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LEC # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
LECTURE NOTES |
ASSIGNMENTS |
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1 |
What
holds our world together?
Electric Charges
(Historical), Polarization,
Electric Force, Coulomb's
Law |
Chap. 21 through Sect. 21-5 |
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2 |
Electric Field, Field Lines,
Superposition, Inductive
Charging, Dipoles, Induced
Dipoles |
Sect. 21-6 through 21-11 |
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3 |
Electric Flux, Gauss's Law,
Examples |
All
of Chap. 22 |
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4 |
Electrostatic Potential,
Electric Energy, eV,
Conservative Field,
Equipotential Surfaces |
Chap. 23 through Sect. 23-8 |
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5 |
E = -grad V,
More on Equipotential
Surfaces, Conductors,
Electrostatic Shielding
(Faraday Cage) |
Sect. 23-5 & 23-7 |
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Problem Set #1 (PDF) |
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High-Voltage Breakdown,
Lightning,
Sparks - St Elmo's Fire
(Take Notes in Lecture) |
P.
591, P. 596, Example 23-5,
P. 643, Example 25-9 |
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7 |
Capacitance, Field Energy |
Chap. 24 through Sect. 24-4 |
Lecture Notes (PDF) |
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8 |
Polarization, Dielectrics,
The Van de Graaff, More on
Capacitors |
Lecture Supplement
Sect. 24-5 & 24-6 & P. 1115 |
Lecture Notes (PDF) |
Problem Set #2 (PDF) |
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9 |
Currents, Resistivity, Ohm's
Law |
Chap. 25 through Sect. 25-4 |
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10 |
Batteries, EMF, Energy
Conservation, Power,
Kirchhoff's Rules, Circuits,
Kelvin Water Dropper |
Sect. 25-5 through 25-8,
Chap. 26 through Sect. 26-3,
Take Notes |
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11 |
Magnetic Field, Lorentz
Force, Torques, Electric
Motors (DC), Oscilloscope |
Chap. 27 through Sect. 27-7
Hand out Motor Kits
Sect. 23-9 |
Lecture Notes (PDF) |
Problem Set #3 (PDF) |
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12 |
Review Exam 1 (Secret
Top!) |
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Exam 1
Covering the first 3
Assignments, and all
material covered in Reading
Assignments and in Lectures
through Lecture #10 |
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13 |
Moving Charges in B-fields,
Cyclotron, Synchrotron, Mass
Spectrometer, Cloud Chamber |
Sect. 27-8 & 27-9 |
Lecture Notes (PDF) |
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14 |
Biot-Savart Law, Gauss' Law
for Magnetic Fields, Revisit
the "Leyden Jar",
High-Voltage Power Lines |
Chap. 28 through Sect. 28-3,
Sect. 28-6, 29-6 & 32-2 |
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Ampere's Law, Solenoids,
Revisit the Kelvin Water
Dropper, Midterm
Evaluation |
Sect. 28-4, 28-5 & 28-8
Take Notes |
Lecture Notes (PDF) |
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16 |
Electromagnetic Induction,
Faraday's Law, Lenz Law,
Complete Breakdown of
Intuition, Non-Conservative
Fields |
Chap. 29 through Sect. 29-4,
Sect. 29-7 & 29-8
Lecture Supplement |
Lecture Notes (PDF) |
Problem Set #4 (PDF) |
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17 |
Motional EMF, Dynamos, Eddy
Currents, Magnetic Braking |
Sect. 29-3, 29-4, 29-5 &
29-8 |
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18 |
Displacement Current (Difficult
Concept),
Synchronous Motors,
Induction Motors,
Secret Top, How
does it work? |
Sect. 32-1, Sect. 27-6 &
31-8 |
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19 |
Vacation 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) |
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Problem Set #5 (PDF) |
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20 |
Inductance, RL Circuits,
Magnetic Field Energy |
Chap. 30 through Sect. 30-4,
Lecture Supplement (JB) |
Lecture Notes (PDF)
Lecture Notes(PDF) |
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Due Date of Motor!
(April 2)
Testing 1-5 PM
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21 |
Magnetic Materials, Dia-,
Para-, and Ferromagnetism,
Prize Ceremony of
Motor Contest |
Sect. 28-8, 28-9, 28-10 |
Lecture Notes (PDF) |
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22 |
Hysteresis, Electromagnets,
Bohr Magneton
Maxwell's Equations
600 Daffodils
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Sect. 28-8 & 28-9, Sect.
32-3 & 40-7 |
Lecture Notes (PDF) |
Problem Set #6 (PDF) |
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23 |
Review Exam 2 |
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Lecture Notes (PDF) |
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Exam 2
Covering Assignments 4, 5 &
6, and all material covered
in Reading Assignments and
in Lectures through Lect #20 |
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24 |
Transformers, Car Coils, RC
Circuits |
Sect. 26-4, 26-5 & 29-6 |
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25 |
Driven LRC Circuits,
Resonance, Metal Detectors
(Beach/Airport) |
Chap. 31 through Sect. 31-6 |
Lecture Notes (PDF)
Lecture Notes (PDF) |
Problem Set #7 (PDF) |
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26 |
Traveling Waves, Standing
Waves
Musical Instruments |
Giancoli (Vol. I) Chap. 15
through Sect. 15-9 |
Lecture Notes (PDF) |
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27 |
Resonance, Destructive
Resonance, Electromagnetic
Waves, Speed of Light,
Radio, TV, Distance
Determinations using Radar
and Lasers |
Sect. 31-6, Chap. 32 through
Sect. 32-9 |
Lecture Notes (PDF) |
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28 |
Index 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 |
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Problem Set #8 (PDF) |
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29 |
Snell'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 |
Lecture Notes (PDF)
Lecture Notes (PDF) |
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30 |
Polarizers, Malus's Law,
Brewster Angle, Polarization
by Reflection and
Scattering, Why is the sky
blue, Why are sunsets red?
The sun will set in
the lecture hall! |
Handout Optics Kits
Sect. 36-11 & 36-12
Take Notes |
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31 |
Rainbows
(Take Notes)
A Modest Rainbow
will appear in the lecture
hall!
Fog Bows, Supernumerary
Bows, Polarization of the
Bows, Haloes around the Sun
and Moon, Coronae, Glories,
Mock Suns (Sun Dogs) |
Bring a friend, this lecture
may also be appreciated by
non 8.02 "experts". Sect.
33-6 |
Lecture Notes (PDF)
Lecture Notes (PDF) |
Problem Set #9 (PDF) |
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32 |
Review Exam 3 |
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Lecture Notes (PDF) |
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Exam 3
Covering Assignments 7, 8 &
9, and all material covered
in Reading Assignments and
in Lectures through Lect #29 |
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33 |
Double-Slit Interference,
Interferometers |
Sect. 35-3 through Sect.
35-5, Sect. 35-7 |
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34 |
Gratings, Resolving Power,
Single-Slit Diffraction,
Angular Resolution, Human
Eye - Telescopes |
Chap. 36 through Sect. 36-8 |
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Problem Set #10 (PDF) |
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35 |
Doppler Effect, The Big
Bang, Cosmology
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Sect. 16.7 (Vol. 1) & 37-12.
Take Notes! |
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36 |
Farewell Special |
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