INSTRUCTOR: Roland E. Allen
OFFICE: 519 Engineering/Physics Building
OFFICE PHONE: 845-4341
EMAIL: allen@tamu.edu
OFFICE HOURS: MWF 10:30-11:30 a.m. or by appointment
TEXTBOOK: Physics, 5th Edition, by Cutnell and Johnson (Volume 2)
Physics 202 Lab Manual, 9th edition
OPTIONAL: Student Solutions Manual, Student Study Guide
GRADING:
4 hour exams count 55%
final exam counts 20%
lab counts 15% (student must pass lab with 70% or better to pass course)
recitation quizzes over homework count 10%
Labs and recitations will not meet the first week of classes, January 14-18.
Recitations will meet even when there is no lab.
Friday, January 17 is the last day to drop with no record.
Monday, April 2 is the last day to Q-drop, and also the last day to officially withdraw from classes.
SYLLABUS
Week Date Topic Sections in Text Problems
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1 Jan 14 M Coulomb's law 18:1--5 18: c3, c6, c8, c9, c14; 1, 5, 7, 9, 11
Jan 16 W Coulomb's law;electric field 18:5--6 18: 16, 18, 23, 25, 28, 29, 34, 36, 40, 45
Jan 18 F field lines; Gauss's law 18:7--9,11 18: 46, 52, 56
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2 Jan 21 M No Classes
Jan 23 W potential 19:1--2 19: c1, c4, c6, 2, 3, 6, 9
Jan 25 F potential 19:3 19: 15, 18, 19, 50, 54, 55
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3 Jan 28 M equipotentials; capacitors 19:4--5,7 19: c9, c10, c12, c17
Jan 30 W examples; review 19: 31, 33, 38, 45, 46, 51
Feb 1 F Exam I Chapts. 18,19
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4 Feb 4 M Ohm's law 20:1--4 20: c4, c5, c6, c10, 7, 10, 13, 18, 23, 41, 43
Feb 6 W Kirchhoff's rules 20:6--10 20: 45, 46, 51, 52, 59, 63, 65, 67, 70, 73, 76
Feb 8 F dc circuits; RC circuits 20:11--13,15 20: 77, 88, 92, 94, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106
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5 Feb 11 M magnetic force on charges 21:1--4 21: c2, c3, c4, c5, c9, c15, c17, 2, 5
Feb 13 W force and torque on current 21:5--6 21: 11, 15, 20, 23, 30, 33, 34, 39, 41, 43
Feb 15 F sources of magnetic field 21:7 21: 47, 48, 49, 53, 54, 55, 62, 66, 72
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6 Feb 18 M Ampere's law; induction 21:8,10; 22: c1, c2, c3, c6, c11, 3, 5, 7
22:1--2 22: 10, 16, 18, 19, 22, 28, 29, 31
Feb 20 W Faraday's law 22:3--4 22: 35, 45, 48, 51, 55
Feb 22 F Lenz's law; inductance 22:5--10
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7 Feb 25 M examples; review
Feb 27 W Exam II Chapts. 20--22
Mar 1 F reactance in ac circuits 23:1--2
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8 Mar 4 M RLC ac circuits 23:3--4,6 23: c1, c2, c4, c6, 2, 6, 9, 12, 18, 19, 20
23: 22, 24, 27, 36, 39, 42, 43
Mar 6 W EM waves 24:1--7 24: c3, c5, c10, 9, 15, 23, 24, 31
24: 32, 36, 40, 52
Mar 8 F reflection; mirrors 25:1--7 25: c2, c3, c6, c7, c12, c13, 4, 11
25: 13, 14, 19, 21, 22, 24
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March 11--15 Spring Break
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9 Mar 18 M refraction 26:1--5 26: c3, c5, c15, c23, c30, c32, 7, 9, 11
Mar 20 W thin lens 26:6--8 26: 18, 23, 27, 28, 33, 41, 49, 53
Mar 22 F lens combinations; eye 26:9--10 26: 55, 59, 60, 63, 65, 71, 73, 104, 114
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10 Mar 25 M optical instruments 26:11--13,15 26: c35, 83, 85, 93, 106
Mar 27 W Exam III Chapts.23--26
Mar 29 F No Classes
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11 Apr 1 M interference 27:1--2 27: c4, c5, c10, c12, c13, c19
Apr 3 W interference; thin films 27:3--4 27: 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 15, 17
Apr 5 F diffraction 27:5--10 27: 24, 28, 39, 48, 51
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12 Apr 8 M photoelectric effect 29:1--3
Apr 10 W particles and waves 29:4--7 29: c2, c3, c6, c9, c11, 3, 9, 10, 17
29: 18, 24, 25, 35, 36, 42, 43
Apr 12 F line spectra; Bohr model 30:1--4
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13 Apr 15 M atomic structure 30:5--8,11 30: c5, c6, c9, 3, 7, 9, 18, 21
Apr 17 W examples; review 30: 23, 28, 31, 34, 37, 41
Apr 19 F EXAM IV Chapts. 27, 29, 30
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14 Apr 22 M nuclear structure 31:1--2 31: c1, c6, c9, c10, c11, 1, 4, 12, 20
Apr 24 W nuclear binding 31:3 31: 25, 32, 33, 34, 40, 51, 54
Apr 26 F radioactive decay 31:4--5
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15 Apr 29 M radioactivity 31:6--7,10
Apr 30 T review
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