Pumplin's Lecture Notes for Physics 232 (Spring 2000)
These notes are intended as a reminder of the major
topics that were covered in lecture. For in-depth review,
the student should consult the textbook.
(Many of these notes are based on notes written by Prof. Scott Pratt for
Spring 1998)
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Coulomb's law
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Electric fields and electric
potentials
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Gauss's law and conductors
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Capacitors
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Resistors, Ohm's law
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Kirchhoff's laws
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RC circuits
Exam 1
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Magnetic fields and forces
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Sources of magnetic fields
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Magnetic materials
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Magnetic induction
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AC circuits
Exam 2
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Semiconductor devices
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Electromagnetic waves
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Optics, refraction
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Optics, mirrors
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Optics, lenses
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Optical devices
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Interference and diffraction of light
Exam 3
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Relativity
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Quantum physics
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Atomic physics
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Radioactivity and the
biological effects of radiation
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Nuclear physics
Exam 4
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Particle physics
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Cosmology and astrophysics