Text:Physics for Scientists and Engineers, by Randall Knight
Marks:
| Component | % |
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| Midterms | 15 |
| Laboratory | 20 |
| Tutorials Quizzes | 5 |
| MasteringP | 5 |
| PRS | 5 |
| Final | 50 |
| Total | 100 |
Section 203: Dr F.E.L.Bates
Department of Physics and Astronomy
(604) 822-6744
Hennings 329
elf@phas.ubc.ca
Tentative Schedule
Week |
Topics |
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1 Jan 7 |
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Ch 42:1, 2, 5, 6 | |
2 Jan 14 |
Decay Rate, Time Constant, Radioactive Dating, Formation of the Elements, Indicators for Stability, Nuclear Models, Biological Applications (NMR later)Review of Charge and Coulomb’s Law. See Mastering Physics | Ch 42: 3, 4, 5, 7Ch 25:1-4 | |
3 Jan 21 |
Coulomb’s Law for Multicharges, Electric Field, Electric Field lines. Motion of Charges in Uniform Electric Fields |
Ch 25: 4, 5 Ch 26: 1, 2, 6, 7 |
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4 Jan 28 |
Electric Flux, Gauss’s law. Electric fields due to spherical, planar and linear charge distributions. Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium . Unit vectors and Dot Product |
Ch 27: 1-6 (Ch26: 3, 4) , Ch 11: 3 |
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5 Feb 4 |
Work done in a uniform electric field. Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy. Equipotential surfaces, Absolute Potential, Potential due to a point charge. Potential Energy of a system of point charges. |
Ch 29: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 | |
6 Feb 11 |
Midterm 1 Relationship between Electric Potential and Electric Field revisited. Capacitors. |
Ch 26:5 Ch 30: 1, 2, 3 |
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- Feb 18 |
Mid-term Break | ----- | |
7 Feb 25 |
Equivalent capacitance. Energy stored in Capacitors, Dielectrics. Current Model, Batteries and emf
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Ch 29: 5 +class notes
Ch 30: 6, 7 Ch 28: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Ch 30: 4, 5 |
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8 Mar 3 |
DC Circuits, Real Batteries, Kirchoff’s Laws. RC Time Constant and RC circuits. Charges in Magnetic Fields, Vector Cross Product. |
Ch 31: 1-10 Ch 32: 1, 2, 3, 7 |
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9 Mar 10 |
Combining Electric and Magnetic fields, Cyclotron, Hall Effect etc. Currents in Magnetic Fields. Torques: Dipoles in Electric Fields, Current loops in Magnetic Fields, NMR |
Ch 32: 5, 7, 8, 9 Ch 29: 3 |
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10 Mar 17 |
Sources of Magnetic Fields. Ampere’s Law. Motional emf, magnetic flux, Faraday’s Law, Lenz’s Law, Eddy Currents. Inductors, LC oscillations, LR circuits |
Ch 32: 3, 4, 6 Ch 33: 1- 5, 8-10 |
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11 Mar 24 |
Midterm 2Switches in RLC circuits, AC circuits. |
Ch 35: 1, 2 |
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12 Mar 31 |
Series RLC circuits, Power in AC circuits, Transformers Induced fields, Displacement current.
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Ch 35: 4, 5, 6 Ch 33: 6 Ch 34:4 |
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13 April 7 |
E and M fields interact with matter. Maxwell’s Equations, Electromagnetic Waves. Review/ Applications |
Ch 34:1, 5, 6 |