Spring 2012
| Date | Discussion Topics and Reading |
PHYS 266 Labs | |
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| M | 1/23 | Introduction, Electric Charge [21.1 - 21.2] |
Intro Meeting |
| W | 1/25 | Conductors & Insulators, Electric Force [21.2 - 21.3] |
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| R | 1/26 | Coulomb's Law for Point Charges [21.3 - 21.4] |
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| F | 1/27 | Calculating the Electric Field [21.5] |
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| M | 1/30 | Electric Field due to Continuous Distributions of Charge [21.5 - 21.6] |
Electric Fields, Expt. 1 |
| W | 2/1 | Response of Charge to Electric Field [21.4] |
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| R | 2/2 | Electric Flux [22.1 - 22.2] |
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| F | 2/3 | Gauss's Law [22.3 - 22.4] |
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| M | 2/6 | Charges on Conductors [22.5] |
Ohm's Law |
| W | 2/8 | Electric Potential Energy, scalar versus vector quantity [23.1] |
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| R | 2/9 | Electric Potential [23.2] |
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| F | 2/10 | Calculating Electric Potential [23.3] |
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| M | 2/13 | Potential due to Charged Conductor [23.4 - 23.5] |
Power Transfer |
| W | 2/15 | Review: Electric Charge, Force, Field, & Potential |
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| R | 2/16 | Test 1 [Ch. 21, 22, & 23] |
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| F | 2/18 | Capacitors, Capacitance, Energy Storage [24.1, 24.3] |
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| M | 2/20 | Dielectrics [24.4] |
Resistors in Series and Parallel |
| W | 2/22 | Combinations of Capacitors [24.2] |
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| R | 2/23 | Electric Current and Resistance [25.1 - 25.3] |
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| F | 2/24 | Resistance and Simple Circuits [25.4] |
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| M | 2/27 | Resistors in Series and Parallel, Kirchoff's Laws [26.1 - 26.2] |
Wheatstone Bridge |
| W | 2/29 | Multi-Loop Circuits [26.3] |
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| R | 3/1 | Review: Capacitance, Resistance, and Circuit Analysis |
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| F | 3/2 | Test 2 [Ch. 24, 25, & 26] |
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| M | 3/12 | Magnetism, Magnetic Field Lines [27.1 - 27.3] |
Temperature Dependance of Resistivity |
| W | 3/14 | Motion of Charged Particles in a Field [27.4 - 27.5] |
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| R | 3/15 | Magnetic Force on Current Carrying Wire [27.8] |
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| F | 3/16 | Magnetic Field of a Moving Charge [28.1] |
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| M | 3/19 | B-Field of a Current Carrying Conductor [28.2 - 28.3] |
Current Balance |
| W | 3/21 | B-Field of a Current Carrying Loop [28.4 - 28.5] |
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| R | 3/22 | Ampere's Law [28.6 - 28.7] |
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| F | 3/23 | Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law [29.1 - 29.3] |
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| M | 3/26 | Motional EM Force and Induced Fields [29.4 - 29.5] |
Induced EMF |
| W | 3/28 | Eddy Currents and Displacement Currents [29.6 - 29.7] |
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| R | 3/29 | Mutual Inductance and Self Inductance [30.1 - 30.3] |
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| F | 3/30 | RC Circuits [26.4] |
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| M | 4/2 | R-L and L-C Circuits [30.4 - 30.5] |
RC and RL Circuits |
| W | 4/4 | L-R-C Series Circuit [30.6] |
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| R | 4/5 | Alternating Current [31.1 - 31.2] |
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| F | 4/6 | Power in AC Circuits [31.3 - 31.4] |
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| M | 4/9 | Resonance in AC Circuits [31.5] |
Elementary Optics |
| W | 4/11 | Transformers [31.6] |
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| R | 4/12 | Test 3 [Ch. 27, 28, 29, 30, & 31] |
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| F | 4/13 | Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves [32.1] |
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| M | 4/16 | The Speed of Light and Sinusoidal EM Waves [32.2 - 32.3] |
Diffraction of Light |
| W | 4/18 | Reflection and Refraction of Light [33.1 - 33.2, 34.1] |
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| R | 4/19 | Fiber Optics and Polarization [33.3 - 33.5] |
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| F | 4/20 | Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface [34.2 - 34.3] |
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| M | 4/23 | Lenses, The Eye, and Optical Instruments [34.4 - 34.8] |
Wavelength By Diffraction Grating |
| W | 4/25 | Interference of Electromagnetic Waves [35.1 - 35.2] |
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| R | 4/26 | Diffraction of Light [36.1 - 36.2] |
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| F | 4/27 | Multiple Slit Diffraction [36.4] |
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| M | 4/30 | The Diffraction Grating [36.5] |
Lab Final Exam |
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| R | 5/3 | Test 4 [Ch. 32, 33, 34, 35 & 36] |
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| F | 5/4 | Review |
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| R | 5/10 | Final Exan 10:30-12:30 |
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