8.022 | Fall 2004 | Undergraduate

Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism

Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction

Coulomb’s Law, Superposition

Energy of Charge Distributions

Problem set 0 out
2 Electric Field, Electric Flux, Gauss’s Law Problem set 1 out

Problem set 0 due one day before session 2

3 Energy Density of the Field

Electric Potential

Gradient

Gauss’s Law Revisited

Divergence

Problem set 2 out

Problem set 1 due one day after session 3

4 Poisson and Laplace Equations

Curl

Uniqueness Theorem

Introduction to Conductors

5 Laboratory 1: Electrostatics

6 Fields and Potentials around Conductors

Capacitance

Problem set 3 out

Problem set 2 due

7 More on Capacitance

8 Current, Continuity Equation

Resistance, Ohm’s Law

Problem set 3 due
9 Quiz 1: Purcell, Chapters 1-3 (Covers lectures 1-6)

10 EMF, Circuits

Kirchhoff’s Rules

Problem set 4 out
11 Variable Currents, RC Circuits

Thévenin Equivalence

12 Magnetic Force, Magnetic Field

Ampere’s Law

Problem set 5 out

Problem set 4 due

13 Special Relativity I: Spacetime

14 Special Relativity II: Forces and Fields

Equivalence of Electric and Magnetic Fields

Problem set 6 out

Problem set 5 due

15 Ampere’s Law Revisited

Vector Potential, Biot-Savart Law

16 Faraday’s Law, Lenz’s Law Problem set 7 out

Problem set 6 due

17 Mutual and Self Inductance

Magnetic Field Energy

18 RL Circuits

Undriven RLC Circuits

Phasor Representation

Problem set 8 out

Problem set 7 due

19 Quiz 2: Purcell, Chapters 4-7

20 Make-up Exam

21 Driven AC Circuits: Phasors, Impedance

Power and Energy

Problem set 9 out

Problem set 8 due

22 Laboratory 2: RLC Circuit Driven

23 AC Circuits (conclusion)

Filters

Quality Factor and Resonance

 

24 Displacement Current, Maxwell’s Equations Problem set 10 out

Problem set 9 due

25 Wave Equation

Electromagnetic Radiation

26 Radiation (cont.)

Polarization, Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation

Problem set 11 out

Problem set 10 due

27 Laboratory 3: Microwaves

28 Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation, Magnetic Properties of Materials

Transmission Lines

Problem set 11 due

29 Final Exam

Course Info

Departments
As Taught In
Fall 2004
Learning Resource Types
Problem Sets
Exams
Lecture Notes