| Week | Dates | Topic | Assignment | Assignment Due | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 18-25 | Basic Concepts & Counting States | PS 1 Sections 1.1-1.9 & 2.1-2.5 | Sep 28 | |||
| 2 | Sep 28-Oct 2 | Temperature & Entropy | PS 2 Secs 2.6-2.11, 3.1-3.5, 3.7, 3.10, 3.11 | Oct 5 | |||
| 3 | Oct 5-Oct 9 | Thermo I | PS 3 Chapter 4, Chapter 5: 5.1-5.4 | Oct 12 | |||
| 4 | Oct 12-16 | Thermo II | PS 4 Chapter 5, 5.5-5.12 | Oct 19 | |||
| 5 | Oct 19-23 | Partition Function | PS 5 Chapter 6, 6.1-6.9 | Oct 26 | |||
| 6 | Oct 26-30 | Application of Stat. Mech. | PS 6 Chapter 7 | Nov 9 | |||
| 6 | Oct 28 | Midterm Thursday Oct 29, 7:30-9:30 PM, Jadwin A10 | |||||
| Oct 31 - Nov 8 | Fall Recess | ||||||
| 7 | Nov 9-Nov 13 | Chemical Equilibrium | PS 7 Chapter 8 | Nov 16 | |||
| 8 | Nov 16-20 | Quantum Gasses | PS 8 Chapter 9 | Nov 30 | |||
| 9 | Nov 23-25 | Quantum Gasses | Chapter 9 continued. | Nov 30 | |||
| 10 | Nov 26 & 27 | Thanksgiving recess | |||||
| 10 | Nov 30 - Dec 4 | Systems of interacting particles | Chapter 10 | Dec 7 | |||
| 11 | Dec 7-Dec 11 | Transport processes | Chapter 12 | Dec 18, 3 PM | |||
| 12 | Dec 14-18 | Irreversible processes and fluctuations | Chapter 15 | Jan 11 | |||
| Dec 18 - Jan 3 | Winter Recess | ||||||
| TBD | Final exam: 3 hours on Friday Jan 15 at 1:30 PM in A10 | ||||||