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Schedule

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Week Date Prelectures Checkpoints Lectures Prelabs/Labs Discussions Homework Exams
1
Monday
10/11/2021
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Lecture 1: Equilibrium, entropy, and energy
Book: Introduction, 5A, 5B
pdf pptx
       
Tuesday
10/12/2021
      No Lab Discussion 1
Solution
   
Wednesday
10/13/2021
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Lecture 2: Heat and temperature
Book: Chapters 2, 7B, 7D
pdf pptx
   
Thursday
10/14/2021
         
Friday
10/15/2021
    No lectures on Fridays!    
2
Monday
10/18/2021
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Lecture 3: Ideal gases and equipartition
Book: Chapter 3
pdf pptx
       
Tuesday
10/19/2021
      Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Ideal Gas Law
Discussion 2
Solution
Homework 1 due
Homework 2 due
 
Wednesday
10/20/2021
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Lecture 4: Equipartition and molar heat capacity
Book: Chapter 3
pdf pptx
   
Thursday
10/21/2021
         
Friday
10/22/2021
         
3
Monday
10/25/2021
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Lecture 5: Thermodynamic processes
Book: Chapters 4A, 4B, 4C, 4E
pdf pptx
       
Tuesday
10/26/2021
      No Lab Discussion 3
Solution
Homework 3 due
Homework 4 due
 
Wednesday
10/27/2021
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Lecture 6: Reversible processes
Book: Chapters 4B, 4F
pdf pptx
   
Thursday
10/28/2021
         
Friday
10/29/2021
         
4
Monday
11/1/2021
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7

Lecture 7: Boltzmann factor
Book: Chapters 8A, 8B
pdf pptx

       
Tuesday
11/2/2021
      No Lab Discussion 4
Solution
Homework 5 due
Homework 6 due
Hour Exam 1
Wednesday
11/3/2021
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8

Lecture 8: Boltzmann examples
Book: Chapters 9A, 9B
pdf pptx

   
Thursday
11/4/2021
         
Friday
11/5/2021
         
5
Monday
11/8/2021
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Lecture 9: Helmholtz free energy (F)
Book: Chapters 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E
pdf pptx
       
Tuesday
11/9/2021
      Prelab 2
Lab 2:
Thermal Properties
of Materials
Discussion 5
Solution
Homework 7 due
Homework 8 due
 
Wednesday
11/10/2021
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Lecture 10: Chemical equilibria
Book: Chapters 11A, 11D, 11E, 11F
pdf pptx
 
Thursday
11/11/2021
       
Friday
11/12/2021
       
6
Monday
11/15/2021
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Lecture 11a: Gibbs free energy
Book: Chapters 14A, 14B, 14D
pdf pptx
       
Tuesday
11/16/2021
      No Lab Discussion 6
Solution
Homework 9 due
Homework 10 due
Hour Exam 2
Wednesday
11/17/2021
    Lecture 11b: Gibbs free energy II
Book: Chapters 14A, 14B, 14D
pdf pptx
   
Thursday
11/18/2021
         
Friday
11/19/2021
         
7
Monday
11/22/2021
Fall break
8
Monday
11/29/2021
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 Lecture 12a: Phases
Book: Chapters 13D, 13E, 13F
pdf pptx
       
Tuesday
11/30/2021
     

Prelab 3
Lab 3:

Phase Transitions

Discussion 7
Solution
   
Wednesday
12/1/2021
    Lecture 12b: Phases II
Book: Chapters 13D, 13E, 13F
pdf pptx
   
Thursday
12/2/2021
         
Friday
12/3/2021
         
9
Monday
12/6/2021
    Lecture 13: Working through problems
Book: Chapters 9D, 9E, 9F
pdf pptx
       
Tuesday
12/7/2021
          Homework 11 due
Homework 12 due
 
Wednesday
12/8/2021
   

Final review

pdf pptx

       
Thursday
12/9/2021
Reading Day
Friday
12/10/2021
             

Final Exam: At the CBTF, 12/9--12/13