 7 | Checkpoint 7 | Lecture 7: Thermodynamic cycles Book: Chapter 4 E-F Lecture 7 (pdf) |
No Lab | ||||
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Friday
7/24/2026 |
No Classes | |||||||
| 3 |
Monday
7/27/2026 |
Prelecture 8 | Checkpoint 8 | Lecture 8: Gibbs free energy: equilibrium in contact with a bath Book: Chapters 10E Lecture 8 (pdf) |
Discussion 5 Solution |
Homework 6 due Homework 7 due |
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Tuesday
7/28/2026 |
Prelecture 9 | Checkpoint 9 | Lecture 9: Phase diagrams and phase boundaries Lecture 9 (pdf) |
Prelab 2 Lab 2: Thermal Properties of Materials E-log 2 |
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Wednesday
7/29/2026 |
Prelecture 10 | Checkpoint 10 | Lecture 10: Boltzmann factors Book: Chapters 8 Lecture 10 (pdf) |
Discussion 6 Solution |
Homework 8 due Homework 9 due |
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Thursday
7/30/2026 |
Prelecture 11 | Checkpoint 11 | Lecture 11: Heat capacity of a solid revisited Book: Chapters 9 Lecture 11 (pdf) |
No Lab | ||||
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Friday
7/31/2026 |
No Classes | |||||||
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Monday
8/3/2026 |
Prelecture 12 | Checkpoint 12 | Lecture 12: Boltzmann factors and semiconductors Book: Chapters 12C Lecture 12 (pdf) |
Homework 10 due Homework 11 due |
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Tuesday
8/4/2026 |
Checkpoint 13 | Lecture 13: Greenhouse effect Lecture 13 (pdf) |
Prelab 3 Lab 3: Phase Transitions E-log 3 |
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Wednesday
8/5/2026 |
Checkpoint 14 | Lecture 14: Final review Final Review (pdf) |
Homework 12 due | |||||
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Thursday
8/6/2026 |
Reading Day | |||||||
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Final Exam: August 7 - 8, 2026 |
FINAL EXAM |
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