Physics 204 -- Syllabus
| Thursday, Jan. 31 |
12.1 |
Wavelength, frequency |
(no lab) |
| Tuesday, Feb. 5 |
12.2-12.4 |
Sound, speed |
Standing
Waves |
| Thursday, Feb. 7 |
12.5-12.8 |
Superposition |
Labs meet W/Th |
| Friday, Feb. 8 |
Review |
Problems |
| Tuesday, Feb. 12 |
12.9-12.10 |
Energy current |
Audio Spectra |
Thursday, Feb. 14 |
12.11-12.13 |
Energy current density |
Labs meet W/Th |
| Friday, Feb. 15 |
Review |
Problems |
| Tuesday, Feb. 19 |
13.1-13.2 |
Huyghens, double slit |
Diffraction
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| Thursday, Feb. 21 |
13.3-13.7 |
Interference phenomena |
Labs meet W/Th |
| Friday, Feb. 22 |
Review |
Problems |
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| Tuesday, Feb. 26 |
14.1-14.3 |
Charge, capacitance |
Electrostatics |
| Thursday, Feb. 28 |
14.4 |
Parallel plate capacitor |
Labs meet W/Th |
| Friday, Feb. 29 |
Review |
Problems |
| Tuesday, Mar. 4 |
14.4-14.5 |
Electric field |
EXAM 1 this week |
| Thursday, Mar. 6 |
14.5-14.6 |
Coulomb's Law |
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| Friday, Mar. 7 |
Review |
Go over exam |
| Tuesday, Mar. 11 |
15.1-15.3 |
Ohm's Law |
DC circuits
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| Thursday, Mar. 13 |
15.4-15.6 |
Resistor networks |
Labs meet W/Th |
| Friday, Mar. 14 |
| Review |
Problems |
| Tuesday, Mar. 18 |
BREAK! |
| Tuesday, Mar. 25 |
16.1-16.2 |
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Oscilloscopes |
| Thursday, Mar. 27 |
16.3-16.7 |
Batteries |
Labs meet W/Th |
| Friday, Mar. 28 |
Review |
Problems |
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| Tuesday, April 1 |
17.1-17.3 |
Magnetic field |
Batteries |
| Thursday, April 3 |
17.4-17.6 |
Force on moving charge |
Labs meet W/Th |
| Friday, April 4 |
Review |
Problems |
| Tuesday, Apr. 8 |
17.7-17.8 |
Faraday's Law |
Magnets |
| Thursday, Apr. 10 |
17.9-17.12 |
B and I |
Labs meet W/Th |
| Friday, Apr. 11 |
Review |
Problems |
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| Tuesday, Apr. 15 |
18.1-18.5 |
Polarization |
Exam 2
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| Thursday, Apr. 17 |
18.6-18.9 |
Blackbody Spectrum |
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Friday, Apr. 18 |
Review |
Problems |
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| Tuesday, Apr. 22 |
19.1-19.3 |
Quanta, oscillators |
Polarization |
| Thursday, Apr. 24 |
19.4-19.6 |
Matter waves |
Labs meet W/Th |
| Friday, Apr. 25 |
Review |
Problems |
| Tuesday, Apr. 29 |
20.1-20.4 |
E=Mc^2, atomic mass |
Atomic
Spectra
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| Thursday, May 1 |
20.5-20.8 |
Radiation and the body |
Labs meet W/Th |
| Friday, May 2 |
Review |
Problems |
| Tuesday, May 6 |
Review |
Suggested topics |
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