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LEC #TOPICSREADINGSLECTURE NOTESASSIGNMENTS
1What holds our world together? Electric Charges (Historical), Polarization, Electric Force, Coulomb's LawChap. 21 through Sect. 21-5
2Electric Field, Field Lines, Superposition, Inductive Charging, Dipoles, Induced DipolesSect. 21-6 through 21-11
3Electric Flux, Gauss's Law, ExamplesAll of Chap. 22
4Electrostatic Potential, Electric Energy, eV, Conservative Field, Equipotential SurfacesChap. 23 through Sect. 23-8
5E = -grad V, More on Equipotential Surfaces, Conductors, Electrostatic Shielding (Faraday Cage)Sect. 23-5 & 23-7Problem Set #1 (PDF)
6High-Voltage Breakdown, Lightning,
Sparks - St Elmo's Fire (Take Notes in Lecture)		P. 591, P. 596, Example 23-5, P. 643, Example 25-9
7Capacitance, Field EnergyChap. 24 through Sect. 24-4Lecture Notes (PDF)
8Polarization, Dielectrics,
The Van de Graaff, More on Capacitors		Lecture Supplement

Sect. 24-5 & 24-6 & P. 1115		Lecture Notes (PDF)Problem Set #2 (PDF)
9Currents, Resistivity, Ohm's LawChap. 25 through Sect. 25-4
10Batteries, EMF, Energy Conservation, Power, Kirchhoff's Rules, Circuits, Kelvin Water DropperSect. 25-5 through 25-8, Chap. 26 through Sect. 26-3, Take Notes
11Magnetic Field, Lorentz Force, Torques, Electric Motors (DC),  OscilloscopeChap. 27 through Sect. 27-7

Hand out Motor Kits

Sect. 23-9		Lecture Notes (PDF)Problem Set #3 (PDF)
12Review Exam 1 (Secret Top!)
Exam 1
Covering the first 3 Assignments, and all material covered in Reading Assignments and in Lectures through Lecture #10
13Moving Charges in B-fields, Cyclotron, Synchrotron, Mass Spectrometer, Cloud ChamberSect. 27-8 & 27-9Lecture Notes (PDF)
14Biot-Savart Law, Gauss' Law for Magnetic Fields, Revisit the "Leyden Jar", High-Voltage Power LinesChap. 28 through Sect. 28-3, Sect. 28-6, 29-6 & 32-2
15Ampere's Law, Solenoids, Revisit the Kelvin Water Dropper, Midterm EvaluationSect. 28-4, 28-5 & 28-8

Take Notes		Lecture Notes (PDF)
16Electromagnetic Induction, Faraday's Law, Lenz Law, Complete Breakdown of Intuition, Non-Conservative FieldsChap. 29 through Sect. 29-4, Sect. 29-7 & 29-8

Lecture Supplement		Lecture Notes (PDF)Problem Set #4 (PDF)
17Motional EMF, Dynamos, Eddy Currents, Magnetic BrakingSect. 29-3, 29-4, 29-5 & 29-8
18Displacement Current (Difficult Concept), Synchronous Motors, Induction Motors, Secret Top, How does it work?Sect. 32-1, Sect. 27-6 & 31-8
19Vacation Special

How do magicians levitate women? (with demo)

Electric Shock Treatment (no demo)

Electrocardiogram (with demo) - Pacemakers

Superconductivity (with demo)- Levitating Bullet Trains

Aurora Borealis

Sect. 25-10
P. 606
Sect. 25-9
P. 694 (apod Dec 3, 2001)		Problem Set #5 (PDF)
20Inductance, RL Circuits, Magnetic Field EnergyChap. 30 through Sect. 30-4, Lecture Supplement (JB)Lecture Notes (PDF)

Lecture Notes(PDF)
Due Date of Motor! (April 2)

Testing 1-5 PM
21Magnetic Materials, Dia-, Para-, and Ferromagnetism, Prize Ceremony of Motor ContestSect. 28-8, 28-9, 28-10Lecture Notes (PDF)
22Hysteresis, Electromagnets, Bohr Magneton
Maxwell's Equations
600 Daffodils 		Sect. 28-8 & 28-9, Sect. 32-3 & 40-7Lecture Notes (PDF)Problem Set #6 (PDF)
23Review Exam 2Lecture Notes (PDF)
Exam 2
Covering Assignments 4, 5 & 6, and all material covered in Reading Assignments and in Lectures through Lect #20
24Transformers, Car Coils, RC CircuitsSect. 26-4, 26-5 & 29-6
25Driven LRC Circuits, Resonance, Metal Detectors (Beach/Airport)Chap. 31 through Sect. 31-6Lecture Notes (PDF)

Lecture Notes (PDF)		Problem Set #7 (PDF)
26Traveling Waves, Standing Waves

Musical Instruments		Giancoli (Vol. I) Chap. 15 through Sect. 15-9Lecture Notes (PDF)
27Resonance, Destructive Resonance, Electromagnetic Waves, Speed of Light,
Radio, TV, Distance Determinations using Radar and Lasers		Sect. 31-6, Chap. 32 through Sect. 32-9Lecture Notes (PDF)
28Index of Refraction, Poynting Vector,
Oscillating Charges, Radiation Pressure, Comet Tails, Polarization (Linear, Elliptical, and Circular)		Sect. 32-7 & 32-8,
Chap. 33 through Sect. 33-2, Sect. 36-11		Problem Set #8 (PDF)
29Snell's Law, Refraction, Total Reflection, Dispersion, Prisms, Huygen's Principle,
The Illusion of Color, The Weird Benham Top, Land's Famous Demo		Sect. 33-5, 33-6 & 33-7, Chap. 35 through Sect. 35-2






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