Fall 2012
| Date | Discussion Topics and Reading |
PHYS 266 Labs | |
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| M | 8/27 | Introduction, Electric Charge [21.1 - 21.2] |
Intro Meeting |
| W | 8/29 | Electric Force and Coulomb's Law for Point Charges [21.3 - 21.4] |
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| R | 8/30 | Calculating the Electric Field [21.5] |
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| F | 8/31 | Electric Field due to Continuous Distributions of Charge [21.5 - 21.6] |
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| M | 9/3 | No Class, Labor Day |
Electric Fields |
| W | 9/5 | Response of Charge to Electric Field [21.4] |
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| R | 9/6 | Electric Flux [22.1 - 22.2] |
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| F | 9/7 | Gauss's Law [22.3 - 22.4] |
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| M | 9/10 | Charges on Conductors [22.5] |
Electric Fields |
| W | 9/12 | Electric Potential Energy, scalar versus vector quantity [23.1] |
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| R | 9/13 | Electric Potential [23.2] |
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| F | 9/14 | Calculating Electric Potential [23.3] |
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| M | 9/17 | Potential due to Charged Conductor [23.4 - 23.5] |
Ohm's Law |
| W | 9/19 | Capacitors, Capacitance, Energy Storage [24.1, 24.3] |
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| R | 9/20 | Test 1 [Ch. 21, 22, & 23] |
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| F | 9/21 | Dielectrics [24.4] |
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| M | 9/24 | Combinations of Capacitors [24.2] |
Power Transfer |
| W | 9/26 | Electric Current and Resistance [25.1 - 25.3] |
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| R | 9/27 | Resistance and Simple Circuits [25.4] |
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| F | 9/28 | Resistors in Series and Parallel, Kirchoff's Laws [26.1 - 26.2] |
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| M | 10/1 | Multi-Loop Circuits [26.3] |
Resistors in Series and Parallel |
| W | 10/3 | Magnetism, Magnetic Field Lines [27.1 - 27.3] |
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| R | 10/4 | No Class, Fall Break |
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| F | 10/5 | No Class, Fall Break |
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| M | 10/8 | Motion of Charged Particles in a Field [27.4 - 27.5] |
Wheatstone Bridge |
| W | 10/10 | Magnetic Force on Current Carrying Wire [27.8] |
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| R | 10/11 | Test 2 [Ch. 24, 25, 26 & 27] |
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| F | 10/12 | Magnetic Field of a Moving Charge [28.1] |
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| M | 10/15 | B-Field of a Current Carrying Conductor [28.2 - 28.3] |
Temperature Dependance of Resistivity |
| W | 10/17 | B-Field of a Current Carrying Loop [28.4 - 28.5] |
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| R | 10/18 | Ampere's Law [28.6 - 28.7] |
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| F | 10/19 | Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law [29.1 - 29.3] |
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| M | 10/22 | Motional EM Force and Induced Fields [29.4 - 29.5] |
Current Balance |
| W | 10/24 | Eddy Currents and Displacement Currents [29.6 - 29.7] |
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| R | 10/25 | Mutual Inductance and Self Inductance [30.1 - 30.3] |
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| F | 10/26 | RC Circuits [26.4] |
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| M | 10/29 | R-L and L-C Circuits [30.4 - 30.5] |
Induced EMF |
| W | 10/31 | L-R-C Series Circuit [30.6] |
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| R | 11/1 | Alternating Current [31.1 - 31.2] |
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| F | 11/2 | Power in AC Circuits [31.3 - 31.4] |
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| M | 11/5 | Resonance in AC Circuits [31.5] |
RC and RL Circuits |
| W | 11/7 | Transformers [31.6] |
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| R | 11/8 | Test 3 [Ch. 28, 29, 30 & 31] |
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| F | 11/9 | Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves [32.1] |
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| M | 11/12 | The Speed of Light and Sinusoidal EM Waves [32.2 - 32.3] |
Elementary Optics |
| W | 11/14 | Reflection and Refraction of Light [33.1 - 33.2, 34.1] |
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| R | 11/15 | Fiber Optics and Polarization [33.3 - 33.5] |
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| F | 11/16 | Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface [34.2 - 34.3] |
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| M | 11/19 | Lenses and the Eye [34.4 - 34.6] |
Diffraction of Light |
| W | 11/21 | No Class, Thansgiving Break |
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| R | 11/22 | No Class, Thansgiving Break |
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| F | 11/23 | No Class, Thanksgiving Break |
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| M | 11/26 | Optical Instruments [34.7 - 34.8] |
Wavelength By Diffraction Grating |
| W | 11/28 | Interference of Electromagnetic Waves [35.1 - 35.2] |
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| R | 11/29 | Diffraction of Light [36.1 - 36.2] |
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| F | 11/30 | Multiple Slit Diffraction [36.4] |
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| M | 12/3 | The Diffraction Grating [36.5] |
Lab Final Exam |
| W | 12/5 | Review |
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| R | 12/6 | Test 4 [Ch. 32, 33, 34, 35 & 36] |
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| F | 12/7 | Review |
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| R | 12/13 | Final Exan 10:30-12:30 |
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