PHYS 1112 Syllabus

Subject Code

PHYS

Course Number

1112

Course Title

Introductory Physics II

Prerequisites

PHYS 1111, PHYS 1111L

Corequisites

PHYS 1112L

Terms Offered

Offered as needed

Credit Hours

(3-0-3)

Course Description

This course is the second of two algebra and trigonometry based courses in the physics sequence. Topics include material from electricity and magnetism (electric charge, electric forces and fields, electric potential energy, electric potential, capacitance, magnetism, electric current, resistance, basic electric circuits, alternating current circuits, and electromagnetic waves), geometric optics (reflection and refraction), and physical optics (interference and diffraction).

Course Outcomes

Electric Charges, Forces, and Fields

  • Distinguish between the two types of electric charge.
  • Describe the law of charges that operates between charged objects.
  • Understand and use the law of conservation of change.
  • Distinguish between conductors and insulators.
  • Explain the operation of the electroscope.
  • Distinguish among charging by friction, conduction, induction, and polarization.
  • Understand Coulomb's law to calculate the electric force between charged particles.
  • Understand the definition of the electric field.
  • Plot electric field lines and calculate electric fields for simple charge distributions.

Electric Potential energy, Electric Potential, and Capacitance

  • Understand the concept of electric potential difference (voltage) and its relationship to electric potential energy.
  • Calculate electric potential differences.
  • Explain what is meant by an equipotential surface.
  • Sketch equipotential surfaces for simple charge configurations.
  • Explain the relationship between equipotential surfaces and electric fields.
  • Define capacitance and identify its units.
  • Calculate the charge, voltage, electric field, and energy storage for parallel-plate capacitors.
  • Understand the concept of dielectrics.
  • Calculate the charges, voltages, and energy storage of individual capacitors in series and parallel configurations.
  • Find the equivalent capacitance of capacitors connected in series and in parallel.
  • Analyze capacitor networks that include both series and parallel arrangements.

Magnetism

  • Determine the force rule between magnetic poles.
  • Explain how the direction of a magnetic field is determined with a compass.
  • Determine the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field produced by current carrying wires, loops, and solenoids.
  • Use the right-hand rule to determine the direction of the magnetic field from the direction of the current that produces it.
  • Define the magnetic field strength.
  • Determine the magnetic force exerted by a magnetic field om a moving charged particle. (Applications: Charged particles in magnetic fields.)
  • Calculate the magnetic force on a current-carrying wire, and the torque on a current-carrying loop.
  • Explain the concept of the magnetic moment of a coil.
  • Define magnetic flux.
  • Explain how an induced EMF is created. Determine induced EMFs and currents.
  • Understand the operation of electrical generators, and calculate the EMF produced by an AC generator.
  • Explain the origin of back EMF and its effect on the behavior of motors.
  • Explain transformer action in terms of Faraday's law.
  • Calculate the output of step-up and step-down transformers.
  • Understand the importance of transformers in electric energy delivery systems.

Electric Current, Resistance, and Basic Electric Circuits

  • Understand the properties of a battery.
  • Explain how a battery produces a direct current in a circuit.
  • Explain various circuit symbols for sketching schematic circuit diagrams.
  • Define electric current.
  • Distinguish between electron flow and conventional current.
  • Explain the concept of drift velocity and electric energy transmission.
  • Define electric resistance.
  • Explain what is meant by ohmic resistor.
  • Determine the factors that determine resistance.
  • Define electric power.
  • Calculate the power delivery of simple electric circuits.
  • The equivalent resistance of resistors in series, parallel, and series-parallel combinations.
  • Use equivalent resistances to analyze simple circuits.
  • Understand the physical principles that underlie Kirchhoff;s circuit rules. Apply these rules in the analysis of actual circuits.
  • Explain how household circuits are wired.
  • Explain the principles that govern electrical safety devices.
  • Describe the charging and discharging of a capacitor through a resistor.
  • Calculate the current and voltage at specific times during these processes.

Alternating Current Circuits

  • Specify how voltage, current, and power vary with time in an AC circuit.
  • Understand the concepts of rms and peak values.
  • Explain how resistors respond under AC conditions.
  • Explain the behavior of capacitors in AC circuits.
  • Calculate the capacitive reactance.
  • Explain the behavior of inductors in AC circuits.
  • Calculate the inductive reactance.
  • Calculate the reactance, impedance, current, voltage, power factor, Power, and phase angle in AC circuits.
  • Explain the concepts of resonance in AC circuits.

Electromagnetic Waves

  • Recognize Maxwell's equation.
  • Explain the relationship between the frequency, wavelength, and speed of electromagnetic waves.
  • Explain the transport of energy by electromagnetic waves.
  • List the various types of electromagnetic waves according to their respective wavelengths.

Optics

  • Determine the speed of light in various media.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the dual nature of light.
  • Explain reflections and image formation by plane and spherical mirrors.
  • Explain refraction and image formation by lenses.
  • Solve problems using Snell's law.
  • Explain double slit interference patterns.
  • Explain the behavior of diffraction gratings.

Modern Physics

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the dual nature of light.
  • Explain special relativity.
  • Explain Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.