PHY 212 Summer 2007

General Physics II - Electricity, Magnetism and Light

Course Outline

1. Review of Vectors √
2. Electric Charge and Electric Field√
   1. Electric Charge √
   2. Conductors and Insulators √
   3. Coulomb's Law √
   4. Electric Field and Electric Forces √
   5. Electric Field Calculations √
   6. Electric Dipoles √
3. Gauss's Law √
   1. Charge and Electric Flux √
   2. Calculating Electric Flux √
   3. Gauss's Law √
   4. Applications of Gauss's Law √
   5. Charges on Conductors √
4. Electric Potential √
   1. Electric Potential Energy √
   2. Electric Potential √
   3. Calculating Electric Potential √
   4. Equipotential Surfaces √
   5. Potential Gradient √
5. Capacitors and Dielectrics √
   1. Capacitors and Capacitance √
   2. Capacitors in Series and Parallel √
   3. Energy Stored in Electric Field √
   4. Dielectrics √
6. Current, Resistance and EMF √
   1. Current √
   2. Resistance and Resistivity √
   3. Electromotive Force (EMF) √
   4. Energy and Power in Electric Circuits √
7. Direct Current Circuits √
1. Resistors in Series and Parallel √
2. Kirchhoff's Rules √
3. Electrical Measuring Instruments √
4. R-C Circuits √
8. Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces √
1. Magnetism √
2. Magnetic Field and Magnetic Flux √
3. Motion of Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field √
4. Magnetic Force of a Current Carrying Conductor √
5. Force and Torque on a Current Loop √
6. The DC motor and Hall Effect √
9. Sources of Magnetic Field √
   1. Magnetic Field - Current Carrying Conductor and a Current Loop √
   2. Ampere's Law √
   3. Applications of Ampere's Law √
10. Electromagnetic Induction √
1. Faraday's Law √
2. Lenz's Law √
3. Motional EMF and Induced Electric Fields √
4. Displacement Current and Maxwell's Equations √
11. Inductance √
    1. Mutual Inductance √
    2. Self Inductance and Inductors √
    3. Magnetic Field Energy √
    4. L-R Circuit √
    5. L-C Circuit √
12. Electromagnetic Waves √
    1. Maxwells Equations and Electromagnetic Waves √
    2. Energy and Momentum in EM waves √
    3. Standing EM Waves and the EM Spectrum √
13. The Nature and Propagation of Light
    1. The Nature of Light √
    2. Reflection and Refraction √
    3. Total Internal Reflection √
    4. Polarization √
    5. Interference √
    6. Diffraction √

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