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PY208N Fall 2006 Semester Overview: Pertinent chapter sections listed per topic (D. C. Giancoli, Vol. 2, 3 PY208N Fall 2006 Semester Overview:
Pertinent chapter sections listed per topic (D. C. Giancoli, Vol. 2, 3
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Electrostatics
Origin and behavior of charge: electrons, protons and induction, conduction, and
grounding (21:1-3)

Electric force (Coulombs Law), field, and flux (Gausss Law) (21:4-8; 22:1-3)
Superposition of electric forces and fields, distribution of charge (collection of point
charges) (21:6-8)

Interaction of electric fields with conductors (21:9)

Interaction of charged particles with electric fields (21:10)
Electric potential and work, relationship between electric field and potential (23:1-5, 7-8)

Electric circuits
Circuit elements: Capacitors (24:1-5), Batteries and Resistors (Ohms Law) (25:1-4),
Inductors (30:2)

Wiring of capacitors (24:3) and resistors (26:1-2): series and parallel geometries

Flow of charge: current and resistivity (25:2, 4, 8)
Energy storage (capacitors: electric energy (24:4-5), inductors: magnetic energy (30:3))
and dissipation (resistors: power (25:5-6))
Application of Kirchoffs Rules to circuit loops (26:3)
RC (26:4), LR (30:4), LC (30:5) circuits
Alternating current (AC) circuits (31:1-6)

Electrodynamics
Properties of magnetic fields produced by both magnetic materials (27:1) and moving
charge (27:2)
Force on moving charge (both macroscopic current (27:3) and individual charges (27:4))
in presence of magnetic field
Magnetic dipole moment (27:5)
Superposition of magnetic forces and fields, distribution of moving charge (Ampères
Law and Biot-Savart Law): wires, solenoids, toroids, curved wires (28:1-6)
Magnetic induction: Faradays and Lenzs laws (29:1-2)
Induced EMF for both changing magnetic flux and moving conductors (29:2-3)
Electric generators using concept of magnetic induction sections-listed-/' >(29:4-5)
Self-inductance-application to solenoids and inductor circuit elements (30:2)

Electromagnetic Waves: Light
Rays:
Reflection and refraction (Snells Law and Brewsters Angle) (33:1-3, 5-7;
36:11), application to optics: mirrors (33:3-4) and lenses (34:1-3, 5-7)
Waves: EM spectrum (32:6)
Diffraction (35:1, 36:1, 7), interferences (35:3-4, 6-7), and polarization (36:11)
of light waves
Photons: Photoelectric effect and photon energy (Plancks Hypothesis): (38:2)

Matter waves (38:5-6) Chapter 21, sections 1-10:
Introduction to electric charge
Insulators and Conductors
Coulomb's Law
Definition of Electric Field
Field Lines
Interaction of Electric Fields with
conductors
Motion of particles in an Electric Field

Chapter 22, sections 1-3:
Definition of Electric Flux
Gauss's Law

Chapter 23, sections 1-5, 7-8:
Defition and sources of Electric Potential
Potential Surfaces
Electric Field from Electric Potential
Definition of Electron Volt

Chapter 24, sections 1-5:
Capacitors and Capacitance
Capacitors in a circuit
Energy storage and Dielectrics

Chapter 25, sections 1-6, 8:
Construction of a battery
Definition of Electric Current, Resistance
Electric sections-listed-/' class='doin' >Power
Current density and drift velocity

Chapter 26, sections 1-4:
Introduction to DC circuits
Kirchoff's rules
RC circuits

Chapter 27, sections 1-5:
Definition of Magnetism and Magnetic
Forces
Moving electric charge and magnetic fields
Magnetic dipole moment

Chapter 28, sections 1-6:
Sources of Magnetic Field
Electric current and Ampère's Law
Toroids and Solenoids: Magnetic field
geometry
Biot-Savart Law

Chapter 29, sections 1-5:
Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law, and EMF
Electric sections-listed-/' target='blank' class='doin' >Generators and Motors
Eddy currents

Chapter 30, sections 2-5:
Self-inductance
Energy stored in Magnetic Fields
LR and LC circuits

Chapter 31, sections 1-6:
AC circuits

Chapter 32, section 6:
Electromagnetic Spectrum

Chapter 33, sections 1-7:
Introduction to light: reflection and
refraction
Reflected images and mirrors, Snell's Law
Dispersion and Total internal reflection

Chapter 34, sections 1-3, 5-7:
Light rays and optics
Application of Lenses
Camera, Human eye, Magnifying glass

Chapter 35, sections 1, 3, 4, 6-7:
Light wave interferences
Interference in thin films
Michelson interferometer

Chapter 36, sections 1, 7, 11:
Diffraction and Polarization

Chapter 38, sections 2, 5-6:
Interaction of light with matter:
Photoelectric effect
Matter waves