PHY 131 LECTURE SCHEDULE - 2:40 MWF - INSTRUCTOR G.B. ADAMS Lecture Day Date Topics # 1. M 8/20 Coulomb's Law 2. W 8/22 The Electric Field 3. F 8/24 Continuous Charge Distributions 4. M 8/27 Motion in an Electric Field 5. W 8/29 Electric Dipole in an Electric Field 6. F 8/31 Gauss' Law; Spherical Symmetry M 9/03 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 7. W 9/05 Other Symmetries; Conductors 8. F 9/07 Surface Charges on Conductors 9. M 9/10 Electric Potential Energy W 9/12 TEST #1 (lectures 1-8) Returned in Recitation beginning 9/17 10. F 9/14 Electric Potential I 11. M 9/17 Electric Potential II 12. W 9/19 Conductors and Potentials 13. F 9/21 Capacitance; Energy of Capacitors 14. M 9/24 Combinations of Capacitors 15. W 9/26 Dielectrics 16. F 9/28 Induced Charge in a Dielectric 17. M 10/1 Current and Resistance W 10/3 TEST #2 (lectures 9-16) Returned in Recitation beginning 10/8 18. F 10/5 Electric Power; EMF 19. M 10/8 Kirchhoff's Rules for Circuits 20. W 10/10 Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge 21. F 10/12 Magnetic Force on Currents and Dipoles 22. M 10/15 The Biot-Savart Law 23. W 10/17 Ampere's Law 24. F 10/19 Solenoids and Toroids 25. M 10/22 Faraday's Law - Qualitative; Eddy Currents W 10/24 TEST #3 (lectures 17-24) Returned in Recitation beginning 10/29 26. F 10/26 Faraday's Law; Magnetism and Relativity 27. M 10/29 Motional EMF; Induced E Fields 28. W 10/31 Generators and Motors 29. F 11/2 Inductance; Energy in the B Field 30. M 11/5 Mutual Inductance; Transformers 31. W 11/7 Ampere-Maxwell Law; Displacement Current 32. F 11/9 Exponential Decay in RC and LR Circuits; Evaluations M 11/12 VETERANS' DAY HOLIDAY W 11/14 TEST #4 (lectures 25-31) Returned in Recitation beginning 11/19 33. F 11/16 Asymptotic Growth in RC and LR Circuits 34. M 11/19 LC Circuits; LRC Circuits 35. W 11/21 Circuits with an AC Generator F 11/23 THANKSGIVING FRIDAY 36. M 11/26 Power in AC Circuits; Resonance 37. W 11/28 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves 38. F 11/30 Intensity of EM Waves; Polarization M 12/3 TEST #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 12/11 10:00-11:50