Spring 2010 Course Information
Final Exam:
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Course Schedule, Assignments, and Solutions:
| Date | Topic/Section(s) | Assignment Due | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 11 | (M) |
19.1 Historical Overview 19.2 Properties of Electric Charges 19.4 Coulomb's Law |
None. | |
| Jan. 13 | (W) |
19.4 Coulomb's Law 19.5 Electric Fields 19.6 Electric Field Lines |
HW1: |
Q19.1,
Q19.9,
P19.2, P19.3, P19.4, P19.6 |
| Jan. 15 | (F) |
Application of Calculus: Integration 19.5 Electric Fields |
HW2: |
Q19.4,
Q19.6,
P19.5, P19.10, P19.11, P19.13 |
| Jan. 18 | (M) |
19.7 Motion of Charged Particles in a Uniform Electric Field 19.8 Electric Flux |
HW3: |
Q19.10, Q19.12,
P19.18, P19.21, P19.22, P19.23 |
| Jan. 20 | (W) |
19.9 Gauss's Law 19.10 Application of Gauss's Law to Symmetric Charge Distributions |
HW4: |
Q19.13,
Q19.14,
P19.24, P19.27, P19.29, P19.34 |
| Jan. 22 | (F) |
19.10 Application of Gauss's Law to Symmetric Charge Distributions 19.3 Insulators and Conductors |
HW5: |
Q19.7,
Q19.15,
P19.32, P19.35, P19.36, P19.37 |
| Jan. 25 | (M) | 19.11 Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium | HW6: |
Q19.5, Q19.19,
P19.40, P19.42, P19.45, P19.54 |
| Jan. 27 | (W) |
Exam 1: Ch. 19 Solutions: 1, 2, 3, 4 |
HW7: |
Q19.16,
P19.18, P19.47, P19.62, P19.63, P19.65 |
| Jan. 29 | (F) |
Review Exam 1 20.1 Potential Difference and Electric Potential 20.2 Potential Differences in a Uniform Electric Field |
None. | |
| Feb. 1 | (M) |
20.3 Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy Due to Point Charges 20.5 Electric Potential Due to Continuous Charge Distributions |
HW8: |
Q20.1,
Q20.2,
P20.1, P20.2, P20.3, P20.5 |
| Feb. 3 | (W) |
20.5 Electric Potential Due to Continuous Charge Distributions 20.6 Electric Potential of a Charged Conductor |
HW9: |
Q20.3,
Q20.4,
P20.7, P20.8, P20.11, P20.18 |
| Feb. 5 | (F) |
20.7 Capacitance 20.8 Combinations of Capacitance |
HW10: |
Q20.5,
Q20.6,
P20.24, P20.25, P20.26, P20.29 |
| Feb. 8 | (M) |
20.8 Combinations of Capacitance 20.9 Energy Stored in a Charged Capacitor |
HW11: |
Q20.8, Q20.11, P20.31, P20.32, P20.35, P20.39 |
| Feb. 10 | (W) | Classes canceled by the College due to weather. | ||
| Feb. 12 | (F) |
Application of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus: 20.4 Obtaining Electric Field from Electric Potential |
HW12: |
Q20.9,
Q20.10,
P20.40, P20.41, P20.46, P20.49 |
| Feb. 15 | (M) |
Exam 2: Ch. 20, 19 |
HW13: |
Q20.13, Q20.15, P20.21, P20.22, P20.23, P20.62 |
| Feb. 17 | (W) |
Review Exam 2
21.1 Electric Current 21.4 A Structural Model for Electrical Conduction 21.2 Resistance and Ohm's Law |
None. | |
| Feb. 19 | (F) |
21.3 Superconductors 21.5 Electric Energy and Power 21.6 Sources of emf 21.7 Resistors in Series and Parallel |
HW14: |
Q21.1,
Q21.7,
P21.1, P21.4, P21.6, P21.8 |
| Feb. 22 | (M) |
21.7 Resistors in Series and Parallel 21.8 Kirchhoff's Rules |
HW15: |
Q21.3,
Q21.8, P21.19, P21.20, P21.22, P21.26 |
| Feb. 24 | (W) |
21.8 Kirchhoff's Rules Solving a simple differential equation: 21.9 RC Circuits |
HW16: |
Q21.13,
Q21.16,
P21.27, P21.29, P21.30, P21.31 |
| Feb. 26 | (F) |
Exam 3: Ch. 21, 19-20 |
HW17: |
Q21.17, Q21.19, P21.34, P21.35, P21.40, P21.42 |
| Mar. 1 | (M) | Spring Break | ||
| Mar. 3 | (W) | Spring Break | ||
| Mar. 5 | (F) | Spring Break | ||
| Mar. 8 | (M) |
Review Exam 3 22.1 Historical Overview 22.2 Magnetic Field 22.5 Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor |
None. | |
| Mar. 10 | (W) |
22.3 Motion of a Charged Particle in a Uniform Magnetic Field 22.4 Applications Involving Charged Particles Moving in a Magnetic Field |
HW18: |
Q22.1, Q22.3, P22.1, P22.4, P22.6, P22.16 |
| Mar. 12 | (F) |
22.5 Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor 22.6 Torque on a Current Loop in a Uniform Magnetic Field 22.7 The Biot-Savart Law |
HW19: |
Q22.4, Q22.7, P22.8, P22.9, P22.10, P22.11 |
| Mar. 15 | (M) | 22.9 Ampere's Law | HW20: |
Q22.5, Q22.8, P22.18, P22.19, P22.21, P22.23 |
| Mar. 17 | (W) |
22.8 The Magnetic Force Between Two Parallel Conductors 22.10 The Magnetic Field of a Solenoid |
HW21: |
Q22.11, Q22.14, P22.31, P22.37, P22.38, P22.41 |
| Mar. 19 | (F) |
Exam 4: Ch. 22, 19-21 |
HW22: |
Q22.9, Q22.17, P22.32, P22.34, P22.35, P22.47 |
| Mar. 22 | (M) |
Review Exam 4 23.2 Motional emf 23.1 Faraday's Law of Induction 23.3 Lenz's Law |
None. | |
| Mar. 24 | (W) |
23.1 Faraday's Law of Induction 23.3 Lenz's Law |
HW23: | |
| Mar. 26 | (F) |
23.4 Induced emfs and Electric Fields 23.5 Self-Inductance |
HW24: | |
| Mar. 29 | (M) | 23.5 Self-Inductance | HW25: | |
| Mar. 31 | (W) |
A second differential equation: 23.6 RL Circuits |
HW26: | |
| Apr. 2 | (F) | Easter Break | ||
| Apr. 5 | (M) | Easter Break | ||
| Apr. 7 | (W) |
13.1 Propagation of a Disturbance 13.2 The Wave Model |
HW27: | |
| Apr. 9 | (F) |
13.2 The Wave Model 13.3 The Traveling Wave |
HW28: | |
| Apr. 12 | (M) | Exam 5: Ch. 13, 23, 19-22 | HW29: | |
| Apr. 14 | (W) |
Review Exam 5 24.1 Displacement Current and the Generalized Ampere's Law 24.2 Maxwell's Equations |
None. | |
| Apr. 16 | (F) |
24.3 Electromagnetic Waves 24.7 The Spectrum of Electromagnetic Waves |
HW30: | |
| Apr. 19 | (M) |
24.4 Hertz's Discoveries 24.5 Energy Carried by Electromagnetic Waves |
HW31: | |
| Apr. 21 | (W) |
24.6 Momentum and Radiation Pressure 24.8 Polarization |
HW32: | |
| Apr. 23 | (F) |
25.1 The Nature of Light 25.2 The Ray Model in Geometric Optics 25.3 The Wave Under Reflection |
HW33: | |
| Apr. 26 | (M) | 25.4 The Wave Under Refraction | HW34: | |
| Apr. 28 | (W) | 25.5 Dispersion and Prisms | HW35: | |
| Apr. 30 | (F) | Review. | HW36: | |
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Final Exam 8:30 AM |
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