Physics 2

Announcements

• HW 13 due Sunday, Apr 27, Nov 22. Sections 3-3.1 – 3-4.3

Week 1: Electric Charges and Fields

• Monday (Jan 20) – no class (MLK Jr Day)
• Wednesday
  • Introduction to the course
  • Reading
    • Chapter 5. Electric Charges and Fields
    • 5.1 Electric Charge
    • 5.2 Conductors, Insulators, and Charging by Induction
  • lecture slides (pdf)
  • Supplemental Content – simulations, lecture videos, etc
• Electric Conductors Lab
  • Balloons and Static Electricity simulation
• Friday
  • Homework 1 (including reading quiz) due.

Week 2: Electric Fields

• Monday (Jan 27)
  • Reading Quiz due before lecture.
  • Reading
    • 5.3 Coulomb’s Law
    • 5.4 Electric Field
  • lecture slides (pdf)
• Wednesday
  • Reading Quiz due before lecture.
  • Reading
    • 5.5 Calculating Electric Fields of Charge Distributions
    • 5.6 Electric Field Lines
    • 5.7 Electric Dipoles
  • lecture slides (pdf) – charge integration notes (pdf)
• Electric Fields Lab
  • You may need the integral table in Appendix E.
  • Lab Reading Quiz due before lab.
  • Quiz on Ch 5
• Sunday
  • HW 2 due. Sections 5.1 – 5.7

Week 3: Electric Potential

• Monday (Feb 3)
  • Reading Quiz due before lecture. Sections 6.1 – 6.2
  • Reading
    • Chapter 6. Gauss’s Law
    • 6.1 Electric Flux
    • 6.2 Explaining Gauss’s Law
    • 6.3 Applying Gauss’s Law
  • lecture slides (pdf)
  • Supplemental Content – observe corona discharge off an electrostatic windmill
• Wednesday
  • Reading:
    • 6.4 Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium
    • Chapter 7. Electric Potential
    • 7.1 Electric Potential Energy
    • 7.2 Electric Potential and Potential Difference
  • lecture slides (pdf)
  • Supplemental Content – how invention of the lightbulb led to transistors
• Cathode Ray Tube Lab
  • Quiz on Ch 6

Week 4: Exam 1

• Monday (Feb 10)
  • Exam Review
• Wednesday
  • Midterm Exam 1 – Covers chapters 5-7.2 – results (pdf) – solutions (pdf)
• no lab this week
• Sunday
  • HW 3 due. Sections 6.1 – 7.2

Week 5: Capacitance

• Monday (Feb 17)
  • Reading
    • 7.3 Calculations of Electric Potential
    • 7.4 Determining Field from Potential
    • 7.5 Equipotential Surfaces and Conductors
    • 7.6 Applications of Electrostatics
  • lecture slides (pdf)
• Wednesday
  • Reading
    • Chapter 8. Capacitance
    • 8.1 Capacitors and Capacitance
    • 8.2 Capacitors in Series and in Parallel
    • 8.3 Energy Stored in a Capacitor
    • 8.4 Capacitor with a Dielectric
    • 8.5 Molecular Model of a Dielectric
  • lecture slides (pdf)
  • Supplemental Content – sims and videos of dielectric breakdown and high voltage power line inspection
• Capacitors Lab
  • Quiz on Ch 8
• Sunday
  • HW 5 due. Sections 7.3 – 8.5

Week 6: DC Circuits

• Monday (Feb 24)
  • Reading
    • Chapter 9. Current and Resistance
    • 9.1 Electrical Current
    • 9.2 Model of Conduction in Metals
    • 9.3 Resistivity and Resistance
    • 9.4 Ohm’s Law
    • 9.5 Electrical Energy and Power
    • 9.6 Superconductors
  • lecture slides (pdf)
  • Supplemental Content - see levitating superconductors
• Wednesday
  • Reading
    • Chapter 10. Direct-Current Circuits
    • 10.1 Electromotive Force
    • 10.2 Resistors in Series and Parallel
    • 10.3 Kirchhoff’s Rules
    • 10.4 Electrical Measuring Instruments
    • 10.5 RC Circuits
    • 10.6 Household Wiring and Electrical Safety
  • lecture slides (pdf)
  • Supplemental Content – circuit simulator
  • example using Kirchoff’s laws – Jupyter notebook for problem: kirchoff_example.html, kirchoff_example.ipynb (see Resources for more on using the Jupyter notebook)
• DC Circuits Lab
  • Circuit Construction Kit
  • Quiz on Ch 9 and 10
• Sunday
  • HW 6 due. Sections 9.1 – 10.5

Week 7: Magnetic Forces and Fields

• Monday (Mar 3)
  • Reading
    • Chapter 11. Magnetic Forces and Fields
    • 11.1 Magnetism and Its Historical Discoveries
    • 11.2 Magnetic Fields and Lines
    • 11.3 Motion of a Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field
    • 11.4 Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor
    • 11.5 Force and Torque on a Current Loop
    • 11.6 The Hall Effect
    • 11.7 Applications of Magnetic Forces and Fields
  • lecture slides (pdf)
  • Supplemental Content – see video of a mercury vortex in a magnetic field
• Wednesday
  • Reading
    • Chapter 12. Sources of Magnetic Fields
    • 12.1 The Biot-Savart Law
    • 12.2 Magnetic Field Due to a Thin Straight Wire
    • 12.3 Magnetic Force between Two Parallel Currents
    • 12.4 Magnetic Field of a Current Loop
    • 12.5 Ampère’s Law
    • 12.6 Solenoids and Toroids
    • 12.7 Magnetism in Matter
  • lecture slides (pdf) – B field integrals (pdf)
  • Supplemental Content – magnets: how do they work?
• Magnetic Fields and Forces Lab
• Quiz on Ch 11 and Ch 12 (sections 1-4)
• Sunday
  • HW 7 due. Sections 11.1 – 11.7

Week 8: Midterm Exam 2

• Monday (Mar 10)
  • Exam Review
• Wednesday
  • Midterm Exam 2 – Covers chapters 8-12 – solutions (pdf) – results (pdf)
• no lab this week
• Sunday
  • HW 8 due. Sections 12.1 – 12.7

Spring Break

Week 9: Electromagnetic Induction

• Monday (Mar 24)
  • Reading
    • Chapter 13. Electromagnetic Induction
    • 13.1 Faraday’s Law
    • 13.2 Lenz’s Law
    • 13.3 Motional Emf
    • 13.4 Induced Electric Fields
  • lecture slides (pdf)
• Wednesday
  • Reading
    • 13.5 Eddy Currents
    • 13.6 Electric Generators and Back Emf
    • 13.7 Applications of Electromagnetic Induction
    • Chapter 14. Inductance
    • 14.1 Mutual Inductance
    • 14.2 Self-Inductance and Inductors
    • 14.3 Energy in a Magnetic Field
  • lecture slides (pdf)
  • Supplemental Content – How a Crystal Radio Works
• Electromagnetic Induction Lab – CCK sim
  • Quiz on Ch 13
• Sunday
  • HW 9 due. Sections 13.1 – 14.2

Week 10: Inductance & AC Circuits

• Monday (Mar 31)
  • Reading
    • 14.4 RL Circuits
    • 14.5 Oscillations in an LC Circuit
    • 14.6 RLC Series Circuits
    • Chapter 15. Alternating-Current Circuits
    • 15.1 AC Sources
    • 15.2 Simple AC Circuits
  • lecture slides (pdf)
• Wednesday
  • Reading
    • 15.3 RLC Series Circuits with AC
    • 15.4 Power in an AC Circuit
    • 15.5 Resonance in an AC Circuit
    • 15.6 Transformers
  • lecture slides (pdf)
  • Supplemental Content – check out the AC circuit simulator
• Inductive Circuits Lab
  • Quiz on Ch 14
• Sunday
  • HW 10 due. Sections 15.1 – 15.6

Week 11: Electromagnetic Waves

• Monday (Apr 7)
  • Reading
    • Chapter 16. Electromagnetic Waves
    • 16.1 Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
    • 16.2 Plane Electromagnetic Waves
    • 16.3 Energy Carried by Electromagnetic Waves
    • 16.4 Momentum and Radiation Pressure
    • 16.5 The Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • lecture slides (pdf)
  • Supplemental Content – how to measure the speed of light with your microwave oven
• Wednesday
  • Reading
    • (Vol 3) Chapter 1. The Nature of Light
    • 3-1.1 The Propagation of Light
    • 3-1.2 The Law of Reflection
    • 3-1.3 Refraction
    • 3-1.4 Total Internal Reflection
    • 3-1.5 Dispersion
    • 3-1.6 Huygens’s Principle
    • 3-1.7 Polarization
  • lecture slides (pdf)
  • Supplemental Content – how polarization is a demonstration of quantum entanglement
• AC Circuits Lab
  • Quiz on Ch 15
• Sunday
  • HW 11 due. Sections 16.1 - 16.5

Week 12: Midterm Exam 3

• Monday (Apr 14)
  • Exam Review
• Wednesday
  • Midterm Exam 3 covers chapters 13-16, and vol 3 ch 1
• no lab this week
• Sunday
  • HW 12 due. Sections 3-1.1 – 3-1.7

Week 13: Optics

• Monday (Apr 21)
  • Reading
    • (Vol 3) Chapter 2. Geometric Optics and Image Formation
    • 3-2.1 Images Formed by Plane Mirrors
    • 3-2.2 Spherical Mirrors
    • 3-2.3 Images Formed by Refraction
    • 3-2.4 Thin Lenses
  • lecture slides (pdf)
• Wednesday
  • Reading
    • 3-2.5 The Eye
    • 3-2.6 The Camera
    • 3-2.7 The Simple Magnifier
    • 3-2.8 Microscopes and Telescopes
  • Supplemental Content – see how to make a lens for sound waves
• Optics Lab
  • Quiz on vol3 chapters 1 - 2
• Sunday
  • HW 13 due. Sections 3-2.1 – 3-2.8

 

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