Physics 6C Introduction to Physics III Autumn 2006

MWF 3:30–4:40 pm, Thimann Lecture Hall, Room 3.

Instructor: Robert Johnson

Office: 323 Natural Sciences II; Phone 459-2125

Mailbox: 395A Natural Sciences II (SCIPP mailroom)

E-mail: rjohnson@scipp.ucsc.edu

Course web page: http://scipp.ucsc.edu/~johnson/phys6c/Physics_6C.htm

Office hours: 9:00 to 10:30 am, Mondays. 10:30 am to noon, Wednesdays & Fridays.

Syllabus:

	Dates	Topics	Reading	HW	Lab
1	9/22/05	Charge; conductors; insulators	25.1–25.3
2	9/25/05 9/27/05 9/29/05	Coulomb’s law and electric fields Calculating electric fields Continuous charge distributions	25.4–25.6 26.1–26.3 26.4–26.5	1
3	10/2/05 10/4/05 10/6/05	Motion in E fields, Electric current Current and resistivity Electric potential energy	26.6, 26.7, 28.1 28.2–28.5 29.1–29.3	2	1 E-fields
4	10/9/05 10/11/05 10/13/05	Electric potential Calculating electric potential EMF and Ohm’s law	29.4–29.6 29.7–30.2 30.3–30.5	3	2 E-potentials
5	10/16/05 10/18/05 10/20/05	Capacitors and stored energy Midterm Exam 1; through Ch. 29 Circuit analysis	30.6–30.7 31.1–31.3		3 Resistance
6	10/23/05 10/25/05 10/27/05	Energy and power in circuits RC circuits Magnetism and magnetic fields	31.4–31.8 31.10 32.1–32.3	4	4 Capacitance
7	10/30/05 11/1/05 11/3/05	Magnetic field produced by a current Motion of charges in a B field Forces on conductors & magnetic materials	32.4, 32.5 32.7 32.8–32.10	5	5 Cathode rays
8	11/6/05 11/8/05	Motional EMF and induced E fields Induction and Faraday’s law	33.1–33.3 33.4–33.7		6 Induction
9	11/13/05 11/15/05 11/17/05	Inductance and LC circuits Midterm Exam 2; through Ch. 32 More examples on induction and inductance	33.8, 33.9	6	7 Inductance
10	11/20/05 11/22/05	More circuit-analysis examples; LR circuits AC sources and circuits	33.10 35.1, 35.2
11	11/27/05 11/29/05 12/1/05	AC circuits LRC circuits and AC power Maxwell’s equations and EM waves	35.2–35.4 35.5, 35.6 Parts of 34	7	8 AC circuits
	12/6/05	Final Exam: 12:00–3:00 pm

Footnote to the syllabus: Chapter 27 on Gauss’ Law and 32.6 on Ampere’s Law will not be covered. However, students who plan to continue studies in electricity and magnetism and/or are well versed in basic vector calculus are encouraged to study that material. Those subjects normally are covered in our somewhat more advanced sister course, Physics 5C. A small amount of the material of Chapter 34 will be covered in the last lecture at a qualitative level only. In general that chapter goes far deeper than what I will be able to cover. So don’t worry if you don’t follow the details in the textbook for that chapter.