| Class schedule | PHYSICS 230 | Spring 2004 | |||
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| Date | Topic | Reading- Lea & Burke | Homework | Due date | |
| Jan 29 Th | Introduction. Class procedures. Overview of E&M, Charge,
Coulomb's law |
pg 754-769 | |||
| Feb 3 Tu |
Electric Field, Superposition, Field line diagrams |
Review Chapter 1 Review Interlude 1 pg 764-777 |
Ch 23 p12, 17, 18, 21 | Feb 3 | |
| Feb 5 Th |
More practice with fields. Gauss' law. | Ch 23 pg 771-782 | |||
| Feb 10 Tu | Calculating fields using Gauss' law and using integration |
Review Interlude 2. Ch 24 p 791-800 |
Ch 23 p 22, 25, 30, 33, 40, 44 54, 58, 62, 70 (P1
only), 73a |
Feb 10 | |
| Feb12 Th |
More on calculating E. Motion of charges, dipoles |
Review Chapters 2, 3 and 14 pg 794-805 |
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| Feb 13 | Last day to add class | ||||
| Feb 17 Tu | Potential energy - pair of charges Electric potential |
Review Chapter 8 Ch 25 pg 813-821 |
Ch24 p12, 18, 22, 26, 38, 42, 46, 49, 52, 56, 62, 67b, 74 | Feb 17 | |
| Feb 19 Th | Potential energy of a system Equipotential surfaces Relevant site:Equipotentials in a transistor |
pg 821-828 | |||
| Feb 24 Tu |
Conductors Basic circuit behavior Current and resistance Last day to drop class. |
Ch 25 pg 828-834 Ch 26 p 843-85 |
Ch 25 p 16, 22, 24, 26, 35, 39, 43, 50, 54, 64 |
Feb 24 | |
| Feb 26 Th |
Combinations of resistors Kirchhoff's rules |
Ch 26 p 853-866 | |
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| Mar 2 Tu | 1st MID-TERM EXAM. | Chapters 23-25 | Ch 25 p 70, 71, 80, 83, 89 | Mar 2 |
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| Mar 4 Th | Capacitance Capacitors in circuits |
Ch 27 pg 875-884 | |||
| Mar 9 Tu |
Dielectrics Electric energy |
pg 884-893 | Ch 26 p 15, 16, 20, 24, 28, 43, 46, 47, 55,
80 p 84 OR p 85 (do one) |
Mar 9 |
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| Mar 11 Th |
Magnetic fields | Ch 28 pg 898-903 |
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| Mar 16 Tu |
Loops and coils | pg 903-907 | Ch 27 p 13, 18, 25, 28, 38, 44, 48, 52, 55, 61, 64 | Mar 16 |
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| Mar 18 Th |
Ampere's law | pg 907-916 | |||
| Mar 22 -Mar 26 | SPRING BREAK | ||||
| Mar 30 Tu |
Applications of magnetic fields Some recent news |
Ch 29 pg 923-931 |
Ch 28 p14, 19c, 25, 27, 30, 32h, 36, 48, 69,
72a |
Mar 30 |
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| Apr 1 Th |
Force and torque The Hall effect |
pg 931-938 | |||
| Apr 6 Tu |
Magnetic materials |
pg 938-941 | Ch29 p 14, 16, 20, 23, 27 32, 34, 40, 44, 46 |
Apr 6 |
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| Apr 8 Th |
Faraday's law Motional EMF |
Ch 30 pg 953-961 | |||
| Apr 13 Tu |
2nd MID-TERM EXAM |
Chapters 23-29 |
Ch 29 p 50, 56, 67 | Apr 13 |
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| Apr 15 Th |
Generators and motors Induced electric field . |
Pg 961-973 | |||
| Apr 20 Tu |
Eddy
currents Displacement current |
pg 973-978 | Ch 30 p16, 18, 20, 27, 28, 32, 34, 45, 55 |
Apr 20 |
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| Apr 22 Th |
Capacitor circuits | Ch 31 pg 987-993 |
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| Apr 27 Tu |
Inductance Inductor circuits |
pg 993-1003 | Ch 30 p 66a and b, 76, 78 Ch 31 p 14, 18, 22 |
Apr 27 |
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| Apr 29 Th | The LRC circuit |
pg 914-916 | |||
| May 4 Tu |
AC circuits, 1 and 2 components |
Ch 32 p 1016-1025 |
Ch 31 p 24, 26, 28, 32, 45, 46, 48, 50, 54, 56 |
May 4 |
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| May 6 Th |
Advising day- no class |
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| May 11 Tu |
Phasors | p1025-1029 |
Ch 31 p65 Ch 32 p 17, 18, 19, 22, 24, 35, 36 |
May 11 |
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| May 13 Th |
LRC circuit EM waves |
p 1029-1032 Ch 33 p 1039-1044 |
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| May 18 Tu |
Last class EM waves |
Ch 33 p 1039-1057 | Ch 32 p 43, 44, 52, 60, 68 | May 18 |
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| May 25 Tu |
FINAL EXAMINATION 8 am! | Chapters 23-33 |