The ICFAI University, Tripura

Faculty of Science & Technology

Course Handout

Summer term course 2020:

Course No

Course Title

L

P

U

PH121

Physics II

3

0

3

 

1.      Course Instructor: Dr. Camelia Das

 

2.      Text Book      T1:      Physics, Vol. 2, Resnick, Halliday & Krane, 5th Edition, John

Willy & Sons, 2002.

3.      Reference Books:

R1:      Fundamental of Physics, Resnick, Halliday & Walker, 6th Edition, John Willy & Sons, 2001.

                        R2:      Physics, Cutnell and Johnson, 5th Edition, John Willy & Sons, 2001.

R3:      Principles of Physics, Serway and Jewett, Harcourt College Publishers, 3rd Edition

4.      Lecture-wise plan:

Lecture Nos.

Topics to be covered

Chap./Sec.

1-2

Coulomb’s law, continuous charge distribution

25.4, 25.5

3-5

Electric field of point charge, continuous charge distribution, field lines, dipole in an electric field

26.1 – 26.7

6-8

Flux of a vector field, flux of electric field, Gauss’s law, its applications, Gauss’s law and conductors

27.1 – 27.6

9 -11

Electric potential, potential due to point charges and continuous charge distribution, calculating field from potential, potential from field, equipotential surfaces, potential of a charged conductor

28.1 – 28.9

12-13

Types of materials, conductor in an electric field, insulator in an electric field, Ohm’s law, Ohmic materials

29.1 – 29.6

14- 16

Capacitance, Calculating the capacitance, Capacitors in series and parallel, Energy storage in an electric field, capacitor with dielectric

30.1 -30.3,30.5-30.6

17-20

Magnetic interactions, magnetic poles, force on a moving charge, circulating charges, force on a current carrying wire, Hall effect, Torque on a current loop

32.1 – 32.6

21- 24

Magnetic field due to moving charge, due to current, parallel current, field of a solenoid, Ampere’s law

33.1 – 33.5

25 - 28

Faraday’s law, Lenz’ law, motional emf, induced electric field

34.1 – 34.4, 34.6

29-30

Magnetic dipole and force on a magnetic dipole in a non-uniform field, magnetization, Gauss’ law for magnetism

35.1, 35.2, 35.4, 35.7

31-33

Inductance, Calculating the inductance, Energy storage in a magnetic field

36.1, 36.2, 36.4

34-35

Equations of electromagnetism, Maxwell’s equations, induced magnetic fields and displacement currents

38.1 – 38.3

 

36-37

Concept of Photons, Thermal radiation, photoelectric effect

45.1 – 45.3

38-39

Matter waves, de Broglie’s hypothesis, experimental verification by Davisson and Germer experiment, uncertainty principle

46.1 – 46.2, 46.4

40-41

Bohr’s model of hydrogen atom, Ground state of the hydrogen atom, Atomic spectra

47.4, 47.5, 29.7 of reference book R3

 

5.      Evaluation Scheme:

Component

Duration

Weightage(%)

Quiz I/Assignments/Viva

 

25

Test I

2 hours

20

Quiz II/Assignments/Viva

 

25

Comprehensive

3 hours

30

 

 

Camelia Das

Date: 14/07/2020                                                                                Name of I/C