Physics 2212K : Electricity and Magnetism, Light and Modern Physics

List of Topics

Part IV. Electricity and Magnetism

23. Electric Fields
    • Properties of Electric Charges
    • Insulators and Conductors
    • Coulomb's Law
    • The Electric Field
    • Electric Field of a Continuous Charge Distribution
    • Electric Field Lines
    • Motion of Charged Particles in a Uniform Electric Field
24. Gauss's Law
    • Electric Flux
    • Gauss's Law
    • Application of Gauss's Law to Charged Insulators
    • Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium
25. Electric Potential
    • Potential Difference and Electric Potential
    • Potential Differences in a Uniform Electric Field
    • Electric Potential and Potential Energy Due to Point Charges
    • Electric Field from Electric Potential
    • Electric Potential Due to Continuous Charge Distributions
    • Electric Potential Due to a Charged Conductor
26. Capacitance and Dielectrics
    • Definition of Capacitance
    • Calculating Capacitance
    • Combinations of Capacitors
    • Energy Stored in a Charged Capacitor
27. Current and Resistance
    • Electric Current
    • Resistance and Ohm's Law
    • A Model for Electrical Conduction
    • Electrical Energy and Power
28. Direct Current Circuits
    • Electromotive Force
    • Resistors in Series and Parallel
    • Kirchoff's Rules
    • RC Circuits
29. Magnetic Fields
    • The Magnetic Field
    • Magnetic Force Acting on a Current-Carrying Conductor
    • Torque on a Current Loop in a Uniform Magnetic Field
    • Motion of a Charged Particle in a Uniform Magnetic Field
    • Applications: Charged Particles Moving in a Magnetic Field
30. Sources of Magnetic Field
    • The Biot-Savart Law
    • The Magnetic Force Between Two Parallel Conductors
    • Ampere's Law
    • The Magnetic Field of a Solenoid
    • Magnetic Flux
31. Faraday's Law
    • Faraday Law of Induction
    • Motional emf
    • Lenz's Law
    • Induced emf and Electric Fields
    • Generators and Motors
    • Maxwell's Wonderful Equations
32. Inductance
    • Self-Inductance
    • RL Circuits
    • Energy in a Magnetic Field
33. Alternating Current Circuits
    • AC Sources and Phasors
    • Resistors in an AC Circuit
    • Inductors in an AC Circuit
    • Capacitors in an AC Circuit
    • The RLC Series Circuit
    • Power in an AC Circuit
    • Resonance in a Series RLC Circuit
34. Electromagnetic Waves
    • Maxwell's Equations and Hertz's Discoveries
    • Plane Electromagnetic Waves
    • Energy Carried by Electromagnetic Waves
Part V. Light and Optics
35. The Nature of Light and Geometric Optics
    • The Nature of Light
    • Measurements of the Speed of Light
    • The Ray Approximation in Geometric Optics
    • Reflection
    • Refraction
    • Huygen's Principle
    • Dispersion and Prisms
36. Geometric Optics
    • Images Formed by Flat Mirrors
    • Images Formed by Spherical Mirrors
    • Images Formed by Refraction
    • Thin Lenses
37. Interference of Light Waves
    • Conditions for Interference
    • Young's Double-Slit Experiment
    • Intensity Distribution for the Double Slit Interference Pattern
    • Phasor Addition of Waves
38. Diffraction and Polarization
    • Introduction to Diffraction
    • Diffraction from Narrow Slits
    • Resolution of Single-Slit and Circular Apertures
    • The Diffraction Grating
    • Polarization of Light Waves
Part VI: Modern Physics
39. Relativity
    • The Principle of Newtonian Relativity
    • Einstein's Principle of Relativity
    • Consequences of the Special Theory of Relativity
    • Equivalence of Mass and Energy
40. Introduction to Quantum Physics
    • Blackbody Radiation and Planck's Hypothesis
    • The Photoelectric Effect
    • The Compton Effect
    • Atomic Spectra
    • Bohr's Quantum Model of the Atom
    • Photons and Electromagnetic Waves
    • The Wave Properties of Particles