General Physics II, Physics 114 (Gary Wysin)
Kansas State University, Spring 2007 -- 2009.

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(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
  5. Ch. 16,17 -- Review for Exam 1

    February 2.   Exam 1, Ch. 16,17

  6. Ch. 18A -- Current & Resistance: Ohm's Law
  7. Ch. 19 -- DC Circuits & Kirchhoff's Rules

  8. Ch. 20 -- Magnetic Field and Forces
  9. Ch. 20 -- Magnetic Applications: Solenoids, etc.

  10. Ch. 21 -- Induced EMF (Farady's Law)
  11. Ch. 18A,19,20 -- Review for Exam 2

    February 23.   Exam 2, Ch. 18A,19,20

  12. Ch. 18B, 21 -- Alternating Current and Transformers
  13. Ch. 18B, 21 -- Inductors, Capacitors in AC Circuits

  14. Ch. 21 -- AC Resonance and Oscillators
  15. Ch. 22 -- Electromagnetic Waves

  16. Ch. 23 -- Images by Reflection, Mirrors
  17. Ch. 18B,21,22 -- Review for Exam 3


    March 15---------SPRING BREAK WEEK---------March 22

    March 23.   Exam 3, Ch. 18B,21,22

  18. Ch. 23 -- Images by Refraction, Lenses
  19. Ch. 24 -- Light Waves and Interference

  20. Ch. 24 -- Thin Film Interference; Polarization
  21. Ch. 25 -- Optical Instruments and Vision

  22. Ch. 27 -- Electrons, Photons, Matter Waves
  23. Ch. 23,24,25 -- Review for Exam 4

    April 13.   Exam 4, Ch. 23,24,25

  24. Ch. 27 -- Atomic Spectra & Bohr Model
  25. Ch. 28 -- Quantum Mechanics and Uncertainty

  26. Ch. 28 -- Quantum Rules for Atoms (Periodic Table)
  27. Ch. 27,28 -- Review for Exam 5

    April 27.   Exam 5, Ch. 27,28

  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

    May 12, 6:20 - 8:10 p.m., CW 101 & 103.   Final Exam, Ch. 16-25,27,28,30,31
    (KSU Final Exams Schedule)

Spring 2009 Hour Exams
  Exam 1 - Ch. 16,17 ---------------- Electric Fields & Potential     Exam 1 Solution
  Exam 2 - Ch. 18A,19,20 -------- Electric Current, Magnetic Field     Exam 2 Solution
  Exam 3 - Ch. 18B,21,22 -------- Electromagnetism     Exam 3 Solution
  Exam 4 - Ch. 23,24,25 ------------- Geometric & Wave Optics Exam 4 Solution
  Exam 5 - Ch. 27,28 ----------------------- Quantum Physics Exam 5 Solution
 
Spring 2009 Final Exam
  Final Exam - Electricity, Magnetism, Quantum and Nuclear Physics     Final Exam Solution

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Last update: Thursday May 21 2009.
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