Physics 1112K : Electricity and Magnetism, Light and Modern Physics

List of Topics

15. Electric Charge, Forces and Fields
    • Electric charge
    • Electrostatic charging
    • Electric force
    • Electric field
    • Conductors and electric fields
    • Gauss's law for electric fields
16. Electric Potential, Energy and Capacitance
    • Electric potential energy and potential difference
    • Equipotential surfaces and the electric field
    • Capacitance
    • Dielectrics
    • Capacitors in series and parallel
17. Electric Current and Resistance
    • Batteries and direct current
    • Current and drift velocity
    • Resistance and Ohm's law
    • Electric power
18. Basic Electric Circuits
    • Resistances in series, parallel, and series-parallel combinations
    • Multiloop circuits and Kirchhoff's rules
    • RC circuits
    • Ammeters and voltmeters
    • Household circuits and electrical safety
19. Magnetism
    • Magnets, magnetic poles and magnetic field detection
    • Magnetic field strength and magnetic force
    • Electromagnetism - the sources of magnetic fields
    • Magnetic materials
    • Magnetic forces on current-carrying wires
    • Applications of electromagnetism
    • The Earth's magnetic field
20. Electromagnetic Induction
    • Induced emfs: Faraday's law and Lenz's law
    • Generators and back emf
    • Transformers and power transmission
    • Electromagnetic waves
21. AC Circuits
    • Resistance in an AC circuit
    • Capacitive reactance
    • Inductive reactance
    • Impedance: RLC circuits
    • Circuit resonance
22. Geometrical Optics: Reflection and Refraction of Light
    • Wave fronts and rays
    • Reflection
    • Refraction
    • Total internal reflection and fiber optics
    • Dispersion
23. Mirrors and Lenses
    • Plane mirrors
    • Spherical mirrors
    • Lenses
    • Lens aberrations
    • The lens maker's equation
24. Physical Optics: The Wave Nature of Light
    • Young's double slit experiment
    • Thin-film interference
    • Diffraction
    • Polarization
    • Atmospheric scattering of light
25. Optical Instruments
    • The human eye
    • Microscopes
    • Telescopes
    • Diffraction and resolution
    • Color

27. Quantum Physics
    • Quantization: Planck's hypothesis
    • Quanta of light: photons and the photoelectric effect
    • Quantum "particles": the Compton effect
    • The Bohr theory of the hydrogen atom
    • A quantum success: the laser
28. Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics
    • Matter waves: the de Broglie hypothesis
    • The Schrodinger wave equation
    • Atomic quantum numbers and the periodic table
    • The Heisenberg uncertainty principle
    • Particles and antiparticles
29. The Nucleus
    • Nuclear structure and the nuclear force
    • Radioactivity
    • Decay rate and half-life
    • Nuclear stability and binding energy
    • Radiation detection and applications
30. Nuclear Reactions and Elementary Particles
    • Nuclear reactions
    • Nuclear fission
    • Nuclear fusion
    • Beta decay and the neutrino
    • Fundamental forces and exchange particles
    • Elementary particles
    • The quark model
    • Force unification theories and the early universe