Course Announcements
« PHYS342 Spring 2009
Problem Set 12
Wed 22Apr2009 5:09PM
Problems due this Friday, April 24th
Note: only 8 problems this week.
Chapter 10: 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
Chapter 11: 22, 23, 25
Problem Set 11
Mon 13Apr2009 11:38AM
Problems due this Friday, April 17th
Read Chapter 11
Chapter 11: 1, 4, 7, 9, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20
Problem Set 10
Tue 07Apr2009 1:23PM
Read Chapter 9: Many of the chemistry details in this chapter are important and cannot all be covered in class.
Chapter 9: 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 15, 18, 21, 23, 27
Problem Set 9
Fri 27Mar2009 11:18AMAll from Krane
Chapter 7: 20, 23
Chapter 8: 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 19
Problem Set 8
Sun 22Mar2009 8:28PM
Read all of chapter 7 in Krane Modern Physics
Problems from Chapter 5: 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Problems from Chapter 7: 11, 16, 18, 19, 24
Problem Set 7
Mon 02Mar2009 10:30AM
Problems due Friday: all from Krane Modern Physics:
Chapter 2: 6, 8, 15, 30 - review relativity
Chapter 5: 12, 13, 14 - new material
Chapter 6: 15, 32, 37 - older material
Problem Set 6
Mon 23Feb2009 11:00AM
Problems due Friday: all from Krane Modern Physics:
read Chapter 4 and 5
Chapter 4: 6, 12, 15, 21, 24
Chapter 5: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9
The density of Cu is 8.95g/cm3
The molar density of Cu is 63.5 g/mole
The internal energy can be approximated as
U=mole*C*DT
TA office hours
Sun 15Feb2009 10:15AMThere are now 2 office hours for the TAs.
Tuesday 1 to 2pm in Physics 133
Thursday 1 to 2pm in Physics 133
Problem Set 5
Sun 15Feb2009 10:13AMAll From Krane Modern Physics.
Chapter 3: 25, 28, 31, 33
Chapter 6: 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 14
Problem set 4
Mon 09Feb2009 11:29AMModern Physics, Krane
Chapter 2: 29, 31, 34, 35, 36
Chapter 3: 9, 13, 16, 21, 23
TA office hours
Wed 04Feb2009 8:38PMThe TAs for this course have established an office hour on Thursday from 1 to 2pm in room Physics 133. Students are also encouraged to contact the TAs via email if they need to meet with them at another time. The TA contact info is contained the Course Info file on the website.
Typo in assignment #3
Tue 03Feb2009 11:25AMThe 3rd problem set incorrectly included problems R8B.10 and R8B.15. The correct number of those problems is R8S.10 and R8S.15
3rd Problem Set: Due 2/6/09
Sun 01Feb2009 10:18PMThe following problems are in Six Ideas That Shaped Physices
R4S.1, R4S.6, R4S.7, R7R.3, R8B.1, R8B.2, R8B.6, R8S.10, R8S15, R8R.1
2nd problem set
Mon 26Jan2009 12:23PMThe 2nd problem set comes from Chapter 2 in the Krane textbook, Modern Physics.
The problems are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14 and 17.
They are due in class on Friday 1/30/09.
1st Assignment: Due next Friday in class
Fri 16Jan2009 1:01PMRead: Sections R1, R2 and R3 in Six Ideas That Shaped Physics
Problems: R1B.1 through R1B.5 and problems R1S.5 through R1S.8
Textbook available early next week
Fri 16Jan2009 12:57PMThe textbook Six Ideas That Shaped Physics Unit R is still not in the bookstore. I called them today (1/16/09) and they expect it early next week. Please check regularly. The first assignment can be turned in at class next Friday, instead of Wednesday due to the delay in the book's availability.
2nd Textbook
Thu 15Jan2009 10:21AMThe 2nd textbook: Six Ideas That Shaped Physics.Unit R: The Laws fo Physics are Frame-Independent by Thomas A. Moore should be in the book store by the end of this week.