CONTENT
PHYSICS Part-1
CHAPTER ONE
ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Electric Charge
1.3 Conductors and Insulators
1.4 Basic Properties of Electric Charge
1.5 Coulomb’s Law
1.6 Forces between Multiple Charges
1.7 Electric Field
1.8 Electric Field Lines
1.9 Electric Flux
1.10 Electric Dipole
1.11 Dipole in a Uniform External Field
1.12 Continuous Charge Distribution
1.13 Gauss’s Law
1.14 Applications of Gauss’s Law
CHAPTER TWO
ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Electrostatic Potential
2.3 Potential due to a Point Charge
2.4 Potential due to an Electric Dipole
2.5 Potential due to a System of Charges
2.6 Equipotential Surfaces
2.7 Potential Energy of a System of Charges
2.8 Potential Energy in an External Field
2.9 Electrostatics of Conductors
2.10 Dielectrics and Polarisation
2.11 Capacitors and Capacitance
2.12 The Parallel Plate Capacitor
2.13 Effect of Dielectric on Capacitance
2.14 Combination of Capacitors
2.15 Energy Stored in a Capacitor
CHAPTER THREE
CURRENT ELECTRICITY
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Electric Current
3.3 Electric Currents in Conductors
3.4 Ohm’s law
3.5 Drift of Electrons and the Origin of Resistivity
3.6 Limitations of Ohm’s Law
3.7 Resistivity of Various Materials
3.8 Temperature Dependence of Resistivity
3.9 Electrical Energy, Power
3.10 Cells, emf, Internal Resistance
3.11 Cells in Series and in Parallel
3.12 Kirchhoff’s Rules
3.13 Wheatstone Bridge
CHAPTER FOUR
MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Magnetic Force
4.3 Motion in a Magnetic Field
4.4 Magnetic Field due to a Current Element, Biot-Savart Law
4.5 Magnetic Field on the Axis of a Circular Current Loop
4.6 Ampere’s Circuital Law
4.7 The Solenoid
4.8 Force between Two Parallel Currents, the Ampere
4.9 Torque on Current Loop, Magnetic Dipole
4.10 The Moving Coil Galvanometer
CHAPTER FIVE
MAGNETISM AND MATTER
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Bar Magnet
5.3 Magnetism and Gauss’s Law
5.4 Magnetisation and Magnetic Intensity
5.5 Magnetic Properties of Materials
CHAPTER SIX
ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Experiments of Faraday and Henry
6.3 Magnetic Flux
6.4 Faraday’s Law of Induction
6.5 Lenz’s Law and Conservation of Energy
6.6 Motional Electromotive Force
6.7 Inductance
6.8 AC Generator
CHAPTER SEVEN
ALTERNATING CURRENT
7.1 Introduction
7.2 AC Voltage Applied to a Resistor
7.3 Representation of AC Current and Voltage by Rotating Vectors — Phasors
7.4 AC Voltage Applied to an Inductor
7.5 AC Voltage Applied to a Capacitor
7.6 AC Voltage Applied to a Series LCR Circuit
7.7 Power in AC Circuit: The Power Factor
7.8 Transformers
CHAPTER EIGHT
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Displacement Current
8.3 Electromagnetic Waves
8.4 Electromagnetic Spectrum