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General Physics 204 Fall 2018 www.physics.rutgers.edu/~croft
Instructor:Prof. Mark Croft/Serin113/848-445-8746/croft AT physics.rutgers.edu/MW 6:55-7:50 PM
Text: Physics Vol 2. by J. Walker (4th Edition) Pearson Prentice Hall [ISBN: 978-0-321-61112-3 check]
Note this text should be available used online. My copy looks like
Recitations:
Leonardo Santana (Course Assist.) PIC [santana-AT-physics.rutgers.edu, ARC239] Office Hr.= Wed. 5:00-6:30 pm
Adam Broussard PIC [adamcbroussard-AT-physics.rutgers.edu, Serin 332] Office Hr.= Tues. 10am-12pm
Daniel Friedan PIC [dfriedan-AT-gmail.com,848-445-9062, Serin E366] Office Hr.= ** see below
** For Prof. Friedan's extensive office hrs. click here
SEC INDEX RECIT INSTR SEC INDEX RECIT INSTR
01 02828 M 10:35-11:30AM SEC-220 Santana 06 02253 M 5:15-6:10PM SEC-217 Santana
02 02710 M 12:15-1:10PM ARC-206 Friedan 07 02064 M 8:25-9:20PM SEC-212 Broussard
03 03138 M 1:55-2:50PM ARC-206 Friedan 08 02329 M 8:25-9:20PM SEC-217 Santana
04 02796 M 3:35-4:30PM SEC-212 Friedan 09 09927 M 5:15-6:10PM ARC-110 Broussard
05 00334 M 5:15-6:10PM SEC-212 Friedan 10 09928 T 3:35-4:30PM ARC-108 Broussard
11 09929 T 6:55-7:50PM SEC-220 Broussard
VIEW YOUR GRADES
Note:Involves entering net-ID and Rutgers CAS password.
Click here for homework problem/solution directory [get password info in lecture]. Note: click on file to view.
Click here for lecture note directory.
Note: lec-01-204.pdf means pdf-file of lectures of week and just click on file to view.
formulas for exam 1
selected for exam 2
selected for final
!!Announcements:
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Exam 1 scale-keys.
Exam 2 scale-keys.
Final Exam scale.
CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM Tues. Dec. 18, 4-7 PM
Loc.=ARC 103 Loc.=Phys. Lec. Hall
Sec Instructor Sec Instructor
02 Friedan 01 Santana
03 Friedan 06 Santana
04 Friedan 08 Santana
05 Friedan
07 Broussard
09 Broussard
10 Broussard
11 Broussard
Make-up Final Wed. 19 Dec. 10 am meet at Prof. Croft's office (Serin 113)
Note: Cell phone/wireless connected devices on one's person during the test
is an immediate honor code violation. Such devices must be turned-off and stored
out of sight in a backpack/bag.
Note: No graphing calculators or formula storage calculators allowed.
Note: All questions about exams or exam questions should be asked in lecture.
BRING STRAIGHT EDGE TO EXAM 2 (AND FINAL)!!!
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1] Recitation Quizzes are a major part of the grade! Do not miss them !!
2] Lecture Notes in the lecture note directory linked above.
3] Students may go to any office hr. in the course. The instructor's pictures are accessible by clicking on their names.
4] For a note on the "shoot-the-monkey" demo, accelerating reference frames
and Einstein's General Theory of Relativity from last semester click here>
5] Additional Material On Bohr, U and Th> On the WWII Pu-implosion bomb>
Lecture Schedule
Wk/Lect. Day-Date Topic Reading:Chapter
1/1 W Sept. 5, Intro. Electric Charge, Force, Field 19
2/2 M Sept. 10, Electric Field ; Gausses Law (GL) 19 electrice polarizability- baloons
2/3 W Sept. 12, GL cont./ Electric Potential & Energy 19/20
3/4 M Sept. 17, Electric Potential (EP) &; Energy 20
3/5 W Sept. 19, EP cont./ Electric Currents & DC Circuits 20/21 DC Circuit Construction Kit
4/6 M Sept. 24, Electric Currents & DC Circuits 21 DC & AC Circuit Construction Kit
capacitor discharge>
4/7 W Sept. 26, Magnetic forces & Magnetic Fields 21/22 Faraday Motor schematic
Video (.rm) of elec. beam perp. to magnetic field.
Faraday Motor video>
Video (.rm) of elect. beam parallel to magnetic field.
5/8 M Oct. 1, Magnetic forces & Magnetic Fields 22
5/9 W Oct. 3, Electromagnetic Induction & Faraday's Law 22/23 eddy current schematic>
solid disk in magnet video
6/10 M Oct. 8, Electromagnetic Induction & Faraday's Law 23 Faraday's Lab Falling Magnet Animation
slotted disk in magnet video> zig-zag cut disk in magnet video Ring Flinger> Can Crusher>
Faraday's Law
6/11 W Oct. 10, Alternating currents 24 Note: "PHASOR" CONCEPT NOT USED IN THIS COURSE
7/ Sun. Oct 14, EXAM#1: 8:10-9:40PM on chapters 19, 20, 21, 22 (selected -discuss in lecture)
7/12 M Oct. 15, Make Up Exam in Phys, Lec. Hall start ~6:30 PM
NO LECTURE but Recitation meets!
7/13 W Oct. 17, Alt. currents: Electromagnetic Waves 25 Radio Wave Simulation
8/14 M Oct. 22, Electro. Waves/ Geometric Opt 26 Geometrical Optics
8/15 W Oct. 24, Geometric Optics & Optical Inst. 27 one lens/mirror ray tracing site
2 lens ray tracing site
9/16 M Oct. 29, Geometric Optics/Wave Nature of Light 28 interference in soap film>
surface shock waves in nature
9/17 W Oct. 31, Wave Nature of Light-Phys. Optics 28 Wave reflection animation.
Double Slit Diffraction.
Single Slit Diffraction.
10/18 M Nov. 5, Wave Nature of Light/Relativity 29 Good Hume & Ivey reference frames video
"acc. Reference frame discussion
10/19 W Nov. 7, Relativity/ Quantum Physics 30 Circular orbit of e in B field
11/ EXAM#2 Sun. Nov. 11, 8:10-9:40PM on chapters 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
11/20 M Nov. 12, Exam #2 Make Up in Phys. Lect. Hall start 6:30 pm
NO LECTURE but Recitation meets!
11/21 W Nov. 14, Relativity/ Quantum Physics 30 white and atomic spectra>
12/22 M Nov. 19, Quantum Physics 30 Photoelectric Effect
12/ W Nov. 21, NO CLASS THANKSGIVING BREAK
13/23 M Nov. 26, Quantum/Atomic Physics 31 Blackbody_Spectrum
13/24 W Nov. 28, Quantum/Atomic Physics 31 Rutherford Scattering
32 Hydrogen Atom Models
14/25 M Dec. 3, Quantum/Atomic Physics/Nuclear Phys. & Rad. standing wave simulation
32 Quantum Square well- other potentials
14/26 W Dec. 5, Nuclear Physics & Radioactivity 32 Atomic wave functions.
15/27 M Dec. 10, Nuclear Energy & Particle Physics 32 Alpha Decay
Beta Decay
Nuclear Fission
15/28 W Dec. 12, Nuclear Energy & Particle Physics 32 Nuclear decay
Big Bang and History of the Universe
Problems in Lect 32 :CQ: ; P: 16,17,18,20,31,35,48,53,56,73,75,80
CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM Tues. Dec. 18, 4-7 PM
Make-up Final Wed. 19 Dec. 10 am meet at Prof. Croft's office (Serin 113)
RECITATION/HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS (Walker, 4th Edition. Vol 2.)
Recitation Schedule
Wk/Rec. Day Date Class Assignment (CQ=Conceptual Questions & P=Problems)
1/- no recitations 1st week of semester (Sept. 3)
2/1 M/T Sept. 10/11. 19 :CQ: ; P:18,23,27,28,38,43,51,53,65,67,70,101
(No quiz)
3/2 M/T Sept. 17/18. continue chapt 19 problems
begin 20 :CQ: 4; P:2,7,13,19,22,
review point charge potential 28,39
4/3 M/T Sept. 24/25. 20 P:50,52,55,83,86,97,105
other chapter 19 and 20 problems
5/4 M/T Oct. 1/2. 21 :CQ: ; P:2,17,19,31,61,83 Additional 21 : P 14,29,38,39
6/5 M/T Oct. 8/9. 22 :CQ: ; P: 8,19,21,30,59,88
Note !! Sun. Oct 14, EXAM#1: 8:10-9:40PM on chapters 19, 20, 21, 22 (selected -discuss in lecture)
7/6 M/T Oct. 15/16. 23 :CQ: ; P: 3,5,7,11,16,34,57,59,81
(No quiz)
8/7 M/T Oct. 22/23. 24 :CQ: 7,10: P: 5,8,19,28,68
9/8 M/T Oct. 29/30 25 :CQ:1; P: 3,21,25,27,34
10/9 M/T Nov. 5/6 : 26 CQ ; P: 36,51,53,70,72,73,74
Note !! Sun. Nov. 11, EXAM#2 8:10-9:40 PM-- on chapters 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27
11/10 M/T Nov 12/13. 28 :CQ:; P: 18,21,30,31,40,51,63
(No quiz)
13/ M/T Nov. 19/20. No Recitations
13/11 M/T Nov. 26/27. 29 :CQ: ; P: 12,27,48,55,60
14/12 M/T Dec. 3/4. 30 :CQ: ; P: 2,4,10,16,20,65
15/13 M/T Dec. 10/11. 31 :CQ: ;P: 3,4,15,16,36,37,61,86
Covered in Lecure 32 :CQ: ; P: 16,17,18,20,31,35,48,53,56,73,75,80
CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM Tues Dec. 18, 4-7 PM
Make-up Final Wed. Dec. 19, 10 am meet at Prof. Croft's office (Serin 113)
Readings: The weekly reading assignments are listed on the syllabus and should be
completed before the corresponding lectures.
Homework: Only after organizing in your mind what the chapter is about (the
Summary at the end of the Chapter should be useful), should you work on the
homework problems. You will best learn the material by first doing the homework
on your own. It is also useful to study with other students in the course
(not only can you get ideas for those things you didn't understand but
explaining the material is perhaps the very best way to truly learn it yourself).
Finally selected problems will be discussed in recitation.
Solutions to homeworks will be posted on the web.
Examinations: Two 90 min. hour exams (HE); and a final (FIN)180 min. exam. The exams
are closed book, a single sheet with formulae will be provided to you (bring no notes with you).
A simple calculator (without extensive formula storage capabilities) and a no. 2 pencil are needed for the exams.
The exams are multiple choice. The exam dates are noted on the syllabus.
Recitation Quizzes: A short quiz, based on recent previous material will be given in
recitation (no quiz first week or on weeks of hour exams).
A calculator is required. There will be no make-up for quizzes.
Grades: The course grade will be determined by your scores on:
HE 1 (20%); HE 2 (20%); FIN (40%); recitation quizzes (20%).
In determining your quiz recitation grade the two lowest scores will be neglected. Also the recitation quiz contribution to the final grade will be appropriately weighted to compensate
for systematic differences in instructors.
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