PHYS 212: Study Guide for Section IV

General Advice

A. Review the key terms, principles, and concepts in your notes..

B. Review the summary of equations at the end of each chapter.

C. Review sample problems done in the book and you notes 

D.  Review homework and recommended end of chapter problems and exercises

E. Be able to state basic principles in words and mathematically.

Ch. 28: Magnetism

Key Terms and Concepts: Magnetic field (B), magnetic field lines, compass, relation between electric currents and magnetic fields, e/m ratio,CRT, spectrometer,  cyclotron. Electromagnets and their application in speakers, generators, electric motors, electric meter, etc.  Read about the   Hall Effect and be able to distinguish between the units Gauss and Tesla for expression B.

bullet Be able to trace the magnetic field of a bar and a horse shoe type magnets.
bullet Look up Oersted in the Internet. What is he known for?
bullet Be able to calculate the magnitude and direction of a force that a moving charge experience when it traverses a magnetic field. i.e,. be able to use F = q(vxB) and the right hand rule. See examples 28-1, to 28-3.
bullet Be able to calculate the magnitude and direction of a force that a current carrying wire experience when it is placed in a magnetic field. i.e,. be able to use F = I(LxB) and the right hand rule. See example 28-6
bullet Be able to calculate the torque on a current loop place in a magnetic field ( T = NIAxB). (See example 28-7
bullet Be able to derive an expression for  the e/m ratio for a charged  beam in a CRT(Section28-4 & 28-6), mass spectrometer (Section 27-9), as well as some other arrangement that will be derived in class.

Ch. 29: Magnetic Fields (B) due to electric currents(I)

bullet Be able to write down Biot-Savrt Law
bullet Using Amper's Law be able to derive the magnetic field around a straight, very long , current carrying wire .
bullet Using Amper's Law be able to derive the magnetic field inside a very long solenoid and a toroid .
bullet Be able to calculate the force between two parallel  and long current carrying wires
bullet When do two current carrying wires attract each other? When do thy repel each other?
bullet Rework all the sample problems in the chapter

 

Ch. 30: Faraday's Law of Induction

bullet Be able to state mathematically and in word's Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law. (
bullet In the class demonstration, two identical looking blue rods were drooped into an aluminum tube. One of them fell freely while the other one took a very long time to fell through. How is this explained.
bullet Be able to calculate the EM induced in a conductor moving across a magnetic field.(see sample problems.
bullet Be able to derive the EMF   due to a generator -- a coil that rotates inside a magnetic field- using Faraday's Law. Why is the EMF not  a constant.(work out probelms .At least the sample problems)
bullet Be able to explain the  purpose of the alternator(generat0r ) in your car.

Ch. 32  Maxwell's equations

bullet Be able to list four of  Maxwell's equations and be able to identify which corresponds to See Table 32-1)
bullet a) Gauss' Law for Electric fields   
bullet b) Gauss' Law for Magnetic Fields    
bullet c) Faraday's and Lenz's Law  and
bullet d) Modified Ampere's Law.
bullet How did Maxwell derive that all EM waves travel at the speed of light. (see equation 33-18 and pages 892)
bullet What do the acronyms AM and FM stand for ? Which one is more clear and why? which signal  goes further?



Odds and ends

Test #4 will include one question(s) form some of the last few experiments such as Optical Instruments, Hydrogen Spectra etc.

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Below is the link for physics songs. The songs on Maxwell's equations require knowledge of vector calculus. Those in you book are mathematically simpler.

Physics Songs