PHYS 2102 Section 001

Spring 2008 Tentative Course Schedule                                        Dr. Pedram Leilabady

25. Electric Charges and Forces                                                  Jan 10 & 15

25.1.                Charge Model

25.2.                Charge

25.3.                Insulators and Conductors

25.4.                Coulomb’s Law

25.5.                Concept of a Field

25.6.                Field Model

26. Electric Field                                                                Jan 17, 22 & 24

26.1         Electric Field Models

26.2         Electric Field of Multiple Charges

26.3         Electric Field of Continuous Charge Distribution

26.4         Electric Field of Rings, Planes, and Spheres

26.6         Motion of a Charged Particle in an Electric Field

27. Gauss’s Law                                                               Jan 29 & 31   &  Feb 5

27.1                  Symmetry

27.2         Concept of Flux

27.3         Calculating Electric Flux

27.4         Gauss’s Law

27.5         Using Gauss’s Law

27.6         Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium

29. Electric Potential                                                           Feb 7 & 12

29.1         Electric Potential Energy

29.2         Potential Energy of Point Charges

29.3         Potential Energy of a Dipole

29.4         Electric Potential

29.6         Potential of a Point Charge

29.7         Potential of Many Charges

30. Potential and Field                                                          Feb 14, 19 & 21

30.1         Connecting Potential and Field

30.2         Finding Electric Filed form Potential

30.3         Conductor in Electrostatic Equilibrium

30.4         Sources of Electric Potential

30.5         Connecting Potential and Current

Exam 1       (Sections covered in Chapters 25, 26, 27, 29 & 30)                    Feb 22

Capacitors                                                                   Feb 26 & 28

30.6         Capacitance and Capacitors

26.5         Parallel-Plate Capacitor

               Spherical Capacitor

               Cylindrical Capacitor

26.6         Motion of a Charged Particle in an Electric Field

29.5         Potential Inside Parallel-Plate Capacitor

30.7         Energy Stored in Capacitors

28. Current and Conductivity                                                        Mar 11 & 13

28.1         Electron Current

28.2         Creating a Current

28.3         Batteries

28.4         Current and Current Density

      28.5         Conductivity and Resistivity

31. Fundamentals of Circuits                                                        Mar 18 & 20

31.1         Resistors and Ohm’s Law

31.2         Circuit Elements and Diagrams

31.3         Kirchhoff’s Rules

31.4         Energy and Power

31.5         Series Resistors

31.6         Real Batteries

31.7         Parallel Resistors

31.8         Resistor Circuits

31.9         Getting Grounded

31.10       RC Circuits

32. Magnetic Field                                                                    Mar 25 & 27  &  Apr 1 & 3

32.1         Magnetism

32.2         Magnetic Field

32.3         Moving Charges

32.4         Magnetic Field of a Current

32.5         Magnetic Dipole

32.6         Ampere’s Law and Solenoids

32.7         Magnetic Force of a Moving Charge

32.8         Magnetic Forces on Current-Carrying Wires

32.9         Forces and Torques on Current Loops

32.10       Magnetic Properties of Matter

 Exam 2               Chapters 28, 31, 32 & Capacitors                             Apr 4

33. Electromagnetic Induction                                                     Apr 8, 10, 15 & 17

33.1                  Induced Currents

33.2                  Motional emf

33.3                  Magnetic Flux

33.4                  Lenz’s Law

33.5                  Faraday’s Law

33.6                  Induced Fields and Electromagnetic Waves

33.7                  Induced Currents

33.8                  Inductors

33.9                  LC Circuits

33.10              LR Circuits

34. Electromagnetic Fields and Waves                                              Apr 22, 24 & 29

34.1                  Electromagnetic Fields and Forces

34.2                  E or B?

34.3                  Faraday’s Law Revisited

34.4                  The Displacement Current

34.5                  Maxwell’s Equations

Final Exam         Comprehensive                                          May 3