PHY 3062 and PHY 3513 THERMAL PHYSICS

  Webpage Version of 4 December 2001
Instructor:
Mark W. Meisel, Department of Physics, University of Florida
Best Place to Find Me: NPB B133, Tel: 2-9147, Fax:  2-7709
Alternative Place to Find Me: NPB 2358, Tel: 2-8867
Email: meisel@phys.ufl.edu
Office Hours:  M W F 8th period (15:00 - 15:50) and by appointment.

Teaching Assistant:
Susumu Takahashi, Department of Physics, University of Florida
Office: NPB 1234, Tel: 846-0818
Email: susumu@phys.ufl.edu
Office Hours:  Tu Th  (08:30 - 9:45 hrs) Modified starting week of 8 October.

Meeting Times:   M W F  7th period (13:55 - 14:45 hrs) in NPB 1101

Textbook:  F. W. Sears and G. L. Salinger, Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory, and Statistical Thermodynamics (3rd Edition), Addison-Wesley, 1975.

Link to Complete Syllabus

Link to in vivo Schedule

Link to in vivo Grade Spreadsheet (Excel) 
Suggested Homework: 
1-6, 1-13, 1-19, 1-22.  2-3, 2-4, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11, 2-19, 2-21, 2-22, 2-24, 2-27, 2-29.
                                           3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-6, 3-7, 3-11, 3-13, 3-16, 3-17, 3-19, 3-22, 3-26, 3-27 (not d),
                                           3-28, 3-29, 3-32, 3-33, 3-35, 3-36.  4-2, 4-4, 4-7, 4-11, 4-18, 4-21, 4-22, 4-23,
                                           4-24, 4-25, 4-33, 4-36, 4-37, 4-38 (note 1975 prices), 4-39.
                                            Susumu's solutions for the above problems are now available from UF library reserve.
                                                Linked via Course "PHY 3513" or Instructor "Meisel".
                                            For extra work, consider (but not fair for quizzes or exams):  4-5, 4-6, 4-10.
                                        Susumu's solutions for the following problems are to be posted in the glass case.
                                        5-3, 5-5, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-16, 5-22, 5-27, 5-31. 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-12, 6-17, 6-19, 6-22,
                                           6-25, 6-26, 6-30.  7-4, 7-8, 7-16, 7-18, 7-22, 7-26, 7-27, 7-29.

Quizzes and Solutions:  Quiz 1 Quiz 2. Quiz 3.      Quiz 4-a and Quiz 4-b Quiz 5-a and Quiz 5-b .
                                        Quiz 6 Quiz 7.  Quiz 8.

Mid-term Exams and Solutions:  MTE1, S1 , S2, S3, S4 , S5, S6.
                                                       MTE2, S1, S2, S3, S4.
                                                        MTE3, S1, S2 , S3, S4.

Final Exam:  Wednesday, 12 December, 07:30 - 09:30 hrs (Final Exam Group 12A).
                       Final Formula Sheet

Other potentially useful (or interesting) links:
http://stp.clarku.edu/ is not presently maintained but has some useful information.
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