PHYS 204 Content/Material Coverage
Physics Department, Gonzaga University
1.) Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
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Temperature
Zeroth law of thermodynamics
Celsius and Fahrenheit scales
Thermal expansion
Temperature and heat
Absorption of heat by solids and liquids
Heat and Work, First law of thermodynamics
Thermodynamic processes
2.) Kinetic Theory of Gases
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Avogadro’s number
Ideal gases
Pressure, temperature and RMS speed
Translational kinetic energy
Distribution of molecular speeds
Molar specific heats of an ideal gas
Degrees of freedom and molar specific heats
Adiabatic expansion of an ideal gas
3.) Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
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Irreversible processes and entropy
Change in entropy
Second law of thermodynamics
Entropy and engines
Entropy and refrigerators
Efficiencies of real engines
4.) Electric Charge
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Electric charge
Conductors and Insulators
Coulomb’s law
Quantization and conservation of charge
5.) Electric Fields
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Electric fields
Electric field lines
Electric field due to a point charge
Electric field due to an electric dipole
Electric field due to continuous distributions of charge
A point charge in an electric field
6.) Gauss’ Law
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Electric flux
Gauss’ law
Gauss’ law and Coulomb’s law
A charged, isolated conductor
Gauss’ law and symmetric distributions of charge
7.) Electric Potential
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Electric potential energy
Electric potential
Equipotential surfaces
Calculating the potential from the electric field
Potential due to a point charge
Potential due to a group of point charges
Potential due to a continuous distribution of charge
Calculating the field from the potential
Electric potential energy of a system of point charges
Potential of a charged isolated conductor
8.) Capacitance
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Capacitance
Calculating the capacitance
Capacitors in parallel and in series
Energy stored in an electric field
Capacitors with a dielectric
9.) Current and Resistance
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Electric current
Current density
Resistance and resistivity
Ohm’s law
Microscopic view of Ohm’s law
Power in electric circuits
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Circuits
Work, energy and EMF
Calculating the current in a single loop circuit
Potential difference between two points in a circuit
Multiloop circuits and Kirchoff’s rules
Ammeters and voltmeters
RC circuits
Magnetic Fields
The definition of B
Crossed fields: the Hall effect and the electron
A circulating charged particle
Cyclotrons and synchrotrons
Magnetic force on a current-carrying wire
Torque on a current loop
The magnetic dipole moment
Magnetic Fields Due to currents
Calculating the magnetic field due to a current; Biot-Savart law
Force between two parallel currents
Ampere’s law
Solenoids and toroids
A current-carrying coil as a magnetic dipole
Induction and Inductance
Faraday’s law of induction
Lenz’s law
Induction and energy transfers
Induced electric fields
Inductors and inductance
Self-induction
RL circuits
Energy stored in a magnetic field
Mutual inductance
Alternating Current
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B.) Alternating current
C.) Damped oscillations in an RLC circuit
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Maxwell’s Equations
Gauss’ law for magnetic fields
Induced magnetic fields
Displacement current
Maxwell’s equations
Magnets
Electromagnetic Waves
Maxwell’s rainbow
Traveling electromagnetic waves
Energy transport and the Poynting vector
Radiation pressure
Polarization
Reflection and refraction
Total internal reflection
Images
Images formed by plane mirrors
Images formed by spherical mirrors
Spherical refracting surfaces
Thin lenses
Optical instruments
Interference
Light as a wave
Diffraction
Young’s interference experiment
Coherence
Intensity in double slit interference patterns
Thin film interference
Diffraction
Diffraction and the wave theory of light
Diffraction by a single slit, locating minima
Intensity in single-slit diffraction interference patterns
Diffraction by a double slit
Diffraction gratings, resolving power