Physics
351 Thermal Physics Spring 2009
Professor:
Weida Wu
Office:
Serin Physics
Building West 117W
e-mail:
wdwu@physics.rutgers.edu
telephone:
732-445-5500 X 8299 (office)
Office
hours: Wednesday 2:30PM
- 3:30PM
and by appointment
Lectures:
SEC-117,
Wednesday 10:20-11:40 AM
and Friday 3:20-4:40 PM
Grader:
Mr. Amitpal Tagore (ARC 221) (tagoreas@physics.rutgers.edu)
Textbook
(required):
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TITLE: Introduction
to Thermal Physics
by Daniel V. Schroeder
ISBN: 0201-38027-7
ISBN 13: 978-0201-38027-9
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Publish Date: 1999-08-28
Binding: Hardcover , 422
pages
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Web Site
Access (required):
Follow Physics 351
link
in the
Physics Department home page. Homework
assignments, announcements and notes will be posted here. This
link must
be visited regularly.
Syllabus (lecture notes homeworks and exams)
Grading
Based on two midterm exams (20
% each),
final exam (30 %), and homework (30 %).
Final
exam 
Date:
May 12, 4-7 PM,
Room: SEC 117
Exam format: Open book but NO homework
solutions or PRINTED lecture notes. Handwritten cheat-sheets are
allowed.
Final grade: Final
grades are available on gradebook.
Grade cutoffs
A
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B+
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B
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C+
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C
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D
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82.5
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75
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59.5
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55
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35
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25
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Announcement
[May 13, 2009] Solution of Final exam is
posted. Final grades are posted on gradebook.
[May 07, 2009] Change
of office hour on Friday (May
8): 10:00AM-noon.
[May 03, 2009] Office
hours in reading week: Wednesday (May 6), 10AM--noon, 2:00--4:00PM;
Friday (May 8), 2:00-4:00PM. Email me for individual
appointments.
[Apr. 30, 2009] Solution of HW11 is posted.
[Apr. 29, 2009] Lecture 28 is posted.
[Apr. 23, 2009] HW11
is posted. Solution
of HW10 is posted.
[Apr. 17, 2009] HW10 is posted. Solution
of HW9 is posted.
[Apr. 13, 2009] No lecture notes will be posted from
now on. I will use blackboard for the lecture 23 to 26.
[Apr. 13, 2009] We will skip Debye theory of solid (Lecture 27). Instead, I will give overview in Lecture 27 & 28.
[Apr. 08, 2009] HW9 is posted.
[Apr. 08, 2009] An error in
solution of Midterm II (09) is corrected.
[Apr. 03, 2009] Solution of Midterm II (09) is posted.
[Apr. 02, 2009] HW8 solution is posted.
[Mar. 30, 2009] Lecture 19 is posted.
[Mar. 26, 2009] HW7 solution is
posted.
[Mar. 23, 2009] Lecture 17 and 18 and HW8 are posted.
[Mar. 12, 2009] HW6 solution and
HW7 are
posted.
[Mar. 09, 2009] Lecture
15&16 are posted.
[Mar. 05, 2009] HW5 solution is
posted.
[Mar. 02, 2009] Lecture
13&14, HW6 are posted.
[Feb. 26, 2009] HW5 is posted.
Lecture 12 is updated.
[Feb. 22, 2009] Midterm I solution and grades are posted, Lecture
11 & 12 are posted.
[Feb. 19, 2009] HW4 solution is posted.
[Feb. 18, 2009] graded homeworks are placed
outside my office.
[Feb. 16, 2009] Lecture 9 is updated.
[Feb. 12, 2009] HW4 is posted. Lecture 8 is updated, HW3
solution is posted.
[Feb. 9, 2009] HW2 solution
was posted. Lecture 7&8 are up.
[Feb. 5, 2009] HW3 is posted. HW2 solution
will be posted tomorrow afternoon.
[Feb. 4, 2009] To accommodate
the possibility that you
have a legitimate reason to have missed an assignment, your lowest homework score will be dropped, i.e. only 10
highest homework scores will be counted toward your final grade. No late or makeup homework starting next week.
[Feb. 2, 2009] Lecture 5&6 are posted,
lecture 4 is updated.
[Jan. 30, 2009] HW1 solution is posted.
[Jan. 26, 2009] HW1 is due on Thursday
(01/29/2009) noon due to weather.
[Jan. 26, 2009] Leture 3
& 4, HW2 are up.
[Jan. 23, 2009] Office hour is changed to
Wed. 2:30 PM to 3:30PM.
[Jan. 20, 2009] Homework 1 is up.
[Jan. 15, 2009] Lecture 1 & 2 are up.
[Jan. 10, 2009] Welcome to Physics 351,
website is up.
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