General Physics II, Physics 114 (Gary Wysin)
Kansas State University, Spring 2007, 2008.

Gary Wysin, Office Hours: TU 2:30 - 4:20 CW 309. See me or your LAB or REC instructors for help.

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which includes all the information about the course schedule, homework assignments, etc.

You may want to try the following 7-question

(solution on the second page) to make sure you remember some basic concepts and ideas from General Physics I, that you will need in this course.

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Lecture Notes

Here I've summarized the main topics, formulas, and notes from each day's lecture.
Make sure you know what to do with the formulas, concentrate on the meanings of the symbols, etc!!
Try to understand the examples, they may help with the homework problems.

You can also refer to somewhat shorter summaries of the topics on the Phys 114 recitation web page.
But, you'll find much more complete explanations in the text by Giancoli.

1. Ch. 16 -- Electric Charge and Force: Coulomb's Law
2. Ch. 16 -- Electric Field and Field Lines
3. Ch. 17 -- Electric Potential and Potential Energy
4. Ch. 17 -- Capacitance: Storing charge and energy
Recitation quiz, Ch. 17 (on potential)   --->   Its solution.
5. Ch. 16,17 -- Review for Exam 1
Exam 1 -- Chs. 16 & 17 -- Electric Fields & Potential   --->   Solution to Exam 1

6. Ch. 18 -- Current & Resistance: Ohm's Law
7. Ch. 19 -- DC Circuits & Kirchhoff's Rules
8. Ch. 19 -- Charging/Discharging Capacitors
9. Ch. 20 -- Magnetic Field and Forces
10. Ch. 20 -- Magnetic Applications: Solenoids, etc.
Recitation quiz, Ch. 20 (on magnetism)   --->   Its solution.
11. Ch. 18,19,20 -- Review for Exam 2
Exam 2 -- Chs. 18,19,20 -- Electric Current, Magnetic Field   --->   Solution to Exam 2

12. Ch. 21 -- Induced EMF (Farady's Law)
13. Ch. 18,21 -- Alternating Current and Transformers
14. Ch. 18,21 -- Inductors and Capacitors in AC Circuits
15. Ch. 21 -- AC Resonance and Oscillators
16. Ch. 22 -- Electromagnetic Waves
16a. Ch. 23 -- Images by Reflection
17. Ch. 18,21,22 -- Review for Exam 3

------SPRING BREAK WEEK------

Exam 3 -- Chs. 18,21,22 -- AC, ElectroMagnetIsm   --->   Solution to Exam 3
18. Ch. 23 -- Images by Reflection, Refraction
19. Ch. 24 -- Light Waves and Interference
20. Ch. 25 -- Optical Instruments and Vision Correction (by lenses)
Recitation quiz, Ch. 24 (diffraction)   --->   Its solution.
21. Ch. 23,24,25 -- Review for Exam 4
Exam 4 -- Chs. 23,24,25 -- Optics   --->   Solution to Exam 4

22. Ch. 27 -- Electrons and Photons (Quantum Theory)
23. Ch. 27 -- Matter Waves, Atomic Spectra
Recitation quiz, Ch. 27 (Quantum waves)   --->   Its solution.
24. Ch. 27 -- Atomic Models (Bohr Model of Hydrogen)
25. Ch. 28 -- Quantum Mechanics: Heisenberg Uncertainty
26. Ch. 28 -- Quantum Rules for Atoms (Periodic Table)
Recitation quiz, Ch. 28 (Quantum uncertainty)   --->   Its solution.
27. Ch. 27,28 -- Review for Exam 5
Exam 5 -- Chs. 27,28 -- Quantum Physics   --->   Solution to Exam 5

28. Ch. 30 -- Nuclear Physics & Radioactive Decays
29. Ch. 30 -- Half-Life, Decay Rates and Activity
30. Ch. 31 -- Nuclear Energy: Transmution, Fission, Fusion
31. Ch. 30,31 -- Nuclear Physics: A couple of review problems
Study Guide: Review for Comprehensive Final Exam
Final Exam -- Electricity, Magnetism, Quantum Physics   --->   Solution to Final Exam

Spring 2007 Hour Exams
  Exam 1 - Ch. 16,17 ------------- Electric Charges & Fields Exam 1 Solution
  Exam 2 - Ch. 18,19,20 --------- Electric Current, Magnetic Field     Exam 2 Solution
  Exam 3 - Ch. 21,22 ------------- Electromagnetic Induction Exam 3 Solution
  Exam 4 - Ch. 23,24,25 --------- Optics Exam 4 Solution
  Exam 5 - Ch. 27,28,30 --------- Quantum & Nuclear Physics Exam 5 Solution
 
Spring 2007 Final Exam
  Final Exam - Electricity, Magnetism and Quantum Physics Final Exam Solution

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Last update: Thursday May 15 2008.
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