| Weeks | Topics |
| 1 |
Electrical forces and fields:Chargings and conservation of electrical charge,conductors and insulators,Coulomb's Law,electric fields of discrete and continuous charge distributions
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| 2 |
Gauss's Law:Electric flux,Applications of Gauss's Law to various charge distributions,conductors in electrostatic equilibrium,formal derivation of Gauss's Law
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| 3 |
Electric Potential:Potential difference and electric potential,Potential difference in a uniform electric field,Electric potential and potential energy due to point charges,obtaining the value of the electric field from the electric potential,electric potential due to continuous charge distributions,electric potential due to a charged conductor,
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| 4 |
Capacitances and Dielectrics:Definition of Capacitance,Calculating Capacitance,Combinations of Capacitors,Energy Stored in a Charged
Capacitor,Capacitors with Dielectrics,Electric Dipole in an Electric
Field,An Atomic Description of
Dielectrics
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| 5 |
Current and Resistance:Electric Current,Resistance,A Model for Electrical
Conduction,Resistance and Temperature,Electrical Power
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| 6 |
Direct Current Circuits:Electromotive Force,Resistors in Series and
Parallel,Kirchhoff’s Rules,RC Circuits, Electrical Meters,Household Wiring and
Electrical Safety
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| 7 |
Magnetic Fields:Magnetic Fields and Forces,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 Involving
Charged Particles Moving in a
Magnetic Field,The Hall Effect
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| 8 |
Midterm exam
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| 9 |
Sources of the Magnetic Field:The Biot–Savart Law,The Magnetic Force Between Two Parallel Conductors,Ampère’s Law,The Magnetic Field of a
Solenoid,Magnetic Flux,Gauss’s Law in Magnetism,Displacement Current and the General Form of Ampère’s Law,
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| 10 |
Magnetism in Matter,The Magnetic Field of the Earth
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| 11 |
Faraday’s Law:Faraday’s Law of Induction,Motional emf,Lenz’s Law,Induced emf and Electric Fields,Generators and Motors,Eddy Currents,Maxwell’s Equations
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| 12 |
Inductance:Self-Inductance,RL Circuits,Energy in a MagneticField,Mutual Inductance,Oscillations in an LC Circuit,The RLC Circuit
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| 13 |
Alternating Current Circuits:AC Sources,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,The Transformer and Power
Transmission,Rectifiers and Filters
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| 14 |
Evaluating the term
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