Physics 132-1 Homework Assignments, Spring 2025

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 the week after 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, 5th 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 University has tutoring sessions in Gottwald C-112, 7-10 pm, Sunday - Thursday. The Academic Skills Center (http://asc.richmond.edu, 289-8626 or 289-8956) also 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 13 Read the syllabus; Read C18.1-18.3,18.5; T - 3,4,6,7; do Math assessment. Jan 15 T - 1,2,5,10; finish Lab 2 analysis; Read C19.1-19.4, 14.2. Jan 17 T - 13,14,15,17; I-1; finish Lab 3 analysis; Read C19.5-19.6, C10.4-10.5; quiz Wed, Jan 22.
Jan 20 MLK Day Jan 22 T-24,25,26,34; Read C18.6-18.7. Jan 24 T-28,29,30,31, Read C11.1-11.3, C20.1-20.2.
Jan 27 KT-1,3,4,5; Read C20.3. Jan 29 KT-9,10,11,12; Read C20.4. Jan 31 KT - 24,28,29,31; I2, Read C20.5.
Feb 3 KT - I3; ES-1,3,4,5; Read T2.1-2.4 Feb 5 ES-7,10,13,15; Read Einstein Solid, C20.7-20.8. Feb 7 EN - 1,2,4,5,7; Read multiplicity.
Feb 10 EN - 9,10,12,14 Feb 12 EN - 15,16 Feb 14 Test 1; EL - 1,3,5,6; Read C22.1-22.5.
Feb 17 Read C22.1-22.5; EL - 3,4,5,6. Feb 19 Read C23.1-23.2; EL - 8,9,14; I5; Lab Manuals due Fri, Feb 21. Feb 21 Read C23.3-23.4, C25.1-25.2; EL - 12,18,20,59; I6; Lab Manuals due.
Feb 24 Read C25.3-25.4, C25.6-25.7; EL - 16,24,25,26. Feb 26 Read C23.4-23.6, C25.5; EL - 22,32,34,35. Feb 28 EL -36a,37,40,48.
Mar 3 Read C27.4-27.5, 28.1-28.2; EL - 33,39,41,54. Mar 5 Read C28.3-28.4; EL - 47,48,49,56. Mar 7 Read C29.1-29.2, 29.5, 29.7; MA - 1,3,5,6.
Mar 10 Spring Break Mar 12 Spring Break Mar 14 Spring Break
Mar 17 Read C29.3; MA - 7,8,10; I9. Mar 19 Read C29.4; MA - 13,15,16,18. Mar 21 Read C29.10, MA - 22,25,26,29.
Mar 24 Mass Spectrometer; MA - 14,17,19,37. Mar 26 MA - 21, 34. Mar 28 Test 2; Read C42.1-42.4, 42.5-42.7; RA - 1,2,3.
Mar 31 Radiocarbon dating, RA - 4,6,8,9 Apr 2 RA - 10,12,16,21 Apr 4 Read 16.1-16.3, 16.5, 16.7; W - 1,5
Apr 7 Apr 9 Apr 11
Apr 14 Apr 16 Apr 18 Test 3
Apr 21 Apr 23 Apr 25

Final Exam: Wednesday, Apr 30, 9 am - 12 noon.



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