These lecture notes were written for the 2002 version of this course, and do not correspond directly to the calendar in the syllabus.
Course notes.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
| 1 |
Introduction; Electric Charge (PDF) |
| 2 |
Fundamental Forces; Coulomb's Law; Electrostatic Induction (PDF) |
| 3 |
Coulomb's Law (cont.); Induction (PDF) |
| 4 |
Electric Field (PDF) |
| 5 |
Electric Field (cont.) (PDF) |
| 6 |
Electric Flux; Gauss's Law (PDF) |
| 7 |
Electric Flux (cont.); Gauss's Law (cont.) (PDF) |
| 8 |
Kelvin Water Drop Generator; Electric Potential Energy; Electric Potential (PDF) |
| 9 |
Conductors, Isolators, and Semi-Conductors (PDF) |
| 10 |
Review for Quiz 1 (PDF) |
| 11 |
Electric Field and Electric Potential; Capacitors (PDF) |
| 12 |
Capacitors as Energy Storage; Capacitors in Circuits (PDF) |
| 13 |
Dielectrics; Electrostatic Force Experiment (PDF) |
| 14 |
Electric Current; Resistivity and Resistance; Ohm's Law (PDF) |
| 15 |
Electric Power; Electromotive Force; Circuits; Kirchoff's Rules (PDF) |
| 16 |
DC and RC Circuits (PDF) |
| 17 |
Review for Quiz 2 (PDF) |
| 18 |
Electrical Breakdown Experiment; Ionization (PDF) |
| 19 |
Magnetism (PDF) |
| 20 |
Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field; Sources of Magnetic Fields (PDF) |
| 21 |
Biot-Savart Law; Ampere's Law (PDF) |
| 22 |
Review for Quiz 3 (PDF) |
| 23 |
Inductance; RL Circuits; Energy Storage in Inductors (PDF) |
| 24 |
RLC Circuits (PDF) |
| 25 |
LC Circuits; Displacement Current; Maxwell's Equations (PDF) |
| 26 |
Electromagnetic Waves (PDF) |
| 27 |
Properties of EM waves (PDF) |
| 28 |
Review (PDF) |
| 29 |
Microwave Experiment; Polarization (PDF) |
| 30 |
Polarization; Superposition; Scattering of Light (PDF) |