Phy 102

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Week Topics Remarks

1 Introduction to course overview During the class, expectations of student


(Electricity and Magnetism). from the course will be discussed
2-3 Electrostatics:  What is electrostatics?
Conservation law of electric charges, electrons  What are conductors and insulators
and electrostatics, Coulomb’s law, electric field  Be able to explain more about electric
and forces, electric field line, electric dipoles, field.
charged particles in an electric field, charge and
electric flux,
4 Gauss’s law and its applications, electric  What is electricity?
potential, electric potential due to a single  What are the difference between pd
charge, electric potential due to a dipole, and emf,
electric potential due to continuous charge  Explain more about the element of
distribution, equipotential surfaces. electricity.
5 Conductors and currents:  Solve problems concerning parallel,
Electric current, resistors and resistance, series plate and energy stored in a
electric power, capacitors in series and parallel, capacitor.
energy storage in capacitors and electric field
energy, Gauss’s law in dielectrics.
6 Magnetism:  What is magnetic field?
magnetic field, magnetic field lines and  Explain the magnetic and non-
magnetic flux, motion of a charged particles in magnetic materials,
a magnetic field, magnetic force on a current  Explain the magnetic induction
carry conductor, processes and the magnetic flux.
7 Mid Semester Test
Week Topics Remarks

8&9 Ampere’s law, Biot Savart law,  Understand the concept of


electromagnetic induction, inductance, self- electromagnetic induction
inductance, mutual inductance,

10 Maxwell’s equation, electromagnetic waves  Explain the applications of


and oscillations. waves in our day to day life,
 Explain the propagation of
electromagnetic waves,
 Solve simple problems
involving Maxwell’s equations.
11 End of Semester Test

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