PHY 112

Last changed on  5/21/2009
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The information on this page is for the SPRING 2009 Physics 112 course.  If you are looking for information about the SUMMER PHY 112 course (which is very similar to this one) click here.  If you are after information about Spring 2010, the course will be very similar to the Spring 2009 offering.  The same book will be used, and approximately the same material will be covered.  This page will be updated shortly before the course begins wilt actual test dates and assignments.

Announcements


Brief Description.  This course is the second of a two semester introductory sequence in physics for science majors.  Calcuclus is not used in this course.  If you need a calculus based course, you should register for PHY 123.  The topics covered are electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and several topics from contemporary physics.

Prerequisite:  Physics 111 or equivalent.

Instructor: Robert Coakley, coakley@usm.maine.edu

Text: PHYSICS, 6th ed by Douglas Giancoli.  People just starting with the second semester should get only volume 2.  An OPTIONAL study guide is available.
      
Classes meet Tuesday and Thursday and Friday from 8:45 - 10:00 in 306 Payson Smith.  The usual pattern  will be about two classes devoted to new material followed by a class devoted to review of assigned problems.

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Homework Assignments

Assignments should be completed before they are reviewed in class, but may be handed in at any time.                                                

Ch      Problems

16   1, 5, 7, 10, 12, 23, 26, 28, 33, 36
17   1, 3, 5, 14, 15, 19, 22, 31, 33, 35, 47
18   1, 5, 7, 13, 14, 26, 27, 33, 37
19   1, 5, 7, 11, 17, 20, 51

First Test  Thursday 2/12

20   1, 3, 10, 11, 12, 15, 26, 32, 37, 38
21   1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 14, 17, 33, 36
22   5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13
23   7, 11, 15, 23, 27, 32, 36, 43, 46, 47, 49, 53

Second Test   Thursday  3/19

24   1, 5, 6, 15, 20, 27, 29
25   7, 13, 16, 21, 29, 31, 35, 41, 43, 70
26   1,  3,  5, 11, 12, 15, 17, 22, 26, 29, 45

Third Test  Thursday  4/23

27   2, 11, 13, 15, 23, 33, 38, 39, 49, 55
30   1, 9, 18, 37, 39, 41, 43, 50

Schedule for Spring 2009

The tentative schedule the course appears below.  It will be updated as we proceed through the semester.  You can use this to structure your reading and for other planning, but there may be changes, so check frequently.

Snow Day?  Official USM closing information:  780-4800.
Check this page for information relevant to this course.

1/20   Electric charge, Electrostatic Forces  16-1 - 16-6
1/22   Electric Field  16-7 - 16-9
1/23   Finish Ch 16.  Electric Potential  17-1 - 17-3

1/27   Review Chapter 16
1/29   More Potential  17-4, 17-5, 17-7 - 17-9
1/30   Finish 17.  Electric Current  18-1 - 18-4

2/3   Review Chapter 17
2/5   More Electric Current  18-5 - 18-7, 19-2
2/6    Electric Circuits   19-2, 19-1, 19-7

210   Review Chapters 18 and 19
2/12   First Test.  Chapters 16, 17, 18, and 19
2/13   Magnetism  20.1 - 20.4

2/1 - 2/20    Vacation Week - No Classes

2/24   Magnetism  20.4 - 20.7
2/26   Review Chapter 20
2/27   Electromagnetism  21.3, 21.4 (Or Test book  20.1, 20.3)

3/3   Faraday's Law 21.1, 21.2, 21.5, 21.7 (Or Test book 20.3,20.4,20.2, 20.6)
3/5   Electromagnetism  22.1 - 22.4, maybe start Ch 23
3/6   Review Chapters 21 and 22

3/10   Optics of reflection, Mirrirs  23.1 - 23.3
3/12   Optics of refraction 23.4 - 23.7
3/13   Lenses   23.7, 23.8

3/17   Review Chapter 23
3/19   Second Test  Chapters 20, 21, 22, and 23
3/20   No Class  -  We didn't lose any classes to snow

3/23 - 3/27   Vacation Week - No Classes

3/31   Light as Waves, Interference 24.1 - 24.4
4/2   More Light Waves  24.5, 24.6, 24.10
4/3   Review Chapter 24

4/7   Optical Applcations   25.2 - 25.4
4/9   Microscopes/Telescopes  25.5, 25.7 - 25.9
4/10   Review Chapter 25

4/14   Relativity - time, length  26.1 - 26.4
4/16   More relativitistic kinematics  26.4 - 26.5
4/17   Finish Relativity: Dynamics  26.7 - 26.11

4/21   Review Chapter 26
4/23   Third Test  Chapters 24, 25 and 26 (This is a changed date from the printed syllabus)
4/24    Early Quantum Mechanics, Photons  27.1, 27.3, 27.4

4/28   Early Quantum Mechanics, Matter Waves  27.6 - 27.8
4/30   Bohr Model of hydrogen  27.10 - 27.13
5/1     Review Chapter 27

5/5   The nucleus and radioactivity  30.1 - 30.6
5/7   More radioactivity  30.7 - 30.9;  Measurement of radiation 31.5
5/8   Review Chapter 30, course review.

5/12  Tuesday 8:00 - 10:00  Final Exam

















 

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