{{page>wiki:headers:hheader}} ====== Prerequisites for the Rubber Band Lab ====== Before performing this lab, students should: * Have the ability to relate the first thermodynamic law and the thermodynamic identity. * Be able to interpret partial derivatives. * Be able to understand and use the symmetry of mixed partials. * Know how to derive Maxwell's relations using the symmetry of mixed partials. {{page>wiki:footers:courses:eefooter}}