Physics for Engineers and Scientists
Part IV. Electricity and Magnetism
22. Electric Force and Electric Charge
- 22.1 The Electrostatic Force
- 22.2 Coulomb’s Law
- 22.3 The Superposition of Electrical Forces
- 22.4 Charge Quantization and Charge Conservation
- 22.5 Conductors and Insulators; Frictional Electricity
23. The Electric Field
- 23.1 The Electrical Field
- 23.2 The Electric Field Due to Continuous Charge Distributions
- 23.3 Lines of Electric Field
- 23.4 Motion in a Uniform Electric Field
- 23.5 Electric Dipole in an Electric Field
24. Gauss’s Law
- 24.1 Electric Flux
- 24.2 Gauss’ Law
- 24.3 Applications of Gauss’ Law
- 24.4 Superposition
- 24.5 Conductors and Electric Fields
25. Electrostatic Potential and Energy
- 25.1 The Electrostatic Potential
- 25.2 Calculation of the Potential from the Field
- 25.3 Potential in Conductors
- 25.4 Calculation of the Field from the Potential
- 25.5 Energy of a System of Charged Conductors
26. Capacitors and Dielectrics
- 26.1 Capacitance
- 26.2 Capacitors in Combination
- 26.3 Dielectrics
- 26.4 Energy in Capacitors
27. Currents and Ohm’s Law
- 27.1 Electric Current
- 27.2 Resistance and Ohm’s Law
- 27.3 The Resistivity of Materials
- 27.4 Resistances in Combination
28. DC Circuits
- 28.1 Electromotive Force
- 28.2 Sources of Electromotive Force
- 28.3 Single-Loop Circuits
- 28.4 Multi-Loop Circuits
- 28.5 Energy in Circuits; Joule Heat
- 28.6 Electrical Measurements
- 28.7 The RC Circuit
- 28.8 The Hazards of Electric Currents
29. Magnetic Force and Field
- 29.1 The Magnetic Force
- 29.2 The Magnetic Field
- 29.3 Ampere’s Law
- 29.4 Solenoids and Magnets
- 29.5 The Biot-Savart Law
30. Charges and Currents in Magnetic Fields
- 30.1 Circular Motion in a Uniform Magnetic Field
- 30.2 Force on a Wire
- 30.3 Torque on a Loop
- 30.4 Magnetism in Materials
- 30.5 The Hall Effect
31. Electromagnetic Induction
- 31.1 Motional EMF
- 31.2 Faraday’s Law
- 31.3 Some Examples; Lenz’ Law
- 31.4 Inductance
- 31.5 Magnetic Energy
- 31.6 The RL Circuit
32. AC Circuits
- 32.1 Resistor Circuit
- 32.2 Capacitor Circuit
- 32.3 Inductor Circuit
- 32.4 Freely Oscillating LC and RLC Circuits
- 32.5 Series Circuits with Alternating EMF
- 32.6 Transformers
Part V. Waves and Optics
33. Electromagnetic Waves
- 33.1 Induction of Magnetic Fields; Maxwell’s Equations
- 33.2 The Electromagnetic Wave Pulse
- 33.3 Plane Waves; Polarization
- 33.4 The Generation of Electromagnetic Waves
- 33.5 Energy of a Wave
- 33.6 The Wave Equation
34. Reflection, Refraction, and Optics
- 34.1 Huygens’s Construction
- 34.2 Reflection
- 34.3 Refraction
- 34.4 Spherical Mirrors
- 34.5 Thin Lenses
- 34.6 Optical Instruments
35. Interference and Diffraction
- 35.1 Thin Films
- 35.2 The Michelson Interferometer
- 35.3 Interference from Two Slits
- 35.4 Interference from Multiple Slits
- 35.5 Diffraction by a Single Slit
- 35.6 Diffraction by a Circular Aperture; Rayleigh’s Criterion
Part VI. Relativity, Quanta and Particles
36. The Theory of Special Relativity
- 36.1 The Speed of Light; the Ether
- 36.2 Einstein’s Principle of Relativity
- 36.3 Time Dilation
- 36.4 Length Contraction
- 36.5 The Lorentz Transformations and the Combination of Velocities
- 36.6 Relativistic Momentum and Energy
- 36.7 Mass and Energy