17 January 2014
Meeting: DLR 1
2:30 - 3:45 PM Wednesday & Friday
Text: An Introduction To Thermal Physics by D. V. Schroeder
View the grade spreadsheet (pdf).
Course Policies
Notes [word file, about 1 MB]
| Assignment | Assigned | What | Due |
| 0.5 | 13 January | Read Chapter One, all of it. | 17 January |
| 1 | 17 January |
Chapter One: 2, 3, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 21, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33,
37 |
22 January |
| 2 | 22 January |
Chapter One: 23, 24, 25, 34, 41, 43, 45, 57(in
case you ever see the term "R-value" someplace, someday.) POSTED |
29 February |
| 2.5 | 29 January | Read Chapter Two, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 | |
| 3 | 2 February | Chapter Two: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 | 7 February |
| 4 | 7 February |
Chapter Two: 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 21, 23, 29, 30 POSTED |
16 February |
| 4.5 | 9 February | Read Chapter Three, Sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 | |
| Exam I | Chapters One & Two | 23 February | |
| 5 | 23 February |
Chapter Three: 1, 5, 8,10, 11, 12, 13 POSTED |
8 March |
| 5.5 | 8 March | Read Chapter Four | |
| 6 | 15 March |
Chapter Four: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 |
20 March |
| 7 | 20 March |
Chapter Four: 10, 11, 14 |
22 March |
| 7.5 | Read Chapter Five, Sections 1, 2, 3 | ||
| 8 | 27 March |
Chapter Four: 16, 22, 30 Chapter Five: 1, 2, 8, 10 For 5.1, see pp 77-78 POSTED |
3 April |
| 8.5 | 10 April | Read Chapter Six & Sections 7.4 & 7.5 | |
| 9 | 17 April |
Chapter Five: 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 32, 33 POSTED |
24 April |
| 10 | 24 April |
Chapter 6: 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 15, 23, 33,
34, 39 For 6.6, see top of page 224. POSTED |
1 May |
| Exam II | Chapters Three, Four & Five | 1 May | |
| Final Exam |
Chapters 1 - 6 (or portions thereof) Assignments 1 - 10 |
9 May 10:35 AM |
|
Physics 304 Thermodynamics
Spring 2014
Temperature, thermodynamic systems, work, the
First Law, heat, ideal gases, the Second Law, reversibility
and irreversibility, the Carnot cycle, entropy,
Boltzmann statistics, equipartition of energy.
Introductory statistical mechanics. 3 credits.
program learning goals for the Physics major can be found at www.sbu.edu”)
course outcomes
1. Define and explain physically the following:
a. Conservation law
b. Energy and internal energy
c. Entropy
d. Equilibrium state
e. Time-reversible and time-irreversible process
f. Enthalpy
gi. Adiabatic process
h. Isentropic process
i. Compressibility
2. Use the 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics to calculate heat transfer, work
done and entropy changes in a thermodynamic system.
3. Use the equation of state and the definition of enthalpy to calculate
thermodynamic properties.
4. Become familiar with the basic principles of Statistical Mechanics.
MEETING: Rm. 1 DeLaRoche, 2:30 - 3:45 PM Wednesday &
Friday
TEXT: An Introduction To Thermal Physics by D. V. Schroeder
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. J. Kiefer
OFFICE: 120B DLR
OFFICE HOURS: or by appointment or walking in
Web Page: Moodle
Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 2nd Edition 1949, page 881:
Thermodynamics is the science which treats of the mechanical action or relations
of heat.
Thermodynamics developed in parallel with Mechanics and Electromagnetism as a study of how macroscopic systems change temperature, or expand & contract, or change state from solid to liquid to gas & back again. Subsequently, the macroscopic phenomena were related to the interactions among large numbers of particles through Statistical Mechanics. Thus, we speak of macroscopic and microscopic thermodynamics. This text book takes a blended approach to the "Laws" of Thermodynamics, relating them from the start to the microscopic behaviors of particles. We see these "Laws" at work around us every day, in the refrigerators and automobile engines, the weather, and even misused in debates regarding biological evolution. The fundamental concepts of thermodynamics are temperature and heat, the understandings of which have evolved over time. We'll have to start with definitions of those terms. The "Laws" will follow.
The work required of you in this course has three components:
problem assignments, period examinations, and a final examination. Each problem
assignment will have a due date. An assignment submitted after its due date will
be assessed a 50% penalty. The solutions to each problem assignment will be
available at some time after its due date. Assignments will not be accepted
after the solutions are posted. The period examinations will be given during
certain class periods, and will include problems and brief-discussion questions.
At the end of the semester, there will be a comprehensive final examination,
similar in format to the period examinations. The purpose of these examinations
is to provide you opportunities to demonstrate your mastery of the concepts of
Thermodynamics.
If an examination is missed for reasons of illness or an
emergency, it may be made up in a special exam session to be scheduled later.
However, an exam may be made up only if arrangement is made with the instructor
in a timely manner—within a week of the end of the illness or emergency.
The course grade will be based on:
a) homework assignments (20%)
b) period examinations (60%)
c) comprehensive final examination (20%)
Letter grades are assigned according to the following scheme:
|
90% . . . . |
A |
87.76% . |
A- |
|
83.33%. . |
B+ |
80% . . . . |
B |
|
76.67%. . |
B- |
73.33%. . |
C+ |
|
70% . . . . |
C |
66.67%. . |
C- |
|
63.33%. . |
D+ |
60% . . . . |
D |
|
56.67%. . |
D- |
<56.67%. . |
F |
Do not hesitate to ask questions in class or to come to the instructor's office. Do not spend hours puzzling over a homework problem. Discuss it with a colleague or the course instructor or another faculty member.
Refer to the Student Handbook for information regarding the University Policy on Academic Honesty.
Students with disabilities who believe they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the Disability Support Services Office, Doyle room 26, at 375-2065 as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.