Date	Day	Chapter/Section	Topics	Additional Notes
AUG 25	M	Overview and Ch 1	Discussion of syllabus and introduction
AUG 27	W	1, 2	Heat and temperature	lecture 2
AUG 29	F	4	Microstate, macrostates, and temperature	lecture 3
SEP 1	M		Labor Day (no classes)
SEP 3	W	4	Review and ensembles	lecture 4
SEP 5	F	4	Ensembles
SEP 8	M	4	Canonical ensemble and Boltzmann factor
SEP 10	W	5	Velocity distribution in a monatomic ideal gas, Quiz 1
SEP 12	F	5	Velocity distribution in a monatomic ideal gas
SEP 15	M	6	Ideal gas equation
SEP 17	W		Quiz 2 and Review	review 1
SEP 18	R		Test 1
SEP 19	F	11	First law of thermodynamics
SEP 22	M	11, 12	First law, isothermal and adiabatic processes
SEP 24	W	12	Specific heat, isothermal and adiabatic processes
SEP 26	F	13	Carnot cycle	Carnot cycle
SEP 29	M	13	Carnot cycle and second law of thermodynamics, Quiz 3
OCT 1	W	13	Second law of thermodynamics	Claussius inequality
OCT 3	F	14	Second law and entropy
OCT 6	M	14	Entropy, reversible and irreversible processes, Quiz 4
OCT 8	W	14	Reversible and irreversible processes, Joule expansion
OCT 10	F	14	Mixing and Maxwell's demon
OCT 13	M		Review	review 2
OCT 14	T		Test 2
OCT 15	W	16	Thermodynamic potentials
OCT 17	F		Homecoming (no classes)
OCT 20	M	16	Thermodynamic potentials and Maxwell's relations
OCT 22	W	16	Maxwell's relations and available energy
OCT 24	F	17	Rods, Bubbles, and Magnets
OCT 27	M	17	Rods, Bubbles, and Magnets
OCT 29	W	17	Magnetic work and cooling
OCT 31	F	18	Third law
NOV 3	M	26	Real gases, Quiz 5
NOV 5	W	26	Van der Waals equation of state
NOV 7	F	26	Reduced form of van der Waals equation of state
NOV 10	M	26	Maxwell's construction	van der waals
NOV 12	W		Quiz 6, Review	matlab ppt
NOV 13	R		Test 3
NOV 14	F	27	Cooling real gases
NOV 17	M	28	Phase transitions
NOV 19	W	28	Phase transitions and He liquefier visit	Helium liquefier
NOV 21	F	28	Phase transitions, Claussius-Clayperon equation
NOV 24	M		Miscellaneous topics
NOV 26	W		Thanksgiving (no classes)
NOV 28	F		Thanksgiving (no classes)
DEC 1	M	28	Claussius-Clayperon equation, Metastability
DEC 3	W	28	Metastability, Gibb's phase rule	Phase coexistence
DEC 5	F	28	Gibb's phase rule
DEC 8	M		Quiz 7, Equipartition theorem
DEC 10	W		Review	review
DEC 18	R		Final exam (7:30 am to 9:30 am)