PHY 131 LECTURE SCHEDULE - 2:00 MWF - INSTRUCTOR G.B. ADAMS Lecture Day Date Topics # 1. M 8/25 Coulomb's Law 2. W 8/27 The Electric Field 3. F 8/29 Continuous Charge Distributions M 9/01 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 4. W 9/03 Motion in an Electric Field 5. F 9/05 Electric Dipole in an Electric Field 6. M 9/08 Gauss' Law; Spherical Symmetry 7. W 9/10 Other Symmetries; Conductors 8. F 9/12 Surface Charges on Conductors 9. M 9/15 Electric Potential Energy W 9/17 TEST #1 (lectures 1-8) Returned in Recitation beginning 9/22 10. F 9/19 Electric Potential I 11. M 9/22 Electric Potential II 12. W 9/24 Conductors and Potentials 13. F 9/26 Capacitance; Energy of Capacitors 14. M 9/29 Combinations of Capacitors 15. W 10/01 Dielectrics 16. F 10/03 Induced Charge in a Dielectric 17. M 10/06 Current and Resistance W 10/08 TEST #2 (lectures 9-16) Returned in Recitation beginning 10/13 18. F 10/10 Electric Power; EMF 19. M 10/13 Kirchhoff's Rules for Circuits 20. W 10/15 Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge 21. F 10/17 Magnetic Force on Currents and Dipoles 22. M 10/20 The Biot-Savart Law 23. W 10/22 Ampere's Law 24. F 10/24 Solenoids and Toroids 25. M 10/27 Faraday's Law - Qualitative; Eddy Currents W 10/29 TEST #3 (lectures 17-24) Returned in Recitation beginning 11/03 26. F 10/31 Faraday's Law; Magnetism and Relativity 27. M 11/03 Motional EMF; Induced E Fields 28. W 11/05 Generators and Motors 29. F 11/07 Inductance; Energy in the B Field 30. M 11/10 Mutual Inductance; Transformers 31. W 11/12 Ampere-Maxwell Law; Displacement Current 32. F 11/14 Exponential Decay in RC and LR Circuits 33. M 11/17 Asymptotic Growth in RC and LR Circuits W 11/19 TEST #4 (lectures 25-31) Returned in Recitation beginning 11/24 34. F 11/21 LC Circuits; LRC Circuits 35. M 11/24 Circuits with an AC Generator 36. W 11/26 Power in AC Circuits; Resonance F 11/28 THANKSGIVING FRIDAY 37. M 12/01 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves 38. W 12/03 Intensity of EM Waves 39. F 12/05 Polarization of EM Waves; Evaluations M 12/08 TEST #5 (lectures 32-39) You may retrieve your graded TEST 5 from your recitation instructor on reading day 12/10. FINAL EXAM (40 Multiple Choice Questions) MON 12/15 12:10- 2:00 PM