Physics 2140
General Physics
Fall 2000

An introduction to electricity, magnetism, special relativity, and atomic Physics.

Instructor: Robert Harr Office: 341 Physics
Phone: 577-2677 E-mail: harr@physics.wayne.edu
Office Hours: 3:00 - 4:00 MW or by appointment.
Web Page: http://hep1.physics.wayne.edu/harr/courses/2140/index.htm
       
Textbook: College Physics, fifth edition by Serway and Faughn, Saunders College Publishing, 1999.
Lectures: 10:40 - 11:35 MWF, Room 150 General Lectures Building
Quiz Sections: Quiz sections are an important part of this course. They allow you to meet together in small groups to ask questions, discuss material, and discuss the assigned problems. During the semester, 3 quizzes worth 3% extra credit will be given.
Homework: The homework problems assigned for this course are listed below. While the problems will NOT be collected and graded, it is expected that you will devote time to understanding and solving these problems. In the same way that you must practice to become proficient at a sport or musical instrument, you must work problems in order to master basic physics. Furthermore, the exam problems will be based on the assigned homework.
Labs: You are required to take the laboratory (2141) along with this course. The experiments provide reinforcement for the material in the course. You will receive a separate grade for the lab, following the policies presented by your lab instructor. Your lab manual is to be purchased separately at the bookstore.
Exams: There will be three mid-terms and a final exam. The midterm exams will be given during a lecture period (55 min.). Exams are closed book. Make-up exams must be arranged with the instructor before the exam is given.
Grading: Grades will be determined by the three class exams, the final exam, and the quizzes as follows:
First Exam 20%  
Second Exam 20%  
Third Exam 20%  
Final Exam 40%  
Quizzes 3% extra  
The grade scale is as follows:
  A 90 -- 100%
  A-- 85 -- 90%
  B+ 80 -- 85%
  B 75 -- 80%
  B-- 70 -- 75%
  C+ 65 -- 70%
  C 60 -- 65%
  C-- 55 -- 60%
  D+ 50 -- 55%
  D 45 -- 50%
  D-- 40 -- 45%
  F <40%

 

COURSE OUTLINE
WEEK DAY DATE TOPIC CHAPTER.SECTION
1 W 9/6 Electric Charges, Coulomb's Law 15.1-15.3
  F 9/8 Electric Field 15.4-15.6
2 M 9/11 Van De Graaff, Oscilloscope, Gauss's Law 15.8-15.10
  W 9/13 Potential Energy & Electric Potential 16.1-16.4
  F 9/15 Capacitance and Capacitors 16.6-16.8
3 M 9/18 Energy Stored in a Capacitor 16.9-16.10
  W 9/20 Electric Current and Ohm's Law 17.1-17.3
  F 9/22 Resistivity, Electrical Power 17.4-17.7
4 M 9/25 EMF, Resistors 18.1-18.3
  W 9/27 Kirchoff's Rules, RC Circuits 18.4-18.5
  F 9/29 FIRST EXAM (CHAPTERS 15-17)  
5 M 10/2 Magnetic Fields and Force 19.1-19.4
  W 10/4 Applications of Magnetic Forces 19.5-19.7
  F 10/6 Ampree's Law and Applications 19.8-19.9
6 M 10/9 Ampere's Law (continued) 19.10-19.11
  W 10/11 Induced emf, Faraday's Law 20.1-20.2
  F 10/13 Motional emf, Lenz's Law 20.3-10.4
7 M 10/16 Generators, Motors 20.5
  W 10/18 Inductance, Energy Stored in a Magnetic Field 20.7, 20.9
  F 10/20 AC Circuits 21.1-21.3
8 M 10/23 The RLC Series Circuit 21.4-21.6
  W 10/25 Electromagnetic Waves & Spectrum 21.11-21.12
  F 10/27 SECOND EXAM (CHAPTERS 18-20)  
9 M 10/30 Relativity, Speed of Light 26.1-26.3
  W 11/1 The Michelson-Morley Exp. 26.4
  F 11/3 Time Dilation, Length Contraction 26.5-26.6
10 M 11/6 Relativistic Momentum 26.7
  W 11/8 Add. of Velocities, Relativistic Energy 26.8-26.10
  F 11/10 Blackbody Radiation and Planck's Hypothesis 27.1
11 M 11/13 The Photoelectric Effect 27.2-27.3
  W 11/15 X-Rays, Compoton Scatt., Pair Production 27.4-27.7
  F 11/17 THIRD EXAM (CHAPTERS 21 & 26)  
12 M 11/20 Photons, Wave Properties of Particles 27.8-27.9
  W 11/22 Wave Function, The Uncertainty Principle 27.10-27.11
  F 11/24 Thanksgiving Recess  
13 M 11/27 Atomic Spectra and Structure 28.1-28.2
  W 11/29 The Bohr Theory of Hydrogen 28.3-28.4
  F 12/1 de Broglie Waves, Quantum Mechanics 28.5-28.7
14 M 12/4 The Periodic Table, Atomic Transitions 28.8-28.11
  W 12/6 Nuclear Structure, Binding Energy 29.1-29.3
  F 12/8 Decay Processes, Radioactivity 29.4-29.6
15 M 12/11 Elementary Particles 30.4-30.9
  W 12/13 Elementary Particles 30.10-30.16
16 Th 12/21 FINAL EXAM: 8:00 -- 10:30 a.m.  

 

Course Homework
Week Chapter Assigned Problems (subject to change)
1 15 M1, 4; P3, 7, 10, 11, 17
2 15 P23, 27, 28, 40
16 M4, 5; P1, 3, 9
3 16 P11, 17, 19, 21, 25, 29, 30, 39
17 P1, 3, 5
4 17 P11, 17, 19, 21, 25, 29, 39
18 M3, 4; C19
5 18 P1, 7, 9, 17, 23, 28
19 P2, 3, 5, 7
6 19 P11, 19, 25, 31, 33, 37, 45
20 P1, 7, 9, 11, 17
7 20 P21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 33, 37
8 21 P3, 5, 9, 13, 19, 27, 31
9 26 P3, 5, 9, 13
10 26 P15, 21, 27, 29
11 27 P3, 5, 7, 13, 19
12 27 P27, 33, 37, 47, 55
13 28 P1, 7, 13, 27, 33, 37, 39
14 29 P1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 25, 29, 36
15 30 P19, 20, 21, 25, 33
Robert Harr
Sep. 7, 1999