PHY 131 LECTURE SCHEDULE - 2:40 MWF - INSTRUCTOR G.B. ADAMS Lecture Day Date Topics # 1. M 8/26 Coulomb's Law 2. W 8/28 The Electric Field 3. F 8/30 Continuous Charge Distributions M 9/2 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 4. W 9/4 Motion in an Electric Field 5. F 9/6 Electric Dipole in an Electric Field 6. M 9/9 Gauss' Law; Spherical Symmetry 7. W 9/11 Other Symmetries; Conductors 8. F 9/13 Surface Charges on Conductors 9. M 9/16 Electric Potential Energy W 9/18 EXAMINATION #1 (lectures 1-8) Returned in Recitation beginning 9/23 10. F 9/20 Electric Potential 11. M 9/23 Fields from Potentials 12. W 9/25 Conductors and Potentials 13. F 9/27 Capacitance; Energy of Capacitors 14. M 9/30 Combinations of Capacitors 15. W 10/2 Dielectrics 16. F 10/4 Induced Charge in a Dielectric 17. M 10/7 Current and Resistance W 10/9 EXAMINATION #2 (lectures 9-16) Returned in Recitation beginning 10/14 18. F 10/11 Electric Power; EMF 19. M 10/14 Kirchoff's Rules for Circuits 20. W 10/16 Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge 21. F 10/18 Magnetic Force on Currents and Dipoles 22. M 10/21 The Biot-Savart Law 23. W 10/23 Ampere's Law 24. F 10/25 Solenoids and Toroids 25. M 10/28 Faraday's Law - Qualitative W 10/30 EXAMINATION #3 (lectures 17-24) Returned in Recitation beginning 11/4 26. F 11/1 Faraday's Law; Magnetism and Relativity 27. M 11/4 Motional EMF; Eddy Currents 28. W 11/6 Generators and Motors 29. F 11/8 Inductance M 11/11 VETERANS' DAY HOLIDAY 30. W 11/13 Mutual Inductance; Evaluations 31. F 11/15 Ampere-Maxwell Law; Displacement Current 32. M 11/18 Differential Equations; RC Circuits W 11/20 EXAMINATION #4 (lectures 25-31) Returned in Recitation beginning 11/19 33. F 11/22 LR Circuits; LC Circuits 34. M 11/25 LRC Circuits; Transformers 35. W 11/27 Single Elements in AC Circuits F 11/29 THANKSGIVING FRIDAY 36. M 12/2 Power in AC Circuits; Resonance 37. W 12/4 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves 38. F 12/6 Intensity of EM Waves; Polarization M 12/9 EXAMINATION #5 (lectures 32-38) You may retrieve your graded TEST 5 from your recitation instructor during his office hours. FINAL EXAM (40 Multiple Choice Questions) Tue 12/17 10:00-11:50