PHYSICS 1251 SYLLABUS AUTUMN 2014 Lecturers: Dr. Chris Porter PRB1005 porter.284@osu.edu Dr. Lei Bao PRB1016 bao.per@gmail.com WebAssign Administrator: Dr. Bolland SM 1106D bolland@mps.ohio-state.edu Course Manager: Dr. Ziegler SM1036A, 292-2067 ziegler.2@osu.edu Books: - Physics for Scientists and Engineers Serway and Jewitt, 8th ed. - Physics 1251 Lab Manual Websites: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/phys1251/ (Basic Course Info) https://carmen.osu.edu (Grades, Quiz Solutions, Handouts) https://www.webassign.net/osu/student.html (Homework) Grades:

Item Labs Prelab Homework Quizzes Midterms Final Exam Weight 12% 3% 15% 15% (2x15%) 25%

Notes 1 dropped 1 dropped NO DROPS 1+ dropped Note: One lowest quiz will be dropped, but if at least 65% of students enrolled in the lecture class participate in the on­line survey “Student Evaluation of Instruction” (SEI) for both lecturer and recitation instructor, then two lowest quizzes will be dropped. General: Think of homework as due Thursday night (time will elapse Fridays 8:00 AM) Pre-labs are due Mondays 8:00 AM the week of the lab Quizzes will be given in Thursday recitations Syllabus: SUBJECT TO CHANGE Date Day Topic Reading Notes/Due Week 1 Lab: None

8/27/2013 W Electric charge 23.1,3 8/28/2013 R Mechanics review 8/29/2013 F Conductors & insulators; induced charges 23.2

Week 2 Lab: None 9/01/2013 M NO CLASS – Labor Day 9/02/2013 T 9/03/2013 W Electric fields 23.4,6-7 9/04/2013 R Quiz 1 HW1 due 9/05/2013 F Electric fields 23.5

Week 3 Lab: LAB 1: Exp I – Electric Force 9/08/2013 M Gauss’s law 24.1-3 Pre-lab 9/09/2013 T 9/10/2013 W Gauss's law 24.4 9/11/2013 R Quiz 2 HW2 due 9/12/2013 F Potential 25.1-3

Week 4 Lab: LAB 2: Exp III – Electric Flux 9/15/2013 M Potential 25.4-6 Pre-lab 9/16/2013 T 9/17/2013 W Potential 25.7-8 9/18/2013 R Quiz 3 HW3 due 9/19/2013 F Capacitance (last drop w/out W) 26.1-3

Week 5 Lab: LAB 3: Exp IV – Electric Potential 9/22/2013 M Capacitors 26.3-7 Pre-lab 9/23/2013 T 9/24/2013 W Current; Ohm's law 27.1-3,6 9/25/2013 R Quiz 4 HW4 due 9/26/2013 F Simple circuits 28.1-2

Week 6 Lab: LAB 4: Exp V Electric Current & Exp VI Qualitative Circuits 9/29/2013 M Complex circuits 28.3 Pre-lab 9/30/2013 T

10/01/2013 W RC circuits 28.4,5 10/02/2013 R Quiz 5 HW5 due 10/03/2013 F Magnetic forces 29.1-3

Week 7 Lab: LAB 5: Exp VII – Quantitative Circuits 10/06/2013 M Magnetic forces 29.4-6 Pre-lab 10/07/2013 T 10/08/2013 W Magnetic fields, review 30.2 10/09/2013 R Midterm 1 (chs. 23-28 & minor 29) 10/10/2013 F Magnetic fields: Ampere, Biot-Savart 30.1,3

Week 8 Lab: LAB 6: Exp VIII – Magnetic Torque

10/13/2013 M Magnetic field calculations 30.4-5 HW6 due/ Pre-lab

10/14/2013 T 10/15/2013 W Induction 31.1-3 10/16/2013 R Quiz 6 HW7 due 10/17/2013 F Induction 31.4-6

Week 9 Lab: LAB 7: Exp IX – Magnetic Field & Exp X – Magnetic Induction 10/20/2013 M Inductors and inductance 32.1-3 Pre-lab 10/21/2013 T 10/22/2013 W Oscillations and waves 16.1-3 10/23/2013 R Quiz 7 HW8 due 10/24/2013 F Traveling waves 16.4-5

Week 10 Lab: LAB 8: Exp XI – Inductor Circuits 10/27/2013 M Standing waves 18.1-2 Pre-lab 10/28/2013 T 10/29/2013 W Wave spectra 18.3-7 10/30/2013 R Quiz 8 HW9 due 10/31/2013

F

Sound waves (last day to drop w/out petition)

17.1-4

Week 11 Lab: LAB 9: Exp XII – Standing Waves & XIII – Wave Superposition 11/03/2013 M Maxwell’s equations 34.1-3 Pre-lab 11/04/2013 T

11/05/2013 W Electromagnetic waves 34.4-7, 38.6

11/06/2013 R Midterm 2 (chs. 29-32,16) 11/07/2013 F Ray model of light 35.1-5

Week 12 Lab: None 11/10/2013 M TBA HW10 11/11/2013 T NO CLASS – Veteran’s Day 11/12/2013 W Ray Model of Light 35.6-8 11/13/2013 R Quiz 9 HW11 due 11/14/2013 F Interference 37.1-3

Week 13 Lab: LAB 10: Exp XV – Light Interference 11/17/2013 M Interference applications 37.4-6 Pre-lab 11/18/2013 T 11/19/2013 W Diffraction 38.1-3 11/20/2013 R Quiz 10 HW12 due 11/21/2013 F Diffraction gratings 38.4-5

Week 14 Lab: None 11/24/2013 M Quantum: photoelectric effect 40.1-2 11/25/2013 T 11/26/2013 W NO CLASS – Thanksgiving Break 11/27/2013 R NO CLASS – Thanksgiving Break HW13 due 11/28/2013 F NO CLASS – Thanksgiving Break

Week 15 Lab: LAB 11: EXP XVI – Spectroscopy 12/01/2013 M Wave-particle duality 40.3-8 Pre-lab 12/02/2013 T

12/03/2013 W Hydrogen 41.1-2, 42.1

12/04/2013 R NO HW 12/05/2013 F Multi-electron atoms 42.4,6-7

Week 16 Lab: None 12/08/2013 M Review 12/09/2013 T NO HW

Final Exams: rooms TBA Lecture 4:10: Tuesday 12/16/2014 4:00pm – 5:45pm Lecture 5:20: Thursday 12/11/2014 6:00pm – 7:45pm Lecture: 6:30 Monday 12/15/2014 8:00pm – 9:45pm