Physics
Electricity & Magnetism
Part of Electricity & Magnetism, level 4. About 64 hours of study across the topics below.
Electrostatics
- Electric Charge & Coulomb's Lawcharge quantization, conservation, force between charges4–7.5 h
- Electric Fieldsfield of point charges and distributions, field lines4–7.5 h
- Gauss's Lawflux, applications to symmetric distributions, conductors4–7.5 h
- Electric Potentialpotential energy, potential, relation to field, equipotentials4–7.5 h
- Capacitance & Dielectricscapacitors, energy storage, dielectrics, combinations4–7.5 h
Current & Circuits
- Current & Resistancedrift velocity, Ohm's law, resistivity, power4–7.5 h
- DC Circuitsseries/parallel, Kirchhoff's laws, RC circuits, meters4–7.5 h
- Circuit Analysis Methodsnode/mesh analysis, Thevenin/Norton, superposition4–7.5 h
- AC Circuitsphasors, impedance, resonance, power in AC, transformers4–7.5 h
Magnetostatics & Induction
- Magnetic Fieldsforce on charges/currents, cyclotron motion, Hall effect4–7.5 h
- Biot-Savart & Ampere's Lawfield of wires, solenoids, toroids, magnetic flux4–7.5 h
- Faraday's Law & Inductionemf, Lenz's law, generators, eddy currents4–7.5 h
- Inductance & Inductorsself/mutual inductance, LR circuits, energy in magnetic fields4–7.5 h
Maxwell & EM Waves
- Maxwell's Equationsdisplacement current, integral and differential forms, unification3.5–7 h
- Electromagnetic Waveswave equation, plane waves, energy and Poynting vector, spectrum4–7.5 h
- Wave Propagation & Impedancereflection/transmission, radiation pressure, polarization4–7.5 h