Syllabus for Physics 161

PHYSICS 161

Fall 2002 Daniel Finley

Text:     Fundamentals of Physics , Halliday, Resnick, and Walker, 6th Edition;
Parts II and III [Chapters 19-33] (paperback).

Syllabus/Schedule

Please use as a Reading List for Each Week.
Be sure and read each appropriate section BEFORE coming to EACH class.
Changes will be posted as soon as known.

Week beginning Chapters/Sections Content/Comments
19 August Chapter 19:1-10,
also review Ch. 15:2-5 on Pressure 		Temperature [0th Law];
Thermal Expansion & Equilibrium ;
The 1st Law & P-V diagrams
26 August Ch. 19:9-11
Ch. 20:1-4 		The First Law: Work, Heat, Energy
Heat Transport!
Gases as Collections of Molecules:
Ideal Gases: a simple example
2 Sept.

No Class
on Labor Day

Ch. 20:4-5, 7-9, 11
Skip § 6, 10 		Kinetic Theory;
Equipartition of Energy;
Specific Heats
9 Sept. Ch. 21
read slowly, carefully 		Entropy; The Second Law;
Carnot Engines [efficiencies];
real Engines & Refrigerators
16 September

Exam Friday,
(20 Sept.),
over Chs.19-21

Ch. 22
Ch. 23:1-2 		Electric Charge;
Coulomb's Law;
Conductors/Insulators;
the Electric Field
23 Sept.

Friday is last day to drop without questions

Ch. 23:1-9
& Ch. 24:1-3 		Electric Field lines;
many Examples;
Electric Dipoles;
Electric Flux
30 Sept.
Ch. 24: 4-9,
and Ch. 25: 1-3 		Gauss' Law,
many Examples;
Potential Difference
7 Oct.

Friday is
Fall Break

Ch. 25: 3-11,
and Ch. 26: 1-2 		Equipotential Surfaces,
Field vs Potential;
Capacitance
14 Oct. Ch. 26: 3-8,
and Ch. 27: 1-7 		Dielectrics;
Capacitance and Resistance;
Ohm's Law & others
21 Oct.
EXAM II on Monday
over Chs. 22-26 		Ch. 28: 1-7, briefly,
and Ch. 28: 8 		Currents;
Circuits, once over lightly;
RC-circuits and time dependence
28 Oct. Ch. 29 Magnetic Fields;
Magnetic Dipoles;
Forces & Torques on Currents
4 Nov. Ch. 30 Magnetic Fields caused by Currents;
Ampere's Law
11 Nov. Ch. 31 Magnetic Induction,
Faraday's Law;
time-dependent fields
18 Nov.
Exam III Wednesday,
on Chs. 27-30 		Ch. 32:1-8 Magnets as Sources;
and their kinds
25 Nov. Ch. 32: 9-10
and Ch. 33:1-4
Thanksgiving is Thurs./Fri. 		Maxwell's Equations;
LC oscillations
2 December Ch. 33:5-11
maybe some of Ch. 34 		RLC circuits;
E&M oscillations;
radio waves
(Cumulative only on E&M) Final Exam
Wednesday, 11 December, 10-12 AM


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