Lecture Topics Discussed

1-3 ELECTRIC FIELDS: properties of electric charges, charging objects by induction,

Coulomb’s Law, the electric field, electric field of a continuous charge distribution, motion of
charged particles in a uniformed electric field

4-7 GAUSS’S LAW: electric flux, Gauss’s Law, applications of Gauss’s Law to various charge
distributions, conductors in electrostatic equilibrium, formal derivation of Gauss’s Law

8-10 ELECTRIC POTENTIAL: potential difference and electric potential, potential differences
in a uniform electric field, electric potential and potential energy due to point charges, electric
potential due to continuous charge distribution, electric potential due to a charged conductor

11-14 CAPACITANCE AND DIELECTRICS: definition of capacitance, calculating

capacitance, combination of capacitors, energy stored in a charged capacitor, capacitors with
dielectrics, electric dipole in an electric field, an atomic description of dielectrics

15-16 CURRENT AND RESISTANCE: electric current, resistance, a model for electrical
conduction, resistance and temperature

17-20 DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUITS: electromotive force, resistors in series and parallel,
Kirchhoff’s Rules, RC circuits

21-24 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, Hall Effect

25-28 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, Gauss’s
Law in magnetism, displacement current and the general form of Ampere’s Law

29-31 FARADAY’S LAW: Faraday’s Law of induction, motional emf, Lenz’s Law, induced
emf and electric fields, generators and motors, Maxwell’s Equations

32-34 INDUCTANCE: self-induction, RL circuits, energy in amagnetic field, mutual

inductance, oscillations in an LC circuit, the RLC circuit

35-38 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

39-40 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES: Maxwell’s Equations and Hertz’s discoveries, plane

electromagnetic waves, the spectrum of electromagnetic waves
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