Fall 2015
| Date | Discussion Topics and Reading |
PHYS 266 Labs | |
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| M | 8/24 | model of traveling waves, sinusoidal waves [20.1 - 20.4] |
Lab Introduction |
| T | 8/25 | sound & light, Doppler effect [20.5, 20.7] |
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| W | 8/26 | superposition and standing waves [21.1 - 21.4] |
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| F | 8/27 | interference [21.5, 21.7] |
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| M | 8/31 | thin films [21.6] |
Speed of Sound |
| T | 9/1 | double slit interference, diffraction gratings [22.2, 22.3] |
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| W | 9/2 | diffraction [22.4, 22.5] |
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| F | 9/4 | reflection and refraction [23.1 - 23.3] |
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| M | 9/7 | No Class, Labor Day |
Diffraction of Light |
| T | 9/8 | thin lenses, lens maker's equation [23.6, 23.7] |
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| W | 9/9 | refracted images and dispersion [23.4 23.5] |
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| F | 9/11 | spherical mirrors [23.8] |
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| M | 9/14 | lenses in combination [24.1 – 24.3] |
Wavelength By Diffraction Grating |
| T | 9/15 | Test 1 [Ch. 21, 22, 23 & 24] |
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| W | 9/16 | electric charge, conductors, and insulators [25.1 - 25.3] |
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| F | 9/18 | force due to electric charge [25.4] |
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| M | 9/21 | electric field [25.5, 26.1] |
Elementary Optics |
| R | 9/22 | continuous charge distributions [26.4, 26.5] |
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| W | 9/23 | calculating electric field [26.2, 26.3] |
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| F | 9/25 | motion of charges in electric field [26.6] |
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| M | 9/28 | symmetry, electric flux [27.1 - 27.3] |
Electric Fields, Expt. 1 |
| T | 9/29 | conductors in electrostatic equilibrium [27.6] |
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| W | 9/30 | Gauss's law [27.4, 27.5] |
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| F | 10/2 | No Class, Fall Break |
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| M | 10/5 | connecting potential and field [29.1 - 29.4] |
Ohm's Law |
| T | 10/6 | electric potential energy [28.1 - 28.3] |
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| W | 10/7 | electric potential [28.4, 28.5] |
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| F | 10/9 | calculating electric potential [28.6, 28.7] |
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| M | 10/12 | Review |
Power Transfer |
| T | 10/13 | Test 2 [Ch. 25, 26, 27, & 28] |
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| W | 10/14 | capacitance, capacitors, and energy storage [29.5, 29.6] |
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| F | 10/16 | dielectrics [29.7] |
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| M | 10/19 | capacitor circuits in series [29.6] |
Resistors in Series and Parallel |
| T | 10/20 | capacitor circuits in series and parallel [29.6] |
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| W | 10/21 | model of conduction [30.1 - 30.3] |
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| F | 10/23 | resistivity, resistance, and Ohm's Law [30.4, 30.5] |
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| M | 10/26 | resistors in series and parallel [31.4 - 31.6] |
Wheatstone Bridge |
| T | 10/27 | resistance, energy, and power [31.1 31.3] |
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| W | 10/28 | direct current circuits [31.7] |
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| F | 10/30 | multi-loop circuits [31.7, 31.2] |
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| M | 11/2 | Review |
Current Balance |
| T | 11/3 | Test 3 [Ch. 29, 30, & 31] |
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| W | 11/4 | magnetism, magnetic field from moving charge [32.1 - 32.3, 32.10] |
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| F | 11/6 | magnetic field due to wires and current loops [32.4, 32.5] |
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| M | 11/9 | solenoids and Ampere's Law [32.6] |
Induced EMF |
| T | 11/10 | magnetic force on moving charges [32.7, 32.8] |
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| W | 11/11 | induced currents and motional emf [33.1 - 33.2] |
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| F | 11/13 | Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law [33.3 - 33.6] |
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| M | 11/16 | RC Circuits [31.9] |
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| T | 11/17 | inductors and field energy [33.7 - 33.8] |
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| W | 11/18 | LC circuits [33.9] |
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| F | 11/20 | LR circuits [33.10] |
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| M | 11/23 | RLC circuits [35.5] |
RC and RL Circuits |
| T | 11/24 | alternating current, phasors [35.1 - 35.4] |
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| W | 11/25 | No Class, Thanksgiving Holiday |
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| F | 11/27 | No Class, Thanksgiving Holiday |
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| M | 11/30 | alternating current circuits [35.6] |
Lab Final Exam |
| T | 12/1 | Test 4 [Ch. 32, 33, & 35] |
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| W | 12/2 | Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism [34.1 – 34.5] |
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| F | 12/4 | properties of electromagnetic waves [34.6, 34.7] |
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| R | 12/10 | Final Exam 1:00-3:00 |
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