PHYS 2426 Fall 2012

Textbook: Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 2, Halliday & Resnick, Walker, 9th Edition.

Homework will be written by me and posted on Blackboard. You will not need any online homework system, just the textbook.

 

Syllabus at Syllabus

 

The following links may be helpful and some of the materials found within may be used in class:

Interactive Examples

Prelectures

Practice Exams

 

COURSE OUTLINE/CALENDAR – Changes Announced in Class

PHYS 2426 #14848     Lec       005      CYP      2222    MW     10:30am- 11:50am                                                         Lab                  CYP      2236    MW     12:00pm- 1:20pm

Week

Coverage

Unit

Lab

1

Introduction

1

Safety & Lab Intro & Intro to Charge

1

Electric Field

2

Spreadsheet Programs

2

Holiday

 

 

2

Electric Field

2

1 Coulomb’s Law

3

Gauss’ Law

3

2 Introduction to Potential

3

Electric Potential

4

3 Electric Field Lines

4

Electric Potential

4

Various

4

Capacitance

5

Various

5

Catch up & Review

 

 

5

Test 1 (1-4) (September 26)

 

 

6

Capacitance

5

Introduction to Capacitance

6

Current and Resistance

6

Resistance and Ohm’s Law

7

Circuits

7

Various

7

Circuits

7

RC Circuits

8

Magnetic Fields

8

Introduction to Magnetism

8

Magnetic Fields

8

Magnetic Force

9

Catch up & Review

 

 

9

Test 2 (5-8) (October 24)

 

 

10

Magnetic Fields due to Currents

9

Magnetic Field of a Solenoid

10

Induction & Inductance

10

Faraday’s & Lenz’s Laws

11

Induction & Inductance

10

Faraday’s Law and Transformers

11

Electromagnetic Waves

11

Microwave Optics

12

Electromagnetic Waves

11

Various

12

Interference

12

Various

13

Diffraction

13

Physical Optics

13

Diffraction

13

Reflection

14

Catch up & Review

 

 

14

Test 3 (9-13) (November 28)

 

 

15

Geometric Optics

14

Refraction

15

Geometric Optics

14

Lenses

16

Catch up & Review

 

 

16

Final Exam (December 12)

 

 

 

PHYS 2426 Topics


Unit

Topics

1 Intro

  1. Charge & Mass Density
  2. Factor of Change & Percent Change
  3. Accuracy, precision, significant figures
  4. Converting units cm, mm, um, nm.
  5. Electric Charge
  6. Solids – insulators, conductors
  7. Charging by friction & induction
  8. Coulomb’s Law
  9. The Field concept

2 Electric Field

  1. Electric Field Lines
  2. Electric Field due to point charges
  3. Electric Dipole
  4. Charge density distributions
  5. Electric Field due to a Line Charge
  6. Electric Field due to a Charged Disk
  7. Point Charges in an Electric Field
  8. A Dipole in an Electric Field

3 Gauss’s Law for Electric Fields

  1. Electric Flux
  2. Gauss’ Law for Electric Fields
  3. Gauss’ and Coulomb’s Law
  4. A Charged Isolated Conductor
  5. Cylindrical Symmetry
  6. Planar Symmetry
  7. Spherical Symmetry

4 Electric Potential

  1. Electric Potential Energy
  2. Electric Potential
  3. Equipotential Surfaces
  4. Calculating Potential from the Field
  5. Potential due to a Point Charge
  6. Potential due to a group of Point Charges
  7. Potential Due to an Electric Dipole
  8. Potential Due to a Continuous Charge Distribution          
  9. Calculating the Field from the Potential
  10. Potential of a Charged Isolated Conductor

5 Capacitance

  1. Capacitance       
  2. Calculating the Capacitance        
  3. Capacitors in Parallel and in Series                           
  4. Energy Stored in an Electric Field              
  5. Capacitor with a Dielectric           
  6. Dielectrics: An Atomic View        
  7. Dielectrics and Gauss’ Law

6 Current and Resistance

  1. Electric Current
  2. Current Density
  3. Resistance and Resistivity
  4. Ohm's Law         
  5. A Microscopic View of Ohm’s Law
  6. Power in Electric Circuits

7 Circuits

  1. Emf
  2. Work, Energy, and Emf 
  3. Calculating the Current in a Single-Loop Circuit  
  4. Other Single-Loop Circuits           
  5. Potential Difference Between Two Points
  6. Multi-loop Circuits
  7. The Ammeter and the Voltmeter
  8. RC Circuits

8 Magnetic Fields

  1. What Produces a Magnetic Field
  2. Definition of B                                  
  3. Crossed Fields: Discovery of the Electron
  4. Crossed Fields: The Hall Effect   
  5. A Circulating Charged Particle    
  6. Cyclotrons and Synchrotrons
  7. Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Wire                        
  8. Torque on a Current Loop           
  9. The Magnetic Dipole Moment  

9 Magnetic Field due to Currents

  1. Calculating the Magnetic Field Due to a Current
  2. Force Between Two Parallel Currents    
  3. Ampere's Law  
  4. Solenoids and Toroids   
  5. A Current-Carrying Coil as a Magnetic Dipole      

10 Induction and Inductance

  1. Induced Current and Emf
  2. Faraday's Law of Induction
  3. Lenz's Law
  4. Induction and Energy Transfers
  5. Induced Electric Fields
  6. Inductors and Inductance
  7. Self-Induction
  8. RL Circuits           
  9. Energy Stored in a Magnetic Field
  10. Energy Density of a Magnetic Field
  11. Mutual Induction

11 Electromagnetic Waves

  1. Light is an Electromagnetic Wave
  2. The Traveling Electromagnetic Wave, Qualitatively
  3. The Traveling Electromagnetic Wave, Quantitatively
  4. Energy Transport and the Poynting Vector          
  5. Radiation Pressure                         
  6. Polarization       
  7. Reflection and Refraction
  8. Total Internal Reflection
  9. Polarization by Reflection

12 Interference

  1. Light as a Wave
  2. Diffraction          
  3. Young’s Interference Experiment           
  4. Coherence                         
  5. Intensity in Double-Slit Interference                      
  6. Interference from Thin Films     

13 Diffraction

  1. Diffraction and the Wave Theory of Light
  2. Diffraction by a Single Slit: Locating the Minima 
  3. Intensity in Single-Slit Diffraction, Qualitatively  
  4. Intensity in Single-Slit Diffraction, Quantitatively              
  5. Diffraction by a Circular Aperture             
  6. Diffraction by a Double Slit                          
  7. Diffraction Gratings

14 Geometric Optics

  1. Types of Images
  2. Plane Mirrors    
  3. Spherical Mirrors
  4. Images from Spherical Mirrors  
  5. Spherical Refracting Surfaces     
  6. Thin Lenses       
  7. Optical Instruments