PHYS 213 Spring 2024
PHYS 213 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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The book chapter recommendations are supplementary to the prelecture notes. Generally the course follows the notes very closely, and the book only approximately.
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Monday
3/4/2024 |
Prelecture 1 | Checkpoint 1 | Lecture 1: Internal energy Book: Introduction Chapter 1 pdf pptx |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 1 Solution |
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Tuesday
3/5/2024 |
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Wednesday
3/6/2024 |
Prelecture 2 | Checkpoint 2 | Lecture 2: Temperature, heat capacity Book: Chapters 3 A-D pdf pptx |
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Thursday
3/7/2024 |
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Friday
3/8/2024 |
No lectures on Fridays! | |||||||
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Monday
3/11/2024 |
Spring break, no class | ||||||
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Tuesday
3/12/2024 |
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Wednesday
3/13/2024 |
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Thursday
3/14/2024 |
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Friday
3/15/2024 |
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Monday
3/18/2024 |
Prelecture 3 | Checkpoint 3 | Lecture 3: Entropy Book: Chapter 2, 5 pdf pptx |
Prelab 1 Lab 1: Ideal Gas Law |
Discussion 2 Solution |
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Tuesday
3/19/2024 |
Homework 1 due Homework 2 due |
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Wednesday
3/20/2024 |
Prelecture 4 | Checkpoint 4 | Lecture 4: Entropy II Book: Chapter 6 pdf pptx |
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Thursday
3/21/2024 |
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Friday
3/22/2024 |
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| 4 |
Monday
3/25/2024 |
Prelecture 5 | Checkpoint 5 | Lecture 5: Kinetic theory of the ideal gas Book: Chapter 3 pdf pptx |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 3 Solution |
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Tuesday
3/26/2024 |
Homework 3 due Homework 4 due |
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Wednesday
3/27/2024 |
Prelecture 6 | Checkpoint 6 | Lecture 6: Quasistatic processes Book: Chapter 4 A-C pdf pptx |
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Thursday
3/28/2024 |
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Friday
3/29/2024 |
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| 5 |
Monday
4/1/2024 |
Prelecture 7 | Checkpoint 7 | Lecture 7: Thermodynamic cycles Book: Chapter 4 E-F pdf pptx |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 4 Solution |
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Tuesday
4/2/2024 |
Homework 5 due Homework 6 due |
Hour Exam 1 (04/03-05) | ||||||
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Wednesday
4/3/2024 |
Prelecture 8 | Checkpoint 8 | Lecture 8: Gibbs free energy: equilibrium in contact with a bath Book: Chapter 10E pdf pptx |
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Thursday
4/4/2024 |
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Friday
4/5/2024 |
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| 6 |
Monday
4/8/2024 |
Prelecture 9 | Checkpoint 9 | Lecture 9: Chemical potential and phase diagrams pdf pptx |
Prelab 2 Lab 2: Thermal properties of materials |
Discussion 5 Solution |
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Tuesday
4/9/2024 |
Homework 7 due Homework 8 due |
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Wednesday
4/10/2024 |
Prelecture 10 | Checkpoint 10 | Lecture 10: Ideal solutions pdf pptx |
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Thursday
4/11/2024 |
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Friday
4/12/2024 |
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Monday
4/15/2024 |
Prelecture 11 | Checkpoint 11 | Lecture 11: Microscopic probabilities: Boltzmann Book: Chapters 8 pdf pptx |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 6 Solution |
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Tuesday
4/16/2024 |
Homework 9 due Homework 10 due |
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Wednesday
4/17/2024 |
Lecture 11 part 2 |
Hour Exam 2 (04/17-19) | ||||||
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Thursday
4/18/2024 |
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Friday
4/19/2024 |
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| 8 |
Monday
4/22/2024 |
Prelecture 12 | Checkpoint 12 | Lecture 12: Boltzmann examples Book: Chapters 9 pdf pptx |
Prelab 3 Lab 3: Phase Transitions |
Discussion 7 Solution |
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Tuesday
4/23/2024 |
Homework 11 due
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Wednesday
4/24/2024 |
Prelecture 13 | Checkpoint 13 | Lecture 13: Application to semiconductors Book: Chapters 12C pdf pptx |
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Thursday
4/25/2024 |
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Friday
4/26/2024 |
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| 9 |
Monday
4/29/2024 |
Lecture 14: Thermodynamics and climate pdf pptx |
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Tuesday
4/30/2024 |
Homework 12 due Homework 13 due |
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Wednesday
5/1/2024 |
Lecture 15: Final review pdf pptx Extra notes |
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Thursday
5/2/2024 |
Reading Day | |||||||
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Friday
5/3/2024 |
Final Exam (05/02-06) | |||||||