Physics 232            General Physics II               Spring 2009

Schedule (subject to change)

 

Day          

Readings and Activities

Assignments Due

Wed., 1/7
Thurs., 1/8

Fri., 1/9

13.1 -.3 Intros & Electric Fields
Lab 1: VPython Review, E Proton, E Dipole

13.4 -7 Superposition, Electric Dipoles & more fields

 

 RE0 (Itro to WebAssign) & RE1
RE2

Mon., 1/12
Tues., 1/13

Wed., 1/14

Thurs.,1/15

Fri., 9/16

14.1-3 Charged Particles & E. Interactions

 

14.4 Conductors, Insulators, Charging

Quiz Ch 13, Lab 2: Force and Charge

14.5-7 More Charging & Discharging & Sparks

RE3a Exp 18-22, 27

HW13:RQ.28, 31, 32; P 37, 38(a&b), 39

RE3b , Exp 28

 RE4,Exp 29-32

Mon., 1/19
Tues., 1/20

Wed., 1/21
Thurs., 1/22

Fri., 1/23

15.1-3 Intro, E field of a Charged Rod  (end early, MLK)

15.4-6 Electric Fields of Rings, Discs, and Capacitors

Quiz Ch 14, Lab 3: E Fields of Q Distributions

15.7-10 E Field of a Sphere

RE5, Lab Notebook

HW14: RQ.38, 39, 41; P. 53, 59, 63

RE6


RE7

Mon., 1/26
Tues., 1/27

Wed., 1/28
Thurs., 1/29

Fri., 1/30

16.1-4 Potential Energy & Electric Potential

 

16.5-8 Non-Uniform & Path Independence

Quiz Ch 15, Lab 4: Electric Potentials and Fields
16.9 - 13 Insulators and Distributions

RE8

HW15:RQ.17, 20, 23; P.27, 29, 34

RE9

 

RE10

Mon., 2/2
Tues.,2/3

Wed., 2/4
Thurs., 2/5

Fri., 2/6

Moving Charges - Time Dilation & Length Contraction
 

Review

Exam 1  (13-16) Electric Field and Stationary Charges

17.1-3 Intro to  Magnetic Field

 

HW16:RQ.31, 33; P.40, 62, 63

 

RE11

Mon., 2/9

Tues., 2/10

Wed., 2/11
Thurs., 2/12

Fri., 2/13

17.4-.6 Biot-Savart law for Currents


17.7-9 Magnetic Field For Distributions
Lab 5: Biot-Savart – B fields of moving charges
17.10-11 Permanent Magnets

RE12
 

RE13, Exp 20-22 

Exp 23-29 (work together for 2 magnets)

Mon., 2/16
Tues., 2/17

Wed., 2/18
Thurs., 2/19

Fri., 2/20

18.1-3  Micro. View of Electric Circuits

18.4-6 E. Field of Surface Charges, Transients, Feedback

Quiz Ch 17, 18.7-9, Lab 6: E. Field of Surface Charge

18.10-11 Applications of the Theory, Detecting Surface Q

RE14 , Lab Notebook

HW17:RQ.31, 32, 34; P.49, 51, 52

RE15

RE16
Exp 18,19,22-24
Spring Recess

Mon., 3/2
Tues., 3/3

Wed., 3/4
Thurs., 3/5

Fri., 3/6

19.1-5 Capacitor Circuits

19.6-.14 Capacitor & Resistor Circuits

Quiz Ch 18, 19.15-17,19 Meters and RC Circuits

Lab 7  RC Circuits (focus on experimental uncertainty)

RE17, Exp 29,30                              

HW18:RQ.38, 41, 44; P.49, 52, 56  (hint: consider V at

RE18, Exp 31-34                                spheres when     

                                                                           L>>R,r)

Exp 35-37                                                          

Mon., 3/9
Tues., 3/10

Wed., 3/11
Thurs., 3/12

Fri., 3/ 13

20.1,3-4 Magnetic Force

 

20.2,5 Current and Motional Emf

Quiz Ch 19, Lab 8 Cyclotron & Electron Mass Lab

20.6-8 Reference Frames and Relativity, Torque

Bonus: Phys. Sr. Thesis Presentations @ 4pm

 RE19

HW19:RQ.42, 49, 52; P.61, 66, 69

RE20, Exp 23-25

 

RE21

Mon., 3/16
Tues., 3/17

Wed., 3/18
Thurs., 3/19

Fri., 3/20

20.9-10 Dipole’s Potential Energy, Motors & Generators

 

Review: (Equation sheet, Practice Exam A, B, Soln's)

Exam 2 (17-20) Magnetic Field and Moving Charges

21.1-3 E Flux and Gauss’s Law

RE22, Exp 26

HW20:RQ.28, 34, 36; P.45, 56, Lab 7
 

 

RE23 , Lab Notebook

Mon., 3/23
Wed., 3/25
Thurs., 3/26

Fri., 3/27

21.4-6 Using Gauss’s & Intro to Ampere’s
21.7-9 Maxwell’s, Gauss’s, and Ampere’s

Quiz Ch 21, Lab 9  Ampere’s Law (write up resources 1, 2)

22.1-2,10 Intro to Faraday’s & Lenz’s

RE24

RE25
 

RE26

Mon., 3/30

Tues., 3/31
Wed., 4/1
Thurs., 4/2
Fri., 4/3

22.3-4,.7 Faraday & Emf & Inductance
 

22.8-9,.6  Energy, Diff. form, Superconductors
Quiz Ch 22, Lab 10  Faraday’s Law

23.1,2,7 Ampere- Maxwell, E&M Pulse

RE27

Lab 9 Write-up  HW21:RQ.12, 15,17; P.20, 23, 26

 

RE28

Mon., 4/6
Tues, 4/7

Wed., 4/8
Thurs., 4/9

Fri., 4/10

23.3-4 Accelerating Charges Radiating


23.5-6 Effects of Radiation on Matter
Quiz Ch 23, Lab 11 Polarization

23 Conceptual Maxwell’s & Applications

RE29

Lab 10 Notes HW22:RQ.20, 22, 24; P.26, 27, 39

RE30
 

Mon., 4/13

Review: (Equation Sheet, Practice Exam full (sol'n), limited (sol'n))

HW23:RQ.13, 14, 17; P.22, 24, 25 due beginning of class

Sat. April. 18  9a.m.                           Final Exam (mostly conceptual section on 13-20, a separate section on 21-23)

 

This schedule is subject to change.