Lecture slides from Elementary Physics II (PHY 204), taught by Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne at the University of Rhode Island.
These lecture slides are designed to be accompanied by oral explanations. The slides are in pdf and can be downloaded in entire sections named Slides 1 through Slides 22. Previous unit exams with solutions are compiled as Exams 1, Exams 2, and Exams 3. All slides can be opened in full-screen mode. Only major themes are mentioned in the list below.
Some of the slides contain figures from the textbook, Paul A. Tipler and Gene Mosca, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th/6th editions. The copyright to these figures is owned by W. H. Freeman. We acknowledge permission from W.H. Freeman to use them on this course web page.
Submissions from 2020
01. Introduction. Electric charge. Coulomb force. Electric field, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
02. Motion of charged particles in electric field. Electric dipole, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
03. Electric field of continuous charge distributions. Electric flux, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
04. Gauss's law for the electric field with applications, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
05. Electric potential and potential energy, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
06. Electric potential and electric field, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
07. Capacitor and capacitance, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
08. Capacitors with dielectrics, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
09. Electric currents. Resistor, resistance, and resistivity, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
10. Resistor circuits. Kirchhoff's laws, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
11. RC circuits. Charging and discharging of capacitors, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
12. Effects of a magnetic field: magnetic force, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
13. Effects of magnetic field: torque. Magnetic dipole, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
14. Sources of magnetic field: electric currents. Law of Biot and Savart, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
15. Ampere's law for the magnetic field with applications, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
16. Faraday's law. Motional EMF. Lenz's rule, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
17. Magnetic induction: inductor and inductance. Self/mutual induction, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
18. RL circuits. Current buildup and shutdown, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
19. LC and RLC oscillators. Electric vs magnetic energy, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
20. Alternating current circuits. Impedance. Resonance, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
21. Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
22. A glimpse into relativity, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
E1. Theme from slide 1-6, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
E2. Theme from slide 7-11, Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne
E3. Themes from slides 12-16 (most) and slides 18-19 (some), Gerhard Müller and Robert Coyne