Syllabus for Physics 221: Time: TR, 11:10 am-12:25 pm: Calculus Based

Instructor: Dr. George W. KattawarWebsite:

Office: 555 MPHY Bldg Office Hours: TR: 9:30-11:00 am or by appointment

Office Phone:845-1180Email:

Textbook: University Physics, 12th edition, by Young and Freedman: NOTE: If in two volumes you will need both Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

Laboratory: No laboratory is used in this course

Homework: Your homework will be due the week after the weekly assignments, e.g. your first homework assignment will be due on Jan. 26. No late homework accepted unless an excused absence is documented.

Grading System: 1. Three major examseach worth 20% to give a total of 60%

2. Final exam20%

3. Homework20%

NOTE: If your grade on the Final Exam is higher than your lowest grade on one of the three major exams it will be used to replace the one lowest score. It cannot be used to replace an exam that has been missed.

NOTE: April 4 is the last day to Q-drop

Final Exam: Friday, May 6, 3:00-5:00 pm.

Syllabus (“Q” denotes questions and “P” denotes problems or exercises)

Date

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Topic

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Sections

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Questions and Problems

Jan. 18: T
Jan. 20: Th / Nature of light-total
internal reflection
Dispersion-Huygens
Principle, polarization / 33:1-4
33:5-7 / 33: Q:2,4,7, 12, 15, 22 :
33:P: 5,9,13,14,16,18,28,33,35,41,49,53,55,58,62,66
Jan. 25: T
Jan. 27: Th / Reflection and refraction from
Plane & Spherical surfaces
Lenses and the eye / 34:1-3
34:4-6 / 34:Q: 5,9,11,16,18,23
34:P: 5,9,10,22,23,27,34,41,47,53,59,83,93,97,117
NOTE: Chap. 34 Due on Feb. 8
Feb. 1: T
Feb. 3: Th / Magnifier-microscopes
and telescopes
Interference-intensity
Thin film interference / 34:7-8
35:1-3 / 35: Q: 1,3,5,8,11,13
35: P: 3,4,9,14,21,22,31,38,42,45,48,55,58,61252636
Feb. 8: T
Feb. 10: Th / Michelson interferometer
Fresnel&Fraunhofer diffraction Multiple slits-diffraction grating / 35:3-5
36:1-4 / NOTE: Chap 35 Due on Feb. 15
36: Q:2,4,6,8,11,13
36: P: 7,8,15,23,26,31,40,43,53,63,69,73
Feb. 15: T
Feb. 17: Th /

X-Ray diffraction-

resolving power
Simple harmonic motion;
Energy in SHM& applications / 36:5-7
13:1-4 / NOTE: Chap. 36 Due on Feb. 22
13: Q: 1,5,8,11,15,19:
13: P: 1,7,12,13,19,26,32,36,45,52,54,57,60,68,
72,75,91,93,99
Feb. 22: T
Feb. 24: Th / Damped and forced oscillations
EXAM I Chaps. 33-36 / 13:5-8 / NOTE: Chap. 13 Due on Mar. 1
Mar. 1: T
Mar. 3: Th / Periodic waves,mathematical
description and speed of waves
Energy in wave motion,
interference, boundary
conditions, and superposition / 15:1-4
15:5-8 / 15: Q: 6,9,12,14,18,21
15:P: 1,4,6,7,10,15,26,28,33,39,41,45,49,50,51,83
NOTE: Chap. 15 Due on Mar. 8

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Topic

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Questions and Problems

Mar. 8: T
Mar. 10: Th /

Sound waves, speed of sound

waves, sound intensity
Standing waves, normal modes,
beats & Doppler effect / 16:1-4
16:5-8 / 16: Q: 1,8,10,11,13,17
16:P: 1,7,9,24,28,31,33,43,51,70,73,77,79,84
NOTE: Chap 16 will be due on Mar. 22
Mar. 14-18 / SPRING BREAK
Mar. 22: T
Mar. 24: Th / Temperature-thermal expansion
Calorimetry & Phase Changes
Mechanisms of heat transfer / 17:1-4
17:5-7 / 17: Q:3,4,8,19,20,24
17: P: 4,13,18,26,34,39,45,53,92,97,105,113,115,
118,127
Mar. 29: T
Mar. 31: Th / Exam II Chaps. 13,15,16
Equations of state &
Molecular properties / 18:1-3 / NOTE: Chap 17 will be due on Mar. 31
Apr.5: T
Apr. 7: Th / Kinetic-Molecular model
& heat capacities, molecular speeds and phases of matter
Thermodynamic systems
-paths between states, First Law / 18:4-6
19:1-4 / 18: Q:3,8,9,10,16,24
18:P: 7,12,14,25,28,29,33,43,55,57,61,69,73,77,91
NOTE: Chap 18 will be due on Apr. 12
Apr. 12: T
Apr. 14: Th / Internal energy of an ideal gas, heat capacities and adiabatic processes
Directions of thermodynamic
Processes, heat engines / 19:5-8
20:1-3 / 19: Q: 4,6,11,16.19,21
19:P: 3,7,11,23,33,41,43,47,48,53,59,61,67,68
NOTE: Chap 19 will be due on Mon. Apr. 19
Apr. 19: T
Apr. 21: Th / Refrigerators-Carnot cycle
Entropy / 20:4-6
20:7-8 / 20: Q: 4,5,8,16,18,22
20: P 3,7,11,15,21,25,39.43,45,46,51,63,64
Chap 20 due on April 26
Apr. 26: T
Apr. 28: Th / REVIEW Chaps. 17-20
EXAM III Chaps. 17-20
May 3: T / Review for final

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