Fall 2008
| Date | Discussion Topics and Reading |
PHYS 266 Labs | |
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| M | 8/25 | Introduction, Electric Charge [21.1 - 21.2] |
No Lab |
| W | 8/27 | Conductors & Insulators, Electric Force [21.2 - 21.3] |
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| R | 8/28 | Coulomb's Law for Point Charges |
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| F | 8/29 | Electric Field due to Point Charges [21.4 - 21.5] |
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| W | 9/3 | Response of Charge to Electric Fields [21.4] |
No Lab |
| R | 9/5 | Electric Field due to Continuous Distributions of Charge [21.5] |
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| F | 9/6 | Electric Flux [22.1 - 22.2] |
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| M | 9/8 | Gauss's Law [22.3 - 22.4] |
Electric Fields, Expt. 1 |
| W | 9/10 | Charges on Conductors [22.5] |
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| R | 9/11 | Electric Potential Energy, scalar versus vector quantity [23.1] |
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| F | 9/12 | Electric Potential [23.2] |
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| M | 9/15 | Calculating Electric Potential [23.3] |
Ohm's Law |
| W | 9/17 | Potential due to Charged Conductor [23.4] |
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| R | 9/18 | E-field from Potential [23.5] |
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| F | 9/19 | Test 1 [Ch. 21, 22, & 23] |
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| M | 9/22 | Capacitors and Capacitance [24.1] |
Power Transfer |
| W | 9/24 | Combinations of Capacitors [24.2] |
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| R | 9/25 | Capacitors and Energy Storage [24.3] |
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| F | 9/26 | Dielectrics [24.4] |
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| M | 9/29 | Electric Current and Resistance [25.1 - 25.3] |
Resistors in Series and Parallel |
| W | 10/1 | Resistance and Simple Circuits [25.4] |
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| M | 10/6 | Resistors in Series and Parallel, Kirchoff's Laws [26.1 - 26.2] |
Wheatstone Bridge |
| W | 10/8 | Multi-Loop Circuits [26.3] |
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| R | 10/9 | RC Circuits [26.4] |
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| F | 10/10 | Magnetism, Magnetic Field Lines [27.1 - 27.7] |
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| M | 10/13 | Motion of Charged Particles in a Field [27.4 - 27.5] |
Current Balance |
| W | 10/15 | Force and Torque on a Current Loop [27.7] |
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| R | 10/16 | Magnetic Force on a Current Carrying Wire [27.8] |
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| F | 10/17 | Test 2 [Ch. 24, 25, 26, & 27] |
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| M | 10/20 | Magnetic Field of a Moving Charge [28.1] B-Field of a Current Carrying Conductor [28.2 - 28.3] B-Field of a Current Carrying Loop [28.4 - 28.5] |
Induced EMF |
| W | 10/22 | Ampere's Law [28.6 - 28.7] |
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| R | 10/23 | Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law [29.1 - 29.3] |
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| F | 10/24 | Motional EM Force and Induced Fields [29.4 - 29.5] |
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| M | 10/27 | Eddy Currents and Displacement Currents [29.6 - 29.7] |
RC and RL Circuits |
| W | 10/29 | Mutual Inductance and Self Inductance [30.1 - 30.3] |
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| R | 10/30 | R-L and L-C Circuits [30.4 - 30.5] |
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| F | 3/31 | L-R-C Series Circuit [30.6] |
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| M | 11/3 | Alternating Current [31.1 - 31.2] |
Elementary Optics |
| W | 11/5 | Power and Resonance in AC Circuits [31.3 - 31.5] |
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| R | 11/6 | Test 3 [Ch. 28, 29, 30, & 31] |
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| F | 11/7 | Transformers [31.6] |
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| M | 11/10 | Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves [32.1] |
Diffraction of Light |
| W | 11/12 | The Speed of Light and Sinusoidal EM Waves [32.2 - 32.3] |
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| R | 11/13 | Reflection and Refraction of Light [33.1 - 33.2, 34.1] |
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| F | 11/14 | Fiber Optics and Polarization [33.3 - 33.5] |
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| M | 11/17 | Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface [34.2 - 34.3] |
Wavelength By Diffraction Grating |
| W | 11/19 | Lenses, The Eye, and Optical Instruments [34.4 - 34.8] |
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| R | 11/20 | Interference of Electromagnetic Waves [35.1 - 35.2] |
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| F | 11/21 | Diffraction of Light [36.1 - 36.2] |
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| M | 11/24 | Multiple Slit Diffraction [36.4] |
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| M | 12/1 | Lab Final Exam |
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| W | 12/3 | The Diffraction Grating [36.5] |
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| R | 12/4 | Test 4 [Ch. 32, 33, 34, 35 & 36] |
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| F | 12/5 | Review |
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| T | 12/9 | Final Exam, 8:00 am to 10:00 pm, TCCW 251 |
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