ELECTROSTATICS
Electric charges: Conservation of charge.
Coulomb's law-forces between two point
charges, forces between multiple charges:
superposition principle and continuous
charge distribution.
Electric field: Electric field due to a point
charge, Electric field lines. Electric dipole,
Electric field due to a dipole. Torque on a
dipole in a uniform electric field.
Electric flux. Gauss's law and its
applications to find field due to infinitely
long uniformly charged straight wire,
uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and
uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
Electric potential and its calculation for a
point charge, electric dipole and system of
charges; Equipotential surfaces, Electrical
potential energy of a system of two point
charges in an electrostatic field.
Conductors and insulators. Dielectrics and
electric polarization, capacitor, the
combination of capacitors in series and
parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate
capacitor with and without dielectric
medium between the plates. Energy stored
in a capacitor.Electric charges: Conservation of charge.
Coulomb's law-forces between two point
charges, forces between multiple charges:
superposition principle and continuous
charge distribution.
Electric field: Electric field due to a point
charge, Electric field lines. Electric dipole,
Electric field due to a dipole. Torque on a
dipole in a uniform electric field.
Electric flux. Gauss's law and its
applications to find field due to infinitely
long uniformly charged straight wire,
uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and
uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
Electric potential and its calculation for a
point charge, electric dipole and system of
charges; Equipotential surfaces, Electrical
potential energy of a system of two point
charges in an electrostatic field.
Conductors and insulators. Dielectrics and
electric polarization, capacitor, the
combination of capacitors in series and
parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate
capacitor with and without dielectric
medium between the plates. Energy stored
in a capacitor.