Physics
351 Thermal Physics Spring 2019
| Professor |
Weida Wu
Office:
Serin
Physics
Building 117W
Email: wdwu AT physics.rutgers.edu
Telephone: 848-445-8751 (office)
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| Office
hour |
Thursday 1:30-2:30 PM
and by appointment only
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| Lectures |
Room: Physics Lecture Hall (PLH)
Monday 10:20 - 11:40 AM
Thursday 10:20 - 11:40 AM |
Grader
|
Ying-Ting Chan
Office: ARC219
Email: ytchan AT physics.rutgers.edu
Office Hour: Tuesday 3:30-4:30 PM
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Textbook
(required):
 |
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) 
Homework
due every Thursday 4 PM in grader's mailbox (unless announced otherwise).
Grading
Based on two midterm exams (25
% each),
final exam (30 %), and homework (20 %).
Homework
and
exam
grades
are
available
on
gradebook.
Grade cutoffs (Final)
A
|
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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75.0
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70.9
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61.8
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57.0
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49.0
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39.0
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Exam
format: Closed book, NEITHER homework
solutions NOR PRINTED lecture notes are allowed. For midterm, only one handwritten
cheat-sheet (letter size, double sided) is
allowed. For final exam, three handwritten
cheat-sheets are
allowed.
Makeup exam: You
will need a note from the Dean's Office (or your Doctor) documenting the reason for your
absence and requesting Prof. Wu to allow you to take the makeup exam.
This
policy will be enforced with no exception. The Dean's Office has a
form to fill out in the case of a conflict with another class or exam.
For final exam conflicts, please submit your request at least one week
before the exam date.
Academic Integrity -- Please review the Rutgers
Policy on Academic Integrity for Undergraduate and Graduate Students.
As this document makes clear, cheating can take many forms, none of
which are acceptable. Ultimately, cheating in any form will not work in
your favor: you will not learn the material for yourself. This can only
have a deleterious effect on your own future performance prospects in
other classes and in the world at large. Also, if you have any sort of
conscience, you will live with the knowledge that you cheated the rest
of your life. Maybe you will feel that you have "beaten the system" but
you have only degraded yourself. Just don't do it!
Links to recourses and policies (Disabilities, wellness, etc.)
Announcement
[May 15, 2019] Letter grades are submitted to the registrar.
[May 15, 2019] Final grades are uploaded to
gradebook. Solution of Final exam is posted on syllabus.
The average of final exam is 56, standard deviation is 19, the letter
grade cutoff is adjusted. Final grades will be submitted Friday noon.
[May 7, 2019] Solution of HW11 is posted on syllabus.
[May 6, 2019] Office hour during reading period: Tuesday 10AM-noon, Wednesday 2-4 PM.
[May 2, 2019] Lecture 21 is posted on syllabus. Deadline for requesting makeup exam is tomorrow (May 3) 5 pm.
[Apr. 30, 2019] Solutions of HW10 and practice final exam are posted on syllabus.
[Apr. 25, 2019] Lecture 20 is posted on syllabus.
[Apr. 24,
2019] Practice final exam is posted on syllabus.
[Apr. 22, 2019] If you have a final exam conflict
and need to take a makeup exam for 351, please email me your final exam
schedule (including all registered courses) by Friday May 3. I
will send out another email for makeup exam schedule on May 6.
[Apr. 22, 2019] Lecture 19 is posted on syllabus. Solution of HW9 is posted on syllabus.
[Apr. 18, 2019] Lecture 18 is posted on syllabus.
[Apr. 16, 2019] Solution of HW8 is posted on syllabus.
[Apr. 15, 2019] Lecture 17 is posted on syllabus.
[Apr. 11, 2019] Lecture 16 is posted on syllabus.
[Apr. 08, 2019] Lecture 15 is posted on syllabus.
[Apr. 06,
2019] Solution of second midterm exam is posted on syllabus. Your grades are uploaded to
gradebook. The average score is 57, and the standard deviation is 19.
[April 4, 2019] Solution of HW6 & 7 are posted on syllabus.
[April 1, 2019] Lecture 14 (Phase transformation of binary mixture) is posted on syllabus. This part is optional, won't be included in exams.
[Mar. 29, 2019] Solution of practice exam 2 is posted on syllabus.
[Mar. 25, 2019] Lecture 13 is posted on syllabus.
[Mar. 20, 2019] Syllabus
and HW7 are updated. Midterm II won't include "5.4 Phase
transformations of mixtures". The practice exam is posted.
[Mar. 14, 2019] Lecture 12 is posted on syllabus.
[Mar. 11, 2019] Lecture 11 is posted on syllabus.
[Mar. 9, 2019] Solution of HW5 is posted on syllabus.
[Mar. 3,
2019] Monday's lecture is cancelled due to inclement weather. See here for details. HW5 assignment is upated. Midterm II will be postponed to April. 4.
[Feb. 28,
2019] Lecture 10 is posted on syllabus.
[Feb. 28,
2019] Solution of First Midterm exam is posted on syllabus. Your grades are uploaded to
gradebook. The average score is 64, and the standard deviation is 23.
[Feb. 22,
2019] Solution of HW3 and HW4 is posted on syllabus.
[Feb. 18,
2019] Solution of practice exam 1 is posted on syllabus.
[Feb. 18,
2019] Lecture 8 is posted on syllabus.
[Feb. 11,
2019] Lecture 7 is posted on syllabus.
[Feb. 13,
2019] Practice exam 1 is posted on syllabus. There was a typo in the earlier version, the exam is closed book.
[Feb. 11,
2019] Lecture 6 is posted on syllabus.
[Feb. 7,
2019] Lecture 5 is posted on syllabus. Solution of HW2 will be posted tomorrow evening.
[Feb. 4,
2019] Lecture 4 is posted on syllabus.
[Feb. 3,
2019] Solution of HW1 is posted on syllabus.
[Jan. 31,
2019] Lecture 3 is posted on syllabus. Solution of HW1 will be posted tomorrow evening.
[Jan. 28,
2019] Lecture 2 is posted on syllabus.
[Jan. 24, 2019] Lecture 1 is posted on syllabus. See your email for passwd.
[Jan. 6,
2019] First class will be on Thursday, Jan. 24 according to Rutgers Academic Calendar.
[Nov. 30,
2018] Welcome to Physics 351,
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