Physics

Electricity & Magnetism

Part of Electricity & Magnetism, level 4. About 64 hours of study across the topics below.

Electrostatics

  1. Electric Charge & Coulomb's Lawcharge quantization, conservation, force between charges4–7.5 h
  2. Electric Fieldsfield of point charges and distributions, field lines4–7.5 h
  3. Gauss's Lawflux, applications to symmetric distributions, conductors4–7.5 h
  4. Electric Potentialpotential energy, potential, relation to field, equipotentials4–7.5 h
  5. Capacitance & Dielectricscapacitors, energy storage, dielectrics, combinations4–7.5 h

Current & Circuits

  1. Current & Resistancedrift velocity, Ohm's law, resistivity, power4–7.5 h
  2. DC Circuitsseries/parallel, Kirchhoff's laws, RC circuits, meters4–7.5 h
  3. Circuit Analysis Methodsnode/mesh analysis, Thevenin/Norton, superposition4–7.5 h
  4. AC Circuitsphasors, impedance, resonance, power in AC, transformers4–7.5 h

Magnetostatics & Induction

  1. Magnetic Fieldsforce on charges/currents, cyclotron motion, Hall effect4–7.5 h
  2. Biot-Savart & Ampere's Lawfield of wires, solenoids, toroids, magnetic flux4–7.5 h
  3. Faraday's Law & Inductionemf, Lenz's law, generators, eddy currents4–7.5 h
  4. Inductance & Inductorsself/mutual inductance, LR circuits, energy in magnetic fields4–7.5 h

Maxwell & EM Waves

  1. Maxwell's Equationsdisplacement current, integral and differential forms, unification3.5–7 h
  2. Electromagnetic Waveswave equation, plane waves, energy and Poynting vector, spectrum4–7.5 h
  3. Wave Propagation & Impedancereflection/transmission, radiation pressure, polarization4–7.5 h