Week 1
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Course introduction |
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5.3 Heat and temperature
5.3.2 Thermal properties of matter
5.3.2.1 Thermal energy and specific heat
5.3.2.2 Heat capacity
5.3.2.3 Heat transfer
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Thermal energy and heat flow |
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3 |
Interlude 2: The Micro to Macro Connection
7. Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
7.1 Kinetic theory: the ideal gas law
7.2 The 1st law of thermodynamics
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First law
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Week 2
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No reading |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
| 1/18 |
4 |
7.2.1 Organizing the idea of energy
7.2.2 Enthalpy
7.2.3 Thermodynamic equilibrium and equipartition
7.2.3.1 Example: Degrees of freedom
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Building up to Enthalpy |
| 1/20 |
5 |
Why do we need a 2nd Law?
7.3.1 The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics: A Probabilistic Law
7.3.2 Implications of the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Entropy
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Energy Sharing and Distributions |
Week 3
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6 |
7.3.2.1 Why entropy is logarithmic
7.3.2.3 A way to think about entropy — sharing
7.3.2.2 Biological consequences of the 2nd Law
7.3.2.4 Example: Entropy and heat flow
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The Second Law of Thermodynamics |
| 1/25 |
7 |
7.3.3 Motivating free energy
7.3.3.1 Gibbs free energy
7.3.3.1.1 Example: Free energy of an expanding gas
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Entropy: Examples
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| 1/27 |
8 |
7.3.4 How energy is distributed: Fluctuations
7.3.4.1 Boltzmann distribution
7.3.4.2 Boltzmann distribution and Gibbs free energy
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Free energy |
Week 4
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9 |
No reading
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Free energy examples |
| 2/1 |
10 |
4.2.4.1 Charge and the structure of matter
4.2.4.3 Coulomb’s law
4.2.4.3.2 Reading the content in Coulomb’s law
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The Boltzmann distribution, fluctuations, and entropy |
| 2/3 |
11 |
8.1 The Electric field
8.1.2 Making sense of the idea of field
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Recap: Electric charge and force; Electric fields |
Week 5: TEST 1 Tues. 2/7
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| 2/6 |
12 |
6.2.3 Electric potential energy
8.2 The electric potential
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Electrostatic potential |
| 2/8 |
13 |
No reading
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Electrostatic potential: Examples |
| 2/10 |
14 |
8.2.1 Motivating simple electric models
8.2.1.1 A simple electric model: a line charge
8.2.1.1.1 Line-charge integral
8.2.1.2 A simple electric model: a sheet of charge
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Charged lines and sheets |
Week 6
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15 |
8.4.1 Two parallel sheets of charge
8.4.2 The capacitor
8.3.3 Dielectric constant |
Capacitors
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16 |
8.3.1 Screening of electrical interactions in salt solution
8.3.1.1 Debye length
8.3.2 Nernst potential
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Dielectrics |
| 2/17 |
17 |
8.5.1 Quantifying electric current
8.5.2 Resistive electric flow: Ohm’s law |
Electrostatics in a fluid |
Week 7
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| 2/20 |
18 |
8.5.3 Ways to think about current: A toolbox of models
8.5.5 Electric energy and power
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Electric current and circuits
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| 2/22 |
19 |
8.5.4 Kirchhoff’s principles
Resistors in series
Resistors in parallel
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More on circuits
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2/24 |
20 |
Reading? TBD |
Magnetic fields |
Week 8: TEST 2 Tues. 2/28
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| 2/27 |
21 |
9. Oscillations and waves
9.1 Harmonic oscillation
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More examples/review |
| 3/1 |
22 |
No reading |
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| 3/3 |
23 |
9.1.1 Mass on a spring
9.1.1.1 Hanging mass on a spring
9.1.1.2 The pendulum
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Week 9
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3/6 |
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9.1.2 Damped oscillators
9.1.3 Driven oscillators: resonance
9.1.5 Quantum oscillators — discrete states |
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25 |
9.2 Waves in 1D
9.2.1 Waves on an elastic string
9.2.2 Wave pulses
9.2.2.1 Propagating a wave pulse – the math
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9.2.3 Wave speed
9.2.4 Superposition of waves in 1D
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Week 10
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| 3/13 |
27 |
9.2.4.1 Beats
9.2.4.2 Standing waves
9.2.5 Sinusoidal waves |
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| 3/15 |
28 |
No reading |
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3/17 |
29 |
10 Three models of light
10.3 The photon model of light
10.3.1 Basic principles of the photon model |
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SPRING BREAK
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Week 11: TEST 3 Tues. 3/28
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| 3/27 |
30 |
10.1.1 Basic principles of the ray model
10.1.2 Flat mirrors
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review for test
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| 3/29 |
31 |
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3/31 |
32 |
10.1.3 Curved mirrors
10.1.3.1 Curved mirror equations |
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Week 12
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33 |
10.1.4 Lenses
10.1.4.1 Lens equations |
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| 4/5 |
34 |
10.2.1 Electromagnetic radiation and Maxwell’s rainbow
10.2.2 Huygens’ principle and the wave model |
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| 4/7 |
35 |
10.2.2.1 The math of Huygens’ principle
10.2.3 Two-slit interference |
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Week 13
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36 |
10.2.4 Diffraction
10.2.4.1 Interference from two wide slits |
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| 4/12 |
37 |
10.3.1.1 Reconciling the wave and photon model – sort of
10.4 Color and light
10.4.1 Visual implications
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| 4/14 |
38 |
No reading |
More on light |
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Week 14: TEST 4 Tues. 4/18
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39 |
6.4.1 Energy at the sub-molecular level
6.4.2 Atomic and Molecular forces
6.4.2.1 Interatomic forces
6.4.2.1.1 The Lennard-Jones potential
6.4.2.2 Chemical bonding |
Physics Perspective on Chemical Bonds |
| 4/19 |
40 |
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Atomic nucleus |
| 4/21 |
41 |
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Electronic structure |
Week 15
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| 4/24 |
42 |
No reading |
REVIEW
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Exam Week
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| 5/1 |
FINAL EXAM |
Time: 6:00-8:50 PM |
Location: TBD |
