PHY 131 LECTURE SCHEDULE - 2:00 MWF - INSTRUCTOR G.B. ADAMS Lecture Day Date Topics # 1. M 8/24 Coulomb's Law 2. W 8/26 The Electric Field 3. F 8/28 Continuous Charge Distributions 4. M 8/31 Motion in an Electric Field 5. W 9/02 Electric Dipole in an Electric Field 6. F 9/04 Gauss' Law; Spherical Symmetry M 9/07 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 7. W 9/09 Other Symmetries; Conductors 8. F 9/11 Surface Charges on Conductors 9. M 9/14 Electric Potential Energy W 9/16 TEST #1 (lectures 1-8) Returned in Recitation beginning 9/22 10. F 9/18 Electric Potential I 11. M 9/21 Electric Potential II 12. W 9/23 Conductors and Potentials 13. F 9/25 Capacitance; Energy of Capacitors 14. M 9/28 Combinations of Capacitors 15. W 9/30 Dielectrics 16. F 10/02 Induced Charge in a Dielectric 17. M 10/05 Current and Resistance W 10/07 TEST #2 (lectures 9-16) Returned in Recitation beginning 10/13 18. F 10/09 Electric Power; EMF 19. M 10/12 Kirchhoff's Rules for Circuits 20. W 10/14 Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge 21. F 10/16 Magnetic Force on Currents and Dipoles 22. M 10/19 The Biot-Savart Law 23. W 10/21 Ampere's Law 24. F 10/23 Solenoids and Toroids 25. M 10/26 Faraday's Law - Qualitative; Eddy Currents W 10/28 TEST #3 (lectures 17-24) Returned in Recitation beginning 11/03 26. F 10/30 Faraday's Law; Magnetism and Relativity 27. M 11/02 Motional EMF; Induced E Fields 28. W 11/04 Generators and Motors 29. F 11/06 Inductance; Energy in the B Field 30. M 11/09 Mutual Inductance; Transformers W 11/11 VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY 31. F 11/13 Ampere-Maxwell Law; Displacement Current 32. M 11/16 Exponential Decay in RC and LR Circuits 33. W 11/18 Asymptotic Growth in RC and LR Circuits F 11/20 TEST #4 (lectures 25-31) Returned in Recitation beginning 11/25 34. M 11/23 LC Circuits; LRC Circuits 35. W 11/25 Circuits with an AC Generator F 11/27 THANKSGIVING FRIDAY 36. M 11/31 Power in AC Circuits; Resonance 37. W 12/02 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves 38. F 12/04 Intensity of EM Waves; Evaluations M 12/07 TEST #5 (lectures 32-38) You may retrieve your graded TEST 5 from your recitation instructor on reading day 12/09. FINAL EXAM (40 Multiple Choice Questions) MON 12/14 12:10- 2:00 PM