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This schedule is tentative and subject to change as the semester evolves
(Note: click on linked chapters to see powerpoint presentations, if any, given during class)
Date |
Day |
Chapters |
Topics |
HW |
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JAN 6 |
M |
Discussion of syllabus and introduction |
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JAN 8 |
W |
Heat and temperature |
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JAN 10 |
F |
Math review |
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JAN 13 |
M |
Chapter 3 |
Probability, |
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JAN 15 |
W |
Chapter 3 |
Probability |
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| JAN 17 |
F |
Temperature and thermometry |
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JAN 20 |
M |
No Class |
Martin Luther King Day |
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JAN 22 |
W |
Chapter 4 |
Ensembles and Boltzmann distribution |
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JAN 24 |
F |
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution |
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JAN 27 |
M |
In-class exam 1 |
exam1 |
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JAN 29 |
W |
Chapter 5 |
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution & ideal
gas equation |
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JAN 31 |
F |
Pressure & ideal gas equation |
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FEB 3 |
M |
Equipartition of energy |
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FEB 5 |
W |
Energy and first law of thermodynamics |
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FEB 7 |
F |
Reversibility, isothermal and adiabatic processses |
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FEB 10 |
M |
Chapter 12 |
Isothermal and adiabatic processses |
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FEB 12 |
W |
Heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics |
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FEB 14 |
F |
In-class exam 2 |
exam 2 |
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FEB 17 |
M |
Heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics |
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| FEB 19 |
W |
Chapter 14 |
Entropy, reversible and irreversible processes |
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FEB 21 |
F |
Entropy, reversible and irreversible processes |
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FEB 24 |
M |
Chapter
14 |
Entropy: ideal gas, mixing, Joule expansion,Maxwell
demon |
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| FEB 26 |
W |
Chapter 16 |
Helmholtz free energy and Boltzmann factor |
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FEB 28 |
F |
Chapter 16 |
Thermodynamic potentials and Maxwell's relations |
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MAR 3 |
M |
No class |
Spring break |
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MAR 5 |
W |
No class |
Spring break |
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| MAR 7 |
F |
No class |
Spring break |
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| MAR 10 |
M |
Thermodynamic potentials and available energy |
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| MAR 12 |
W |
Chapter 17 |
Applications to elastic systems: |
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MAR 14 |
F |
Chapter 17 |
Applications to other systems: |
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MAR 17 |
M |
In-class exam 3 |
exam 3 |
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| MAR 19 |
W |
Paramagnetism |
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| MAR 21 |
F |
Buffer |
Additional Thermal Physics Problems (TdS eqs) |
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| MAR 24 |
M |
Third law of thermodynamics |
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MAR 26 |
W |
van der Waals (vdW) equation for a real gas |
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MAR 28 |
F |
Chapter 26 |
Reduced
form of vdW equation, corresponding states |
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MAR 31 |
M |
Chapter 26 |
vdW gas: phase transitions, coexisting phases |
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APR 2 |
W |
Chapter 26 |
vdW gas: Maxwell construction, expansivity,
specific heat |
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APR 4 |
F |
Chapter
27 |
Joule expansion and Joule-Thomson expansion
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APR 7 |
M |
Chapter 27 |
Reversible adiabatic and isothermal expansions |
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| APR 9 |
W |
Cooling of vdW gas, inversion curve |
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| APR 11 |
F |
In-class exam 4 |
exam 4 |
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| APR 14 |
M |
Chapter 22(1,2 &5) Chapter 28 |
Chemical potential and phase transitions |
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APR 16 |
W |
Chapter
28 |
ALC quiz, phase transitions |
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APR 18 |
F |
Latent heat, Clausius Clapryon eq, 1st order
transitions |
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APR 21 |
M |
Chapter 28 |
Gibbs phase rule and metastability |
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APR 23 |
W |
NA |
Special Topics and review for finals |
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MAY 2 |
F |
Final exam |
Cumulative, 10:00 AM - 12:00
PM |
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Last modified: 1/2/14 by Arthur Hebard |
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