PHY 241 LECTURE SCHEDULE
SPRING 2013
LECTURER G.B. ADAMS
Lecture Day Date Topic(s)
1. M 1/07: Temperature; Thermal Expansion
2. W 1/09: Specific Heat; Phase Changes
3. F 1/11: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation
4. M 1/14: The Ideal Gas Law
5. W 1/16: Kinetic Theory of Gases
6. F 1/18: First Law of Thermodynamics
M 1/21: Martin Luther King Holiday
7. W 1/23: Isobaric, Isochoric, and Isothermal Processes
8. F 1/25: Adiabatic Processes
9. M 1/28: Heat Engines - Quiz 1
10. W 1/30: Refrigerators and Heat Pumps
11. F 2/01: Second Law of Thermodynamics
12. M 2/04: Entropy I
13. W 2/06: Entropy II
14. F 2/08: Review for Test 1
M 2/11: TEST #1 - lectures 1-13
Returned in recitation beginning 2/20
15. W 2/13: Intensity of EM Waves; Polarization
16. F 2/15: Light at Boundaries
17. M 2/18: Mirror Optics
18. W 2/20: Lens Optics I
19. F 2/22: Lens Optics II
20. M 2/25: Interference of Light Waves I - Quiz 2
21. W 2/27: Interference of Light Waves II
22. F 3/01: Single-Slit Diffraction
23. M 3/04: Diffraction Gratings
24. W 3/06: X-Ray Diffraction; Circular Apertures
25. F 3/08: Review for Test 2
3/10-3/17 Spring Break
M 3/18: TEST #2 (lectures 14-26)
Returned in recitation beginning 3/27
26. W 3/20: Light is Particles
27. F 3/22: Electrons are Waves
28. M 3/25: Electrons in Atoms; Emission Spectra
29. W 3/27: The Uncertainty Principle
30. F 3/29: Schrodinger's Equation
31. M 4/01: Confined Electrons; Tunneling
32. W 4/03: Electron Spin
33. F 4/05: The Periodic Table
34. M 4/08: Bonding in Solids
35. W 4/10: Fermi-Dirac Statistics
36. F 4/12: Semiconductors
37. M 4/15: The Principle of Relativity - Quiz 3
38. W 4/17: Consequences of Special Relativity
39. F 4/19: The Lorentz Transformation
40. M 4/22: Relativistic Momentum and Energy
41. W 4/24: Review for Test 3
42. F 4/26: Semester Review
M 4/29: TEST #3 (lectures 27-38)
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FINAL EXAM (30-40 MC Questions)
1:30 MWF LECTURE FRI MAY 03 9:50 -11:40 AM