PHYS 330 Block Schedule, Spring 2024 Semester

The lecture portion of this course is divided into six blocks of material, each with assigned readings, problems, and an examination.
The content noted here is a rough summary, not a complete list of everything you should learn.
Reading quizzes will be given prior to discussion of the relevant topics in lecture.
Some quiz or exam dates may change, but section and problem numbers are fixed. Note that we do cover every section of the text. All section and problem numbers refer to An Introduction to Thermal Physics by Daniel V. Schroeder (2000, 2021).
Problems include the chapter number to avoid ambiguity (e.g., 1.27 = chapter 1, problem 27).
Assigned problems are intended to guide your learning. They will not be graded but can be discussed anytime. All are fair game on exams, as are reading quiz questions, lecture examples, and other relevant material.
For further questions, please consult the syllabus or just ask.

Block	Sections	Content	Quiz	Problems	Exam
#1	1.1-1.3	thermal equilibrium, ideal gas, equipartition	Wed 24 Jan ~~Fri 19 Jan~~	1.1 1.7a 1.8a 1.12 1.14 1.16abcd 1.18 1.23	Mon 5 Feb ~~Fri 2 Feb~~
#1	1.4-1.6	heat, work, compression, heat capacities	Mon 29 Jan ~~Wed 24 Jan~~	1.26 1.28 1.31 1.34 1.36 1.37 1.42 1.47 1.49 1.50	Mon 5 Feb ~~Fri 2 Feb~~
#2	2.1-2.3	2-state systems. Einstein solid, interacting systems	Wed 7 Feb ~~Mon 5 Feb~~	2.1 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.10	Fri 16 Feb
#2	2.4-2.6	large systems, ideal gas, entropy	Mon 12 Feb ~~Fri 9 Feb~~	2.15 2.16 2.22 2.26 2.28 2.30 2.32 2.40	Fri 16 Feb
#3	3.1-3.3	temperature, entropy & heat, paramagnetism	Mon 19 Feb	3.1 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.16 3.20 3.24	Fri 1 Mar
#3	3.4-3.6	mech. equil. & pressure, diffus. equilib. & chem. potential	Fri 23 Feb	3.28 3.31 3.32 3.35 3.37b 3.39	Fri 1 Mar
#4	4.1-4.4	heat engines and refrigerators	Mon 4 Mar	4.2a 4.3ab 4.4 4.9 4.10 4.22 4.26 4.36	Wed 27 Mar
#4	5.1-5.3	free energy, phase transformations of pure substances	Mon 11 Mar	5.1 5.4 5.5 5.19 5.20 5.24 5.36ab 5.44	Wed 27 Mar
#5	6.1-6.3	Boltzmann factor, avg. values, equipartition theorem	Mon 25 Mar	6.6 6.10 6.12 6.13 6.15 6.17ab 6.23 6.25 6.31	Fri 5 Apr ~~Mon 8 Apr~~
#5	6.4-6.7	Maxwell speed distrib., partition functions, ideal gas revisited	Mon 1 Apr ~~Wed 3 Apr~~	6.33 6.38 6.46 6.47 6.48 6.49	Fri 5 Apr ~~Mon 8 Apr~~
#6	7.1-7.3	Gibbs factor, bosons & fermions, degenerate Fermi gases	Wed 10 Apr	7.3 7.4 7.8 7.9 7.11 7.13 7.14 7.19 7.20 7.22	Wed 24 Apr
#6	7.4-7.6	blackbody radiation, Debye solids, Bose-Einstein condensate	Fri 19 Apr	7.42 7.43 7.44c 7.51 7.54 7.55 7.58 7.66 7.67 7.68	Wed 24 Apr
Final	1.1-7.6	comprehensive final exam -- review all topics	review all	review all	Wed 1 May

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