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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 |
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Chapters |
Topics |
HW |
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JAN 7 |
M |
Discussion of syllabus and introduction |
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JAN 9 |
W |
Heat and temperature |
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JAN 11 |
F |
Chapter
2 and 3 |
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JAN 14 |
M |
Probability, |
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JAN 16 |
W |
Chapter 3 |
Probability |
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| JAN 18 |
F |
Temperature and thermometry |
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JAN 21 |
M |
No class |
Martin Luther King Day |
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JAN 23 |
W |
Ensembles and Boltzmann distribution |
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JAN 25 |
F |
Chapter
5 |
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution |
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JAN 28 |
M |
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution & ideal
gas equation |
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JAN 30 |
W |
Pressure & ideal gas equation |
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FEB 1 |
F |
In class exam |
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FEB 4 |
M |
Equipartition of energy |
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FEB 6 |
W |
Energy and first law of thermodynamics |
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FEB 8 |
F |
Reversibility, isothermal and adiabatic processses |
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FEB 11 |
M |
Chapter 12 |
Isothermal and adiabatic processses |
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FEB 13 |
W |
Heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics |
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FEB 15 |
F |
Heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics |
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FEB 18 |
M |
Entropy, reversible and irreversible processes |
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| FEB 20 |
W |
Chapter 14 |
Entropy, reversible and irreversible processes |
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FEB 22 |
F |
Chapter
14 |
Entropy: ideal gas, mixing, Joule expansion,Maxwell
demon
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FEB 25 |
M |
Helmholtz free energy and Boltzmann factor |
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| FEB 27 |
W |
In class exam |
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MAR 1 |
F |
Chapter 16 |
Thermodynamic potentials and Maxwell's relations |
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MAR 4 |
M |
No class |
Spring break |
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MAR 6 |
W |
No class |
Spring break |
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| MAR 8 |
F |
No class |
Spring break |
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| MAR 11 |
M |
Chapter 16 |
Thermodynamic potentials and available energy |
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| MAR 13 |
W |
Applications to elastic systems: |
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MAR 15 |
F |
Chapter 17 |
Applications to other systems: |
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MAR 18 |
M |
Chapter 17 |
Paramagnetism |
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| MAR 20 |
W |
Buffer |
Additional Thermal Physics Problems (TdS eqs) |
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| MAR 22 |
F |
Third law of thermodynamics |
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| MAR 25 |
M |
van der Waals (vdW) equation for a real gas |
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MAR 27 |
W |
Chapter 26 |
Reduced
form of vdW equation, corresponding states |
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MAR 29 |
F |
Chapter 26 |
vdW gas: phase transitions, coexisting phases |
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APR 1 |
M |
Chapter 26 |
vdW gas: Maxwell construction, expansivity,
specific heat |
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APR 3 |
W |
Chapter
27 |
Joule expansion and Joule-Thomson expansion |
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APR 5 |
F |
In class exam |
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APR 8 |
M |
Reversible adiabatic and isothermal expansions |
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| APR 10 |
W |
Chapter 27 |
Cooling of vdW gas, inversion curve |
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| APR 12 |
F |
Chapter 22(1,2 &5)
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ALC quiz |
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| APR 15 |
M |
Chapter
28 |
Chemical potential and phase transitions |
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APR 17 |
W |
Latent heat, Clausius Clapryon eq, 1st order
transitions |
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APR 19 |
F |
Chapter 28 |
Gibbs phase rule and metastability |
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APR 22 |
M |
Chapter 28 |
Special Topics |
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APR 24 |
W |
NA |
Special Topics and review for finals |
G |
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APR 30 |
T |
Final exam |
Cumulative, 10:00 AM - 12:00
PM |
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