PHYSICS 2211 M & N-INTRO. PHYSICS (Modern Matter & Interactions version)
Tentative Course Schedule
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Topic |
Reading |
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Jan |
8 |
Mon |
Introduction, Vectors |
Website |
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10 |
Wed |
Interactions,Velocity, Updating position |
1.1-1.7 |
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12 |
Fri |
Momentum; Change in Momentum; The Momentum Principle |
1.8-1.9;2.1-2.3 |
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15 |
Mon |
School Holiday, no class |
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17 |
Wed |
Relativity;Predicting Motion (Constant Forces) |
1.10;2.4-2.5 |
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19 |
Fri |
Momentum Principle Applications; Physical Models |
2.6-2.7 |
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22 |
Mon |
Momentum Principle (Non-constant Forces) |
3.1-3.2 |
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24 |
Wed |
Multiparticle systems; Conservation of Momentum |
2.8-2.10; |
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26 |
Fri |
Fundamental Forces; Gravitational force law |
3.3-3.7; |
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29 |
Mon |
Electric force law; Reciprocity |
3.8-3.9 |
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31 |
Wed |
Contact Forces; Ball and Spring Model of Solids |
4.1-4.4 |
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Feb |
2 |
Fri |
Stress, strain, Young's modulus |
4.5-4.7 |
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5 |
Mon |
Test #1: Sect 1.1-3.9 (Evening) Speed of Sound (In-class) |
4.14-4.16 |
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7 |
Wed |
Equilibrium |
4.8-4.10 |
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9 |
Fri |
Curving Motion I |
4.11-4.12 |
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12 |
Mon |
Curving Motion II |
4.13 |
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14 |
Wed |
Energy Principle |
5.1-5.2 |
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16 |
Fri |
Class Cancelled, no class |
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19 |
Mon |
Work; Energy Principle |
5.3-5.4 |
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21 |
Wed |
Work by Non-constant Forces; Change in Rest Mass |
5.5-5.7 |
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23 |
Fri |
Potential Energy |
5.8-5.10 |
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26 |
Mon |
Test #2: Sect 4.1-5.7 (Evening) Spring Potential Energy (In-class) |
6.1,6.3 |
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28 |
Wed |
Gravitational Potential Energy |
5.10-5.11 |
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March |
2 |
Fri |
Gravitational and Electric Potential Energy; Atomic Potential Energy |
5.12-14,5.16,6.2 |
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5 |
Mon |
Dissipation |
6.9-6.13 |
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7 |
Wed |
Thermal Energy: Microscopic Work |
6.4 |
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9 |
Fri |
Power: Choice of System; Multiparticle System |
6.5-6.8,8.1-8.3 |
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12 |
Mon |
Point Particle vs. Real systems |
8.4-8.5; |
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14 |
Wed |
Collisions |
9.1-9.3 |
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16 |
Fri |
More Collisions, Rutherford Experiment |
9.4-9.6 |
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19 |
Mon |
Spring Break, no class |
7.1-7.3 |
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21 |
Wed |
Spring Break, no class |
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23 |
Fri |
Spring Break, no class |
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26 |
Mon |
Angular Momentum Principle I |
10.1-10.2 |
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28 |
Wed |
Angular Momentum Principle II |
10.3-10.6 |
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30 |
Fri |
Angular Momentum Principle III |
10.7 |
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April |
2 |
Mon |
Test 3: Sect. 5.8-5.14,5.16,6.1-6.13,8.1-8.5,9.1-9.6 (Evening) Angular Momentum IV (In-class) |
10.8 |
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4 |
Wed |
Quantized Energy I |
7.1-7.3 |
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6 |
Fri |
Quantized Energy II |
7.4-7.8 |
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9 |
Mon |
Stat. Mech. I |
11.1-11.2 |
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11 |
Wed |
Stat. Mech. II: Entropy |
11.3-11.4 |
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13 |
Fri |
Stat. Mech. III: Temperature |
11.5 |
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16 |
Mon |
Test 4: Sect. 7.1-7.8; 10.1-10.8 (Evening) Stat. Mech. IV: Heat Capacity (In-class) |
11.6 |
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18 |
Wed |
Boltzmann Distribution I |
11.7 |
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20 |
Fri |
Boltzmann Distribution II |
11.8 |
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23 |
Mon |
Kinetic Theory I |
12.1-12.2 |
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25 |
Wed |
Kinetic Theory II |
12.3-12.4 |
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27 |
Fri |
Review |
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