PHYS 202 College Physics Spring 2010 Instructor: Igor Lyuksyutov Web page: http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/ilx/202.html Office: 452 MPHY Office Hours: MW 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Office phone: 845-7773 Email address: [email protected] Text: Physics 8th ed by Young & Geller with Mastering Physics; PHYS 202 Lab Manual Optional: Student Solutions Manual, Student Guide Grading: 4 exams 60% Final (comprehensive) 20% Laboratory 10% Recitation 5% Homework (Mastering Physics) 5% You must achieve 70% or better in the laboratory in order to pass the course. If your grade on the Final Exam is higher than your lowest grade on one of the four exams during the semester, your grade on the Final will replace that one lowest exam grade in computing the course grade. January 25 is the last day to drop with no record. April 6 is the last day to Q-drop. Final Exam : May 12 10:30am - 12:30pm Syllabus: (MC denotes multiple-choice problems) Wk Date Topic Sections in Text Homework problems 1 Jan. 18 No Classes Jan. 20 Coulomb’s law 17: 1--4 MC17: 3,4,7,8 Jan. 22 electric field 17: 5--6 17: 10,12,14,21,34,41,42,43,65,71,72 2 Jan. 25 Gauss’s law 17: 7-9 MC17: 9; 17: 53,55,57,61,64 Jan. 27 potential 18: 1-4 MC18: 2,3,7,11,14 Jan. 29 capacitors 18: 5-6 18: 1,4,12,16,22,24,38,44,53,54,75,78 3 Feb. 1 dielectrics 18: 7-8 MC18: 4,5; 18: 63,64,70,71,81,82 Feb. 3 dc circuits 19: 1-3 MC19: 2,3,5,6,10,13,14,15 Feb. 5 resistor networks 19: 4-5 19: 6,18,29,31,33,42,48,50,51,52,53,72 19: 75,85 4 Feb. 8 multiloop, RC circuits 19: 6-8 19: 57,59,60,66,88,91 Feb. 10 examples; review Feb. 12 Exam 1 Chs. 17-19 5 Feb. 15 magnetic force 20: 1-4 MC20: 2,4,6,7,8,11 Feb. 17 magnetic force and torque 20: 5-6 20: 4,8,11,14,18,20,23,29,31,34 Feb. 19 fields of wires 20: 7-10 20: 50,51,53,59,64,70,81,82,86,88 6 Feb. 22 induced emf 21: 1-5 MC21: 2,6,10,13,14,15 Feb. 24 inductance 21: 6-9 21: 4,7,12,13,16,17,21,25,28,29 Feb. 26 RL and LC circuits 21: 10-12 21: 33,37,49,54,55,62,64,727 Mar. 1 ac circuits 22: 1-3 MC22: 5,6,7,14; 22: 11,12,19,25 Mar. 3 power; series resonance 22: 4-5; review 22: 26,27,36,41,45,46,47 Mar. 5 Exam 2 Chs 20-22 8 Mar. 8 em waves 23: 1-6 MC23: 1,2,3,8,11,12; 23: 14,16,21 Mar.10 refelction, refraction 23: 7-10 23: 44,47,57,59,66,67,73,74,78,84 Mar.12 images by mirrors 24: 1-3 MC24: 6; 24: 3,8,14,15,18,58,59 9 Mar.22 thin lenses 24: 4-6 MC24: 2,3,9; 24: 21,22,28,29,31,33,41 24: 45,47,52,55,56 Mar.24 optical instruments 25: 1-3 MC25: 9,10,15 Mar.26 angular magnification 25: 4-6 25: 9,11,20,22,30,31,34,40 10 Mar.29 interference 26: 1-2 MC26: 2,9,10,13 Mar.31 thin films 26: 3 26: 4,7,9,54,55,59,63,64 Apr. 2 No Class 11 Apr. 5 diffraction 26: 4-9 MC26: 4,8; 26: 27,28,34,44,47,48,68 Apr. 7 examples; review Apr. 9 Exam 3 Chs 23-26 12 Apr.12 photoelectric effect 28: 1 MC28: 1,2,3,4,5,10,13,16 Apr.14 spectra; Bohr model 28: 2-4 28: 3,9,11,19,21,24,27,28,35,36 Apr.16 wave nature of particles 28: 5-8 28: 41,45,49,50,55,60 13 Apr.19 atomic structure 29: 1-2 MC29: 1,6,8,9,10 Apr.21 nuclei 30: 1-2 29: 2,5,6,7,13,14,31,40 Apr.23 radioactivity 30: 3-4 MC30: 3,8,11,12,14,15; 30:1,3,5,10,12 30: 15,18,20,53,64 14 Apr.26 nuclear reactions 30: 5-7 30: 33,39 Apr.28 examples; review Apr.30 Exam 4 Chs 28-30 15 May 3 examples; review May 4 examples; review Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy Statement: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities, in Cain Hall, Room B118, or call 845-1637. Academic Integrity Statement: “An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.”\hfil\break The Honor Council Rules and Procedures may be found on the web at