Physics 132-02 Homework Assignments, Spring 2022

A VERY effective way to study physics is to do the homework as the material is covered in class and then do additional problems when you study for an exam. See the course website below for the latest updates on assigned homework problems.

https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~ggilfoyl/genphys.html

Solutions for the assigned problems can be found on the course website several days after they are assigned. These solutions are password-protected and are solely for the use of students in Physics 132-02 and are not be shared with people outside this class. The solutions are not to be downloaded, printed, or archived in any way. Sharing, saving, or archiving these solutions are Honor code violations.

The items labeled `C' below refer to the text Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 4th ed. by Knight (Kn). Items labeled with an `L' refer to the laboratory manual Physics For Doing by Belk et al. The other labels refer to sections of the homework problems: T (temperature), KT (kinetic theory), ES (Einstein solid), En (entropy), El (electricity), Ma (magnetism), Ra (radioactivity), W (waves), and Q (quanta).

Help With Physics Homework

If you have trouble with homework help is available from me during my office hours (see page 1 of the syllabus) and at other times when I'm available. Please feel free to stop by. The Physics Department is also arranging tutoring sessions. More on that as the schedule develops. The Academic Skills Center (http://asc.richmond.edu, 289-8626 or 289-8956) provides several services including tutoring. A list of their services is at http://asc.richmond.edu along with other information.

Date Assignment Date Assignment Date Assignment
Jan 10 Read the syllabus; Read C18.1-18.3,18.5; T - 3,4,5,6,7. Jan 12 T - 1,2,8,9; Read C19.1-19.4; finish lab 2 analysis. Jan 14 T - 11,12,13,14,15,16,17; finish Lab 3 analysis; Read C19.5-19.6, C10.4-10.5.
Jan 17 MLK Day Jan 19 T - 24,25,26,27,28; Read C19.7. Jan 21 T - 29,30,31,32,33
Jan 24 KT - 1,2,3,4,5; read C11.1-11.3, C20.1-20.2. Jan 26 KT - 6,7,9,10,33. Jan 28 KT - 8,11,12,13,14.
Jan 31 KT - 24,28,29,31,33 Read Kn - 20.6; Read T4.1-4.2. Feb 2 ES - 1,2,3,4,5,6 Feb 7 ES - 7,8,9,10,13,15; read about multiplicity.
Feb 7 EN - 1,2,3,4,5,6 Feb 9 Test 1 EN - 7,8,9 Feb 11 finish Lab 10; EN - 11,12,14,15,16
Feb 14 EL - 1,2,3,4,5,6; Read in C22.1-22.5 in Kn. Feb 16 EL - 8,9,11,20,21,22; lab notebooks will be collected Fri, Feb 18; read C23.1-23.2 in Kn. Feb 18 EL - 12,14,15,18,19,23; finish Lab 14; read C23.3-23.4, C25.1-25.2 in Kn.
Feb 21 EL - 16,17,20,24,25,32; Read C25.3-25.4, 25.6-25.7 in Kn. Feb 23 EL - 26,27,28,35,36; Read C23.4-23.6, 25.5 in Kn. Feb 25 EL - 22,30,37,49,50; read C27.1-27.3 in Kn.
Feb 28 EL - 33,34,38,47,54; read 27.4-27.5, 28.1-28.2. Mar 2 read 28.3-28.4; EL - 39,40,41,48,55; Mar 4 MA - 1,2,3,4,5,6; read 29.1-29.2,29.5,29.7.
Mar 7 Spring Break Mar 9 Spring Break Mar 11 Spring Break
Mar 14 MA - 7,8,9,10,12,13; read 29.3. Mar 16 MA - 14,16,22,23,24; read 29.4. Mar 18 MA - 15,25,26.
Mar 21 Test 2; MA - 18,19,20. Mar 23 MA - 17,21,33; Finish Lab 31 analysis. Mar 25 MA - 34; RA - 1,2,3,4; lab notebooks will be collected Wed, Mar 30.
Mar 28 RA - 6,8,9,10,12,21; Mar 30 Finish Lab Lab 40 "Nuclear Decay and Radiocarbon Dating"; RA - 16,17,19. Apr 1 W - 1,3,8,9,10,12; read Kn 16.1-16.3,16.5,31.6, 33.1; read Lenz's Law, read EM waves, read EM spectrum.
Apr 4 W - 2,4,6,11; read Kn 17.1,17.5-17.7. Apr 6 W - 14,15,16,17,18. Apr 8 W - 19,20,21,23,24,31.
Apr 11 W - 25,32,42,43. Apr 13 W - 34. Apr 15 Test 3; W - 26,27,36.
Apr 18 W - 29,37,38; read this; Read Kn 37.1-37.4. Apr 20 Q - 5,6,7,8,9; Read Kn 38.7,41.1-41.2. Apr 22 Q - 10,21,22,23.

Final Exam: Wednesday, April 27, 2-5 pm.



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