PHYSICS 2: THERMODYNAMICS AND ELECTROMAGNETISM

Offered each FALL semester.

Teacher: Athanasios Petridis

Harvey Ingham 31C

Phone: (515) 271-3723

E-Mail: Athan.Petridis@drake.edu

Office Hours: MWF, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Class Schedule: MWF, 10:00 am – 10:50 pm (lectures) and R, 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm (discussion).

Textbook: R. Serway, Physics

Homework: 1 assignment per week (20 points total).

Exams: 3 exams during the semester (15 points each),

1 non-comprehensive final (15 points).

Laboratory:20 points total

Grading: 100 <= points <= 85 is A

85 < points <= 75 is B

75 < points <= 65 is C

65 < points <= 50 is D

50 < points <= 0 is F

The above scale is used only as a guide. The final letter grade is assigned according to the instructor’s opinion of the student. No extra-credit assignments are offered during or at the end of the semester.

The following topics are covered in the course:

1. Temperature, thermal expansion, ideal gases.
2. Heat and the first law of thermodynamics.
3. The kinetic theory of gases.
4. The second law of thermodynaics and entropy. Heat engines.
5. Electric fields and potentials. Gauss' law.
6. Dielectrics and capacitors.
7. Electric currents, resistance, and circuits.
8. Magnetic fields. Lorentz force.
9. The Biot-Savart law.
10. Ampere's law.
11. Magnetic flux and Gauss' law for magnetism.
12. Induction and Faraday's law. Inductance.
13. RLC circuits.
14. Magnetic materials.
15. Displacement current and Maxwell's revision of Ampere's law.
16. Electromagnetic waves.