PHYS 104: General Physics

Second Term 1445H

The course covers the following topics:

Electric Charges and Coulomb Law, Electric Field of Point Charges, Motion of Charged Particles in a Uniform Electric Field, Electric Flux and Gauss Law and Its Applications, Potential Difference and Electric Potential, Electric Potential of a Uniform Electric Field, Total Potential (Reaction Energy), Electric Capacitance and the Equivalent Capacitance, Energy Stored in a Charged Capacitor and Dielectrics, Electric Current, Conductivity, and Ohm’s Law, Resistance and Temperature, Electrical Power and Energy, Electrical Energy Consumption Cost. The Direct Current Circuits and the Equivalent, Resistance, Kirchhoff ‘s Rules. Motion of Charged Particles, Lorenz Force, the Speed Selector, and the Mass Spectrometer, Ampere’s Law and the Magnetic Field of a solenoid, Faraday’s Law of Induction and Motional Electromotive Force, Inductance and Self Inductance, Energy Stored in the Magnetic Field, Alternating Current Circuits and Vrms and Irms, Inductors in an AC Circuit, Capacitors in an AC, Circuit, and the Phase Angle, Impedance in an RCL (in Series) Circuit, Power and Resonance in an RCL Circuit.