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WK DATE LECTURE TOPIC READ HOMEWORK DUE == ==== ============= ====== =========== ====== 1 1/12 Introduction 1/14 Charge, Conductors and Insulators, Coulomb's Law 25.1-4 25-E4,5,7,9 1/21 1/16 Continuous Distributions, Conservation of Charge 25.5-6 25-E15,16,22,26 1/23 2 1/19 MLK Day 1/21 Electric Field, Point Charges, Continuous Distributions 26.1-4 26-E14,16,22,26 1/26 1/23 Electric Field Lines, Point Charge and Dipole in E Field 26.5-7 26-E31,39,P3,6,12 1/28 3 1/26 Flux, Electric Flux, Gauss' Law 27.1-4 27-E4,8,P3 1/30 1/28 Applications, Conductors, Experimental Tests 27.5-7 27-P6,10,15 2/2 1/30 go over problems 4 2/2 Electrical Potential Energy, Electric Potential 28.1-4 28-E5,17,30,46,50,P11 2/4 2/4 Potential due to Point Charges, Continuous Distributions 28.5-10 2/6 FIRST MIDTERM (through 28) 5 2/9 go over exam 2/11 Conductor in Electric Field, Ohmic Materials 29.1-4 29-E5,6,12,25 2/13 Ohm's Law, Dielectrics, Capacitors, Calculating Cap. 29.5-6 29-P5,8,15 6 2/16 Presidents Day 2/18 Capacitors, Energy Storage, Dielectrics 30.1-6 30-E10,19,20,P1,2 2/20 go over problems 30-P3,7,10,13 7 2/23 Current, EMF, Analysis of Circuits 31.1-3 31-E3,4,13,19,30,35 2/25 Resistors, Energy Transfer, RC Circuits 31.4-7 31-E47,P1,3,12,14 2/27 go over problems 8 3/1 Magnetism, Force on Moving Charge, Circulating Charges 32.1-3 32-E14,P5,8,10 3/3 Hall Effect, Force on Wire, Torque on a Current Loop 32.4-6 32-E30,31,P12,14 3/5 go over problems 9 3/8 Magnetic Field of a Moving Charge, of a Current 33.1-3 33-Q26,E2,13,19,E23 3/10 Magnetic Field of a Solenoid, Ampere's Law 33.4-5 33-E33,P1,3,6,14 3/12 Faraday's Law, Lenz' Law, Motional EMF 34.1-4 10 3/15 Generators and Motors, Induced E Fields, Magnetic Dipole 34.5-6 34-E8,14,26,32,P12 3/17 go over problems, review 3/19 SECOND MIDTERM (through Chapter 34) 11 3/23-25 *******SPRING RECESS******** read Chapts 35-40 12 3/29 go over exam 3/31 Force on a Dipole, Magnetization, Materials, Gauss' Law 35.1-7 35-Q30,33,E1,10,16,P6 4/2 Inductance, LR Circuits, Energy Storage 36.1-4 36-E7,9,10,26 13 4/5 Oscillations, Damped & Forced Oscillations, AC Currents 36.5-6 36-E44,P3,8,15 4/7 go over problems, intro Chapt. 37 4/9 Holiday... Good Friday 37-Q36,E3,10,17,22 14 4/12 Single Loop RLC Circuit, Power, Transformer 37.1-5 37-E28,P5,10,11 4/14 Maxwell's Equations 38.1-3 38-E6,14,18,23 4/16 Waves, Energy Transport, Radiation Pressure 38.4-7 38-E30,32,P7,16 15 4/19 go over problems 4/21 EM Spectrum, Speed of Light 39.1-3 39-Q45,E5,9,10,17,31 4/23 Reflection and Refraction, Total Internal Reflection 39.4-5 39-E46,P1,3,7,13 16 4/26 go over problems 4/28 Plane Mirrors, Spherical Mirrors 40.1-3 40-E1,4,7,12,17 4/30 Spherical Refracting Surfaces, Thin Lenses 40.4-6 40-E28,37,P9,11,16 17 5/3 go over problems, review 5/5 Last day, practice questions for exam 5/7 study days, no classes 18 5/14 0730-0930 Final Examination 25-40 40 questions Fri