Day
Welcome sessions
Learning to use the software for remote learning
Before classes start
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Anything else?
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Introduction to Gradescope
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PH 423 photos permission
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Why Physics?
Wednesday 9/23
Syllabus and remote learning
Thermodynamic properties
State variables
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Checking for Intensiveness / Extensiveness
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Extensive Internal Energy
Math Bits:
Building the PDM
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Building the PDM: Instructions
Friday 9/25
Math Bits:
State variables on the PDM
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group Physical Properties of the PDM
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Classifying Variables as Intensive or Extensive
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Spring Force Constant
Monday 9/28
Math Bits:
Derivatives are observable
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group Isolength and Isoforce Stretchability on the PDM
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face Derivatives Are Observable (Lecture)
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face Thermodynamic Systems (Lecture)
Math Bits:
PDM Dictionary
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group Name the experiment (PDM Dictionary)
Wednesday 9/30
Math Bits:
Representations for derivatives
Holding things fixed
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Derivatives from Data (NIST)
LO2
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Translating Contours
Math Bits:
Differentials
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face Zapping with d (Lecture)
TM2
Friday 10/2
Math Bits:
The Multivariable Chain Rule
Math Bits:
Interpreting Derivatives
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face Interpreting Differentials (Lecture)
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Coffees and Bagels and Net Worth
LO3
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Isolength and Isoforce Stretchability
Monday 10/5
Math Bits:
Systems of Equations
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group The Isothermal Bulk Modulus
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Paramagnet (multiple solutions)
Wednesday 10/7
Math Bits:
Chain Rule Diagrams
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face Chain Rules (Lecture)
TM1
Friday 10/9
Ice calorimetry lab
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Microwave ice calorimetry lab questions
Monday 10/12
First and Second Laws of thermodynamics
Wednesday 10/14
Second Law
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Adiabatic Compression
LO5
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Bottle in a Bottle
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Bottle in a Bottle 2
Friday 10/16
Discuss free expansion
Melting ice activity
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face Heat Capacity and Entropy
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group Melting Ice Lab
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Melting ice lab questions
LO2
LO4
LO6
LO7
Monday 10/19
Changing entropy
Heat and Work
Wednesday 10/21
Midterm review
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face Energy and Entropy Midterm Review
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face Energy and Entropy midterm equation sheet
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face PH 423 Differentials Review
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Midterm practice
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Midterm practice
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Midterm practice
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Midterm practice
Friday 10/23
MIDTERM
Monday 10/26
Math Bits:
Internal energy on PDM
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face Internal Energy on the PDM (Lecture)
Math Bits:
Cycles
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PDM Elevator (Student Data)
Wednesday 10/28
Engines and Fridges
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face Other views of the Second Law
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face Heat Engines
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Heat Pump
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Power from the Ocean
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Power Plant on a River
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Violating the Second Law
Friday 10/30
Monday 11/2
Thermodynamics practice
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face Ideal Gas
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group Analyzing a Simple Cycle Using a \(p V\) Curve
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Hot Metal Cube
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Isothermal/Adiabatic Compressibility
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Non-Ideal Gas
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Plastic Rod
LO4
LO5
LO6
LO7
Wednesday 11/4
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face Finding entropy review
Friday 11/6
Math Bits
Legendre transformations
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group Legendre Transformations on the PDM
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Bungee
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Helmholtz Free Energy of a Van Der Waals Gas
LO6
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Temperature Change of an Ideal Gas
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Using Gibbs Free Energy
Monday 11/9
Thermodynamic potentials
Maxwell Relations
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face Thermodynamic Potentials
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face Maxwell relations
Remember to make Ideal gas internal energy homework not optional for next year.
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Ideal gas internal energy
LO6
Wednesday 11/11
VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY
Friday 11/13
Thermodynamics Practice
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group Name the experiment (Maxwell relations)
\begin{align*}\left(\frac{\partial {S}}{\partial {V}}\right)_{T} \quad
\left(\frac{\partial {S}}{\partial {V}}\right)_{p}\end{align*}
Move plastic rod to the next HW for next year.
Monday 11/16
Black Body Radiation
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face Thermodynamics of black body radiation
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face Review of Thermodynamics
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face Quasistatic Revisited
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group Black Body Objects
Wednesday 11/18
Thermodynamics and statistics
Statistical Approach
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face Thermo and Statistics Intro
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face The fairness function
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group Demonstrating Extensivity in the Fairness Function
Friday 11/20
Statistical Approach
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face Maximizing fairness (least bias)
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face Thermodynamic properties from the Boltzmann factor
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Boltzmann probabilities
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Diatomic hydrogen
LO8
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Gas in the atmosphere
LO8
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Heat capacity for particle in a box
LO8
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Nucleus in a Magnetic Field
LO6
Monday 11/23
Using the Boltzmann factor
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group Interstellar medium
Wednesday 11/25
Review
Also taking physics out of integrals
Friday 11/27
DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING
Monday 11/30
Statistical mechanics of air
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face Quantum Spectra
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face Diatomic ideal gas
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group Internal Energy of a Diatomic Ideal Gas
Wednesday 12/2
Statistical mechanics of air
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face Recap of activity
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face Limiting Cases
Friday 12/4
Finish Statistical mechanics of air
Tuesday 12/8
Final exam
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Defect states
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Gibbs free energy
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Hot computer
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Ideal gas cycle
LO6
LO7