Ph272 - General Physics II (Electricity and Magnetism)

Department of Physcis & Astronomy

University of Hawaii

Instructor: Prof. Pui K. Lam

Summer Session II

  • Lessons
    • 1 - Ch. 22: Overview, Charges, Coulomb's Law, Superposition Principle
    2 - Ch. 22: Electric Field, Electric Field Lines, Electric Dipoles
    3 - Ch. 23: Continous Charge Distribution, E-field of continous charge, Gauss's Law
    4 - Ch. 23: Application of Gauss's Law: Find E-field for symmetrical charged objects
    5 - Ch. 24: Electrostatic potential energy, electrostatic potential, equi-potential surfaces
    6 - Ch. 24: Examples of electrostatic potentials: charged sphere, cylinder, plane.
    7 - Ch. 25: Capacitance, Dielectric, Electrostatic energy stored
    8 - Ch. 25: Combinations of capacitors in a circuit: parallel and series.
    9 - Review
    (** Note: This summer, we lose one day in the first week, so we will try to combine Lesson 5 and 6 in one lecture).
     
    10 - Exam 1 (Chapters 22-25)
     
    11- Ch. 26: Electric Currents, Ohm's Law, Resistivity
    11-12 - Ch. 26: Resistors in Series, Resistors in Parallel, Kirchhoff's Rules
    12 - Ch. 26: RC circuit, Discharging Capacitor, Charging Capacitor
    13 - Ch. 28: Magnets, Magnetic field lines, Force on a moving charge (Right-hand-rule)
    14 - Ch. 28: Trajectory of a moving charge in a magnetic field; applications, Torque on current loops; applications
    15 - Ch. 29: Sources of magnetic field, Biot-Savort Law, Ampere's Law
    16 - Ch. 29: Magnetism in Matters: Para, Dia, Ferromagnetism
    17 - Ch. 30: Magnetic Induction, Magnetic Flux, Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law
    18- Ch. 30: Inductance, LR-Circuits, Magnetic energy
    19 - Review
     
    20 - Exam 2 (Chapters26-30, skip 27)
     
    21- Ch. 31: AC-Circuits; Differential Equations
    22 - Ch. 31: AC - Circuits; Complex Impedance
    23-24 - Ch. 32: Maxwell's Equations, Electromagnetic Waves
    25-26 - Ch. 33: Speed of Light in matters, reflection, refraction, polarization
    27 - Ch. 34: Plane Mirrors, Spherical mirrors
    28 - Ch. 34: Thin Lenses, Aberrations
    29 - Review
     
    30 - Exam 3 (Chapters 31-34)