Welcome to Physics 212

http://courses.physics.illinois.edu/phys212/sp2013/

This lecture is VERY full. Please sit next to someone

nice. (There wont be many empty seats!).
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Physics 212 Lecture 1, Slide 1

Physics 212 - Logistics

http://courses.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/phys212
Everything can be found online GO THERE

You have web based pre-lectures and pre-flights due before every lecture.
You have web based homework due every week.
Be sure to complete Prelecture 2 and Checkpoint 2 before 8 am on Thursday.
Bring pen & notebook to lecture you will be working on problems
Register your clicker ASAP so you can see your participation grade.

Labs & Discussions (check Syllabus)

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Discussion Sections meet this week.

Labs start January 22nd, must have pre-lab done before!
Check Excused absence policy on web site, no switching/makeups
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How Your Grade will be Calculated

We drop lowest three

Prelectures + Preflights + Lectures

100

14 Homework + 10 Quizzes

250

Labs

150

Hour exams (3 x 100 each)

300

Final Exam

200

Prelectures:
50
Preflights:
25
Lecture participation: 25
Your top 22 HW/Quiz scores
determine your grade out of
250.

Bonus Points: You can earn up to 1 extra bonus point in every

lecture (for a maximum of 25 bonus points for the semester) by
getting the right answers to all of the clicker questions.
At the end of the semester your lecture bonus points
are added to your HW/Quiz score (250 max).

You can make up for several bad quizzes by

answering correctly in class.
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Rumors about Physics 212

Have you heard the rumors about 212?

LOT
Physics 212 is a little
harder than Physics 211

A) Yes
B) No
C) I forgot my iclicker

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Electricity & Magnetism Lecture 1, Slide 4

Aside from the obvious (i.e. going to lecture,

studying, practice exams, etc.), what is the best
advice you have for students to do well in your
class?

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Lecture Prep+Participation: Just Do It

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Viewer
Non-Viewer

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Exam 1 average

Viewed pre-lectures

80%

Blew through pre-lectures

73%

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Homework

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Electricity & Magnetism Lecture 1, Slide 7

Homework: Delayed Feedback

Problem: No office hours before HW1 is due!

Purpose:
Promote
REFLECTION

Solution: 100% credit will be given up to second deadline for HW1 (Jan 29th)
These questions serve as a test of
your understanding of the
questions posed as immediate
feedback.

After first deadline

Delayed feedback questions turn
into immediate feedback
questions. 80% credit can be
obtained by answering these
questions correctly before the
second deadline.

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Electricity & Magnetism Lecture 1, Slide 8

Homework: Tipler Problems (optional)

Tipler problems are ONLY if you want more practice.

Worked Examples are optional but recommended!

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Electricity & Magnetism Lecture 1, Slide 9

Electricity & Magnetism

Lecture 1

Todays Concepts:
A) Coulombs Law
B) Superposition

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Electricity & Magnetism Lecture 1, Slide 10

Coulombs Law:
The force on a charge due to another charge is proportional to the
product of the charges and inversely proportional to the separation
squared.

q2

q1

q1q2
F 2
r

The force is always parallel to a line connecting the charges, but the
direction depends on the signs of the charges:

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q2

q1

q2

q1

q2

q1

Opposite signs attract

Like signs repel
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Balloons

Take two balloons and rub them

both with a piece of cloth.
After you rub them they will:
A) Attract each-other
B) Repel each-other
C) Either it depends on the material of the cloth

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Electricity & Magnetism Lecture 1, Slide 12

Balloons

If the same thing is done to both balloons they

will acquire the same sign charge.
They will repel!

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Electricity & Magnetism Lecture 1, Slide 13

Coulombs Law
Are we supposed to fully understand fields at this point, or was that just an intro? Also, can you explain the "r" with
the ^ on top of it in the numerator or the F=kq1q2/r^2 equation? Is that for notation of direction?

Our notation:

F1, 2 is the force by 1 on 2 (think by-on )

r12 is the unit vector that points from 1 to 2.

kq1q2
F1,2 2 r1,2
r1,2

Examples:
If the charges have the same sign, the force by charge 1 on charge 2
would be in the direction of r12 (to the right).
q1

r1, 2

q2

F1, 2

If the charges have opposite sign, the force by charge 1 on charge 2

would be opposite the direction of r12 (left).
q1

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F1, 2

r1, 2

q2

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Example: Coulomb Force

Two paperclips are separated by 10 meters. Then you remove 1 electron from each
atom on the first paperclip and place it on the second one.

q1q2
F k 2 r12
r12

k 9 x 109 N m2 / C2
electron charge 1.6 x 10-19 Coulombs
NA 6.02 x 1023

What will the direction of the force be?

A) Attractive

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B) Repulsive

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Example: Coulomb Force

Two paperclips are separated by 3 meters. Then you remove 1 electron from each
atom on the first paperclip and place it on the second one.

q1q2
F k 2 r12
r12

k 9 x 109 N m2 / C2
electron charge 1.6 x 10-19 Coulombs
NA 6.02 x 1023

Which weight is closest to the approximate force between those

paperclips (recall that weight = mg, g = 9.8 m/s2)?

Balloon demo

A) Paperclip (1 g x g)
B) Text book (1 kg x g)
C) Truck (104 kg x g)
D) Aircraft carrier (108 kg x g)
E) Mt. Everest (1014 kg x g)

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Electricity & Magnetism Lecture 1, Slide 16

Checkpoint 1

The force acting on charge Q = +10C is much longer since the

magnitude of Q = +10C is ten times compared to q = +1C.
The forces acting on the two charges must be equal in
magnitude and opposite in direction, as per Newton's Laws.
the smaller particle moves faster than the larger particle
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Electricity & Magnetism Lecture 1, Slide 17

Superposition:
If there are more than two charges present, the total force on any
given charge is just the vector sum of the forces due to each of the
other charges:

q2

F1
F2,1

F4,1

F1

F3,1

q1
F3,1

F2,1

F4,1

q4

q3

F1 F2,1 + F3,1 + F4,1 + ...
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Electricity & Magnetism Lecture 1, Slide 18

Superposition Clicker Question

What happens to Force on q1 if its sign is changed?

A) |F1| increases
B) |F1| remains the same
C) |F1| decreases

q2

D) Need more information to determine

q1
q4
q3
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Electricity & Magnetism Lecture 1, Slide 19

The direction of all forces changes by 180o the magnitudes stay the same:

q2

q2
F4,1

F4,1
F1

q1

F2,1
F1

F3,1

q3

q3

F2,1

F2,1

F3,1

q4
F1

q1

q4
F1
F2,1
F3,1

F3,1
F4,1

F1 F2,1 + F3,1 + F4,1 + ...
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F4,1

- F1 - F2,1 - F3,1 - F4,1 - ...

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CheckPoint
Compare the magnitude of the net force on
q in the two cases.
A) |F1 | > |F2|

+Q

+Q

B) |F1 |< |F2|

C) |F1 | = |F2|

-Q

F1

D) Depends on sign of q

Case 1

F2 0
+Q

Case 2

The forces in Case 2 will cancel out no matter what the charge of q is.
The forces in case 2 would add together while the forces in case one
would negate each other. .
Only the direction of the net force would be changed. The
magnitude of the net force will remain the same in both cases.
The net force changes depending on sign.
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CheckPoint
Four positively charged particles are placed
on a circular ring with radius 3 m as shown
below. A particle with charge Q is placed in
the center of the ring.

3q
x

What is the direction of horizontal

force on Q?
A) Fx > 0

B) Fx 0

C) Fx < 0
q

q
q

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Electricity & Magnetism Lecture 1, Slide 22

CheckPoint
Four positively charged particles are
placed on a circular ring with radius 3 m
as shown below. A particle with charge Q
is placed in the center of the ring.

3q
x

What is vertical force on Q?

A) Fy > 0

B) Fy 0

C) Fy < 0

q
q

Two of the smaller q charges are placed placed closer to Q than 3q and will have a larger force on Q.

They balance each other since the bottom three charges are symmetric and they balance the 3q charge on the
other side
The y-componants of the leftmost and rightmost charges are shorter than the charges along the y-axis, so
the forces directed in the y-direction aren't enough to cancel the force due to the 3q charge.
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Electricity & Magnetism Lecture 1, Slide 23

See you Thursday!

Discussion Sections meet this week!
Be sure to complete prelecture 2 and preflight 2.
Labs begin January 22nd.
No office hours MLK weekend

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