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Lecture Slides for General Physics II, Spring 2013

Lecture 1

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Wed Jan 23, 2013

Introduction to Physics II, Clickers Distributed

Electric Charge and the Electric Field (Giancoli Ch 16)

Lecture 2 Mon Jan 28, 2013 Electric Charge and the Electric Field (Ch 16)
Lecture 3 Wed Jan 30, 2013 Electric Field   (Ch 16)
Lecture 4 Mon Feb 4 (to be completed on Wed) Electric Potential, Work done by electric fields, Potential Difference, Voltage, Capacitance (Ch 17)
Lecture 5 Wed Feb 6 Electric Current, Power, Resistance, Batteries, Alternating Current   Ch 17/18
Lecture 6 Mon Feb 11 As above, slides included in set 6 (Ch 18)
Lecture 7 Wed Feb 13 Electromotive Force, Internal Resistance, Circuits.  (Ch 18/19)
Lecture 8 Tue Feb 19 Magnetism (slides in Lecture 9 set below)
Lecture 9   Electromagnetism, Induction, Generators, Motors, Transformers
Lecture 10 Wed Feb 27 Electromagnetic Waves (Ch 22)
Lecture 11 Mon Mar 4 Electromagnetic Waves (slides continued Lecture 10 above)
Lecture 12 Wed Mar 6 Introduction to Optics: Reflection, Refraction, Mirrors, Lenses
Lecture 13 Mon Mar 18 Wave Nature of Light 1: Refraction, Interference, Diffraction
Lecture 14 Wed Mar 20 Wave Nature of Light 2: Diffraction Gratings, Polarization (We did not get to polarization, so that will be the start of Monday's lecture)
Lecture 15 Mon Mar 25 Practical Applications in Optics     (see Ch 25)
Lecture 16 Mon April 1st Special Relativity (Ch 26)
Lecture 17 Wed April 3 Special Relativity                - Slides in previous set
Lecture 18 Mon April 8 Quantum Theory  (Ch 27)
Lecture 19 Wed April 10 Quantum Theory                - Slides in previous set
Lecture 20 Wed April 17 Quantum Theory  (Ch 27-28)
Lecture 21 Wed Apr Radioactivity
Lecture 22 Mon Apr 29 Nuclear Physics
Lecture 23 Wed May 1st Radioactive Dating and Nuclear Reactors

 

 

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