PHYS 51 - Topics
- Electric field and electric charge
Electric charge
Conductors, insulators, induced charge
Coulomb's Law
Electric field and electric force
E-field calculations
Electric dipoles - Gauss' Law
Electric charge and electric flux
Applications of Gauss' Law
Charges on conductors - Electric potential
Electric potential energy
Electric potential
Equipotential surfaces
Potential gradient - Capacitance and dielectrics
Capacitors and dielectrics
Capacitors in series and parallel
Energy storage in capacitors - Current, resistance and emf
Electric current
Resistivity
Resistance
Emf and circuits
Energy and power in circuits - Direct-current circuits
Resistors in series and parallel
Kirchhoff's rules
Electrical measuring instruments
RC circuits
Power distribution systems - Magnetic field and magnetic forces
Magnetism
Magnetic field
Magnetic field lines and flux
Motion of charges in a magnetic field
Magnetic forces and torques on a current-carrying wires
Sources of magnetic field
Magnetic field of moving charges
Magnetic field of a current element
Magnetic fields of current-carrying conductors
Forces between parallel conductors
Ampere's law - Electromagnetic induction
Induction experiments
Faraday's law
Lenz's law
Motional emf
Induced electric fields
Displacement current - Inductance
Mutual inductance
Self inductance
Inductors and B-field energy
RL circuit
LC circuit
LRC circuit - Alternating current
Phasors and AC Resistance and reactance
LRC series circuit
Power in AC circuits
Resonance in AC circuits
Transformers - Electromagnetic waves
Maxwell's equations
Palne EM waves and speed of light
Sinusoidal EM waves
Energy and momentum in EM waves
Standing EM waves
The EM spectrum