Fall 1996
The second of an introductory physics sequence, this course will survey electricity and magnetism, electromagnetic waves and optics, and relativity. Prerequisite: Physics 201 or equivalent.
Associate Professor
Duncan Carlsmith, 4285 Chamberlin Hall, 262-2485, and Professor
D. Reeder, 4287 Chamberlin Hall, 262-8798.
Feel free to send Email to carlsmith@wishep.physics.wisc.edu and reeder@wishep.physics.wisc.edu.
Course info is posted to WWW page http://www.physics.wisc.edu/undergrads/courses/202/Syllabus202.html
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D. Halliday, R. Resnick, and J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, 4th edition.
Rollefson and Richards, Laboratory Experiments in General Physics, 1995 edition.
1:20 pm and 2:25 pm T,R in 1300 Sterling Hall. Read the assigned material
before lecture. Honors students must attend the 12:05 Friday Honors Lecture
Series. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Contact Prof. March for more
information.
Your discussion section will be led by your Teaching Assistant (TA). Quizzes will occasionally be given in your discussion section and will count toward your grade.
| Section | Lab | Discussion | TA |
| 301/601 | 3:30-6:25 M 3300 Sterling | 2:25 TR 2327 Sterling | Jian Ma |
| 302/602 | 3:30-6:25 T 3300 Sterling | 12:05 WF 1327 Sterling | Zoran Skoda |
| 303/603 | 3:30- 6:25 W 3300 Sterling | 2:25 TR 2323 Sterling | Zoran Skoda |
| 304/604 | 7:05-10:00p T 3300 Sterling | 1:20 WF 3401 Sterling | Young Jae Kim |
| 305/605 | 3:30-6:25 R 3300 Sterling | 12:05 WF 4145 Chamberlin | Young Jae Kim |
| 306/606 | 7:05-10pm W 3300 Sterling | 2:25 TR 4145 Chamberlin | Chris O'Dell |
| 307/607 | 12:05-3:00 M 3300 Sterling | 8:50 TR 1412 Sterling | Rellen Hardtke |
| 308/608 | 12:05-3:00 W 3300 Sterling | 7:45 TR 1412 Sterling | Rellen Hardtke |
| 309/609 | 7:05-10:00 R 3300 Sterling | 4:35 TR 2323 Sterling | Zhonghua Chu |
| 311/611 | 7:05- 10:00p R 3309 Sterling | 1:20 WF 1407 Sterling | Cosma Shalizi |
| 316/616 | 3:30-6:25 M 3309 Sterling | 8:50 TR 3401 Sterling | Wei Zhang |
| 317/617 | 3:30-6:25 W 3309 Sterling | 9:55 TR 2327 Sterling | Michael Kissick |
| 318/616 | 7:05-10pm W 3309 Sterling | 9:55 TR 1407 Sterling | Wei Zhang |
| 319/619 | 3:30-6:25 T 3309 Sterling | 1:20 WF 2323 Sterling | TBD |
| 319/619 | 3:30-6:25 T 3309 Sterling | 1:20 WF 2323 Sterling | Chester Wilson |
| 320/620 | 12:05-3:00 W 3309 Sterling | 9:55 TR 3401 Sterling | Zhonghua Chu |
| 321/621 | 12:05-3:00 M 3309 Sterling | 12:05 WF 2323 Sterling | Cosma Shalizi |
| 323/623 | 7:05-10:00 T 3309 Sterling | 4:35 TR 1407 Sterling | Jian Ma |
| 325/625 | 11:00-1:55 T 3309 Sterling | 7:45 WF 1412 Sterling | Chester Wilson |
| 326/626 | 3:30-6:25 R 3309 Sterling | 1:20 WF 2327 Sterling | Michael Kissick |
Follow the "General Instructions" in the laboratory manual
(pages 1-3). The experiments are to be written up during the laboratory
period in the lab notebook. Have your lab instructor initial and date the
work before you leave the lab. Do not take your lab notebook home except
with permission of your instructor.
Weekly homework problems and should be handed in at the first discussion
section the following week. Late problem sets will not be accepted. Homework
will count toward your grade. You may work with others on the homework,
but do not simply copy someone's solutions. The solutions will be explained
in your discussion section and placed on reserve in the Physics Library
(4220 Chamberlin Hall). Online
solutions are on reserve.
Hour Exams will be given at 7:15 pm in B10 Ingraham and 1300 Sterling on the following dates.
The exams will be closed-book, but you will be allowed one 8 1/2 x 11-inch
sheet of notes. The exams will be graded and handed back in your first
discussion section of the following week. Solutions will be discussed and
placed on reserve in the Physics Library (4220 Chamberlin Hall).
| Section | Exam Room | TA | |
| 301/601 | 1300 Sterling | Jian Ma | |
| 302/602 | 1300 Sterling | Zoran Skoda | |
| 303/603 | 1300 Sterling | Zoran Skoda | |
| 304/604 | 1300 Sterling | Young Jae Kim | |
| 305/605 | 1300 Sterling | Young Jae Kim | |
| 306/606 | 1300 Sterling | Chris O'Dell | |
| 307/607 | 1300 Sterling | Rellen Hardtke | |
| 308/608 | 1300 Sterling | Rellen Hardtke | |
| 309/609 | B10 Ingraham | Zhonghua Chu | |
| 311/611 | B10 Ingraham | Cosma Shalizi | |
| 316/616 | B10 Ingraham | Wei Zhang | |
| 317/617 | B10 Ingraham | Michael Kissick | |
| 318/616 | B10 Ingraham | Wei Zhang | |
| 319/619 | B10 Ingraham | TBD | |
| 319/619 | B10 Ingraham | Chester Wilson | |
| 320/620 | B10 Ingraham | Zhonghua Chu | |
| 321/621 | B10 Ingraham | Cosma Shalizi | |
| 323/623 | 1300 Sterling | Jian Ma | |
| 325/625 | B10 Ingraham | Chester Wilson | |
| 326/626 | B10 Ingraham | Michael Kissick |
The final exam will be at 7:25 pm on Friday, December 20 in Room
105 Psychology (cap. 201) and Room 1351 Chemistry (cap. 176). The will
cover the entire course with equal weight. You will be allowed two 8 1/2
x 11-inch sheets of notes.
The course grade will consist of the following components
Lab, homework and discussion grades will be assigned by your TA and
will be normalized to the distribution on the hour exams. Course grades
will be assigned based on the total number of points accumulated.
Room 2318 Sterling is staffed by TA's. See the schedule card on the
door. You may ask questions of any of the TA's or come during the hours
that your TA is there. You may also make an appointment with your TA at
any mutually convenient time and place.
If you have a non-subject matter question or concern that cannot
be resolved by your TA or professor, contact Jean Buehlman, Instructional
Program Manager (afternoons in 2520 Sterling Hall, 262-2629).
There is no substitute for confronting and solving problems.
Problems in Halliday, Resnick and Walker, Fundamentals of Physics,
4th edition. Labs in Rollefson and Richards, 1995 edition.
| Week | Date | Chapter | Problems | Lab |
| 1 |
Sept 3 Sept 5 |
23 Electric Charge 24 Electric Field |
23:4,9,13,21,22,37 24:5,21,24,30,49,57 |
no lab |
| 2 |
Sept 10 Sept 12 |
25 Gauss' Law 26 Electric Potential |
25:2,15,18,22,24,50 26:3,7,12,24,48,49 |
E-1 Electroscope |
| 3 |
Sept 17 Sept 19 |
26 Electric Potential 27 Capacitance |
26:27,54,62,66,77,86 27:7,17,41,58,61,66 |
E-2 Electric Fields |
| 4 |
Sept 24 Sept 26 |
28 Current Review |
28:8,11,13,19,55,57 |
E-3 Capacitors/RC-decay |
| Sept 30 | Exam 1 Chap. 23-27 | |||
| 5 |
Oct 1 Oct 3 |
29 Circuits 30 Magnetic Field |
29:9,14,21,29,57,70 30:7,12,33,46,57,63 |
Makeup |
| 6 |
Oct 8 Oct 10 |
31 Ampere's Law 32 Faraday's Law |
31:14,24,39,47,61,66 32:3,14,19,29,33,40 |
E-6 Electron e/m |
| 7 |
Oct 15 Oct 17 |
33 Inductance 34 Magnetism |
33:5,6,8,17,36,43 34:4,15,19,28,32 |
E-7 EM Induction |
| 8 |
Oct 22 Oct 24 |
17 Waves Review |
17:14,24,34,38,44,52 |
E-8 Oscilloscope/Diff. Amplifiers |
| Oct 28 | Exam 2 Chap. 28-34 | |||
| 9 |
Oct 29 Oct 31 |
18 Waves 35 EM Oscillations |
18:9,17,56,67,87,96 35:6,7,18,25,34,38 |
Makeup |
| 10 |
Nov 5 Nov 7 |
36 Alternating Currents 37 Maxwells Equations |
36:8,21,23,33,41,45 37:2,4,11,15 |
S-1,S-3 Standing Waves, Speed of Sound |
| 11 |
Nov 12 Nov 14 |
38 EM Waves Review |
38:2,8,14,17,40,50 |
E-9 AC Circuits |
| Nov 18 | Exam 3 Chap. 17,18,35-38 | |||
| 12 |
Nov 19 Nov 21 |
39 Optics 40 Interference |
39:8,11,23,29,33,42 40:14,33,40,57,67,80 |
E-10
Transistors |
| 13 |
Nov 26 Nov 28 |
41 Diffraction Thanksgiving |
41:9,15,22,32,34,40 |
make-up |
| 14 |
Dec 3 Dec 5 |
41 Diffraction 42 Relativity |
41:50,52,58,67,72,78 42:1,7,9,15,18,23 |
L-2
Mirrors and Lens |
| 15 |
Dec10 Dec 12 |
42 Relativity Review |
42:30,36,38,47,53,55 |
L-1 Diffraction and Interference |
| Dec 20 | Final Chap. 17,18,23-42 |
Fall 1996
| Date | Chapter | Demonstrations |
| Sept 3 | 23 Electric Charge | Pith Balls, Electroscopes, and Charging Materials Stirrup (electrostatic pendulum) Electrostatic Machine Plumes (from Van der Graaff) |
| Sept 5 | 24 Electric Field | Fields with hair (overhead display) Cathode Ray Tube (Overhead) Cathode Ray Tube Elements (hand around) |
| Sept 10 | 25 Gauss' Law | Cavendish Spheres Surface with Pith balls |
| Sept 12 | 26 Electric Potential | Lightning Rod and Round Ball (Which draws a spark?) Charge Distribution with Brass Teardrop Van Der Graaff |
| Sept 17 | 27 Capacitance | Capacitor Samples Energy Stored in a Capacitor ( run light bulb or motor) Variable Plate Cap (insert dielectrics, project DVM) |
| Sept 24 | 26 Current and Resistance | Fall of Potential (along Cu, Nichrome wires of diff. thickness) Resistor Samples Thermocouple (laser galvanometer readout) Resistance Change with Temperature (LiqN2 brightens bulb) |
| Sept 26 | Review | HO Battery and Fuel Cell - Film Loop Electrolysis of Water (fill balloon and boom) |
| Oct 1 | 29 Circuits | Ohm's Law Panel Alternate Cu/Nichrome Wire glow Voltmeters, Ammeters Copper Plating Discharging Capacitor with Different Resistances |
| Oct 3 | 30 Magnetic Field | Filings and magnets
Discharge plasma tube and magnet |
| Oct 8 | 31 Ampere's Law | Compass Needle and Wire - Oersted Experiment Project Magnetic Field Around Wire w/iron Filings Project Magnetic Field in Solenoid w/Iron Filings Coil that Acts like a Magnet |
| Oct 10 | 32 Faraday's Law | AC and DC Generator Coil to Galvanometer and Coil to Battery (coupled coils) Induction with Bar Magnet Jumping Ring Model of a motor Lenz's Law Eddy Currents |
| Oct 15 | 33 Inductance | Inductor samples Simple AC Circuit (RL) |
| Oct 17 | 34 Magnetism | Paramagnetism of Liq O - Film Loop Para and Diamagnetism (have to try it!) Permalloy Bar Coils on Overhead with Compasses (Helholtz coils) Curie Point 2 Demos |
| Oct 22 | 17 Waves | Long ropes Mounted Slinky Differential Tuning Forks Interference speakers |
| Oct 24 | Review | |
| Oct 29 | 18 Waves | Sonometer and Bow Organ Pipe Soap Film Oscillations (Film) |
| Oct 31 | 35 EM Oscillations | DC-RMS demo (2 light bulb indicators) Resonance Circuit with Ammeter and Voltmeter Resonance with Coil and Light Bulb (as resistor) |
| Nov 5 | 36 Alternating Currents | Variac Transformer Samples |
| Nov 7 | 37 Maxwell's Equations | EM Waves -Overhead Field Due to and Oscillating Dipole - Overhead Hertz Transmitter and Receiver |
| Nov 12 | 38 EM Waves | Microwave Transmitter Short Wave Transmitter and Receiver Polarizer Sheets |
| Nov 14 | Review | |
| Nov 19 | 39 Optics | Achromatic Prisms Crown Glass, Flint Glass, Liquid Prisms Water Tank for Total Internal Reflection Lucite Spiral Image from Lens Image from Mirror Roof mirrors |
| Nov 21 | 40 Interference | Ripple Tank Individual Replica Gratings Fringes with Optical Flats Michelson Interferometer |
| Nov 26 | 41 Diffraction | Laser Diffraction Slits, Holes, Bearings on Optical Bench |
| Dec 3 | 41 Diffraction | Slits, Holes, Bearings on Optical Bench |
| Dec 5 | 42 Relativity | Length Contraction - Film Loop Simultaneity is Relative - Film Loop |
| Dec 12 | Review |
