Assignment 3 can be found here. It is due in class on Thursday, October 1st.
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Here is the pdf file for lecture 6, which covers……
• more on the kinetic theory of gasses
• maximum efficiency of heat engines
Here is a link to the UN webcasts – the climate summit videos are from Sept. 22, 2009.
Here is the pdf file for lecture 5, which covers……
• Mechanical equivalent of heat
• Kinetic theory of gasses
• Kelvin temperature scale and absolute zero.
New York Times article on today’s climate change summit at the U.N.
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TA Office Hours
The TA – Jessica Cook – will be holding office hours on Tuesdays from 1:30PM to 2:30PM and Wednesdays from 1PM – 2PM at LGRT 312.
My office hours are Mondays from 11AM – 12PM at LGRT 1132, or by appointment.
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Homework 2
Assignment 2 can be found here. It is due in class on Thursday, September 24th.
Here is the pdf file for lecture 4, which covers……
• The concept of power and Watts, the unit of power
• Thermal energy and BTU’s, a unit of thermal energy
Here is the pdf file for lecture 2, which covers ….
• The many forms of energy
• Conservation of energy
• Second law of thermodynamics
• Kinetic Energy
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Homework 1
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Lecture 1
Here is the pdf file for lecture 1, which gives a basic introduction to the course.
Here is also a link to the Energy Information Agency of the DOE, the source for the energy supply and demand projections discussed in class (and much more).