Maricopa Community Colleges  PHY241   19946-19952 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 05/24/94
PHY241 19946-19952 LEC
LAB 		4 Credit(s)
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University Physics III: Thermodynamics, Optics, and Wave Phenomena
Heat, entropy, and laws of thermodynamics; wave propagation; geometrical and physical optics; introduction to special relativity. Prerequisites: PHY131.
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PHY241   19946-19952 University Physics III: Thermodynamics, Optics, and Wave Phenomena
1. Use fundamental physical laws and principles to solve problems encountered in academic and nonacademic environments. (I, II, III, IV)
2. Develop and use models that closely represent actual physical situations. (I, II, III, IV)
3. Apply problem-solving techniques in terms, of ligic, efficiency, and effectiveness. (I, II, III, IV)
4. Solve problems beyond the level of plug-in type problems. (I, II, III, IV)
5. Solve practical engineering and science problems. (I, II, III, IV)
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PHY241   19946-19952 University Physics III: Thermodynamics, Optics, and Wave Phenomena
    I. Thermodynamics
        A. Temperature
          1. Temperature scales
          2. Thermometers
          3. Thermal expansion
          4. Thermal stresses
        B. Heat transfer
          1. Conduction
          2. Radiation
          3. Convection
        C. Thermal properties of matter
          1. Equations of state
          2. PVT surfaces and phase diagrams
          3. Ideal and real gasses
          4. Psychrometry
          5. Heat capacities
          6. Heats of fusion and vaporization
        D. The first law of thermodynamics
          1. Quantity of therman energy
          2. Energy and work in thermodynamics
          3. Internal energy
          4. Thermodynamic processes: adiabatic, isothermal, throttling
        E. The second law of thermodynamics
          1. Heat engines
          2. Refrigerator
          3. Carnot cycle
          4. Kelvin scale
          5. Entropy and second law
        F. Molecular properties of matter
          1. Avogadro's number
          2. Kinetic theory of ideal gas
          3. Crystals
      II. Propagation of Waves
          A. Periodic waves
          B. Transverse waves
          C. Longitudinal wave
        III. Optics
            A. Electromagnetic waves
            B. The nature and propagation of light
              1. Nature of light
              2. Electromagnetic spectrum
              3. Waves, wavefronts, and rays
              4. Reflection and refraction
              5. Huygen's principle
              6. Dispersion
            C. Images formed by a single surface
              1. Reflection: plane and spherical surfaces
              2. Focal point and focal length
              3. Refraction: plane and spherical surfaces
            D. Lenses and optical instruments
              1. Converging lens
              2. Diverging lens
              3. Images as objects
              4. Lens aberrations
              5. The eye
              6. Optical instruments: magnifier, camera, projector, compound microscope, telescope
            E. Interference and diffraction
              1. Interference and coherent sources
              2. Young's experiment
              3. Interference in thin films
              4. Fresnel and Fraunhoffer diffraction
              5. Diffraction grating
            F. Polarization
              1. Polarization by reflection
              2. Polarizers
              3. Scattering of light
          IV. Atomic and Nuclear Physics
              A. Relativistic mechanics
              B. Photons, electrons, atoms
                1. Emission and absorption of light
                2. The photoelectric effect
                3. Atomic spectra and energy levels
              C. Quantum mechanics: the Bohr atom
              D. Atoms, molecules, and solids
                1. Exclusion principle
                2. Atomic structure
                3. Molecular spectra
                4. Semiconductors
              E. Nuclear physics
                1. Nuclear atom
                2. Properties of nuclei
                3. Natural radioactivity
                4. Nuclear stability
                5. Nuclear reactions
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