PHY-111 Applied Physics
Electricity and Magnetism, Wave
Course
Lecture Motion, Optics, Atomic and
Follow Time Table Type,
Schedule Nuclear Physics.
Semester
First
Credit Pre-
Three F.Sc./A-level,
Hours requisite
Instructor Dr. Saima Shaukat Contact saimas@uet.edu.pk
First Floor, Office Schedule is posted outside the
Office
Main Block Hours office
Teaching Lab
None Follow Timetable
Assistant Schedule
The Course Covers: Electric charge, electric field, Gauss’s law, magnetism,
Course
electromagnetic waves, interference, waves, photons and matter waves,
Description
conduction of electricity in solids and nuclear physics.
Domain PLOs,
CLOs Description
& Level Level
Students will learn about the basic physics of electric charge, Cognitive, PLO1
conductors, insulators, Coulomb’s law, quantization and One High
conservation of charge, electric field, the electric field due to a point
charge, electric dipole, line of charge and charged disk. Students
will study about flux of an electric field, Gauss’ law, and its
application of Gauss’ Law: cylindrical symmetry, planar symmetry,
Measurable Learning Outcomes
spherical symmetry.
CLO1 Students will have comprehensive study about magnetic field,
crossed fields, the Hall effect, a circulating charged particle,
cyclotron and synchrotrons, magnetic force on a current-carrying
wire.
The will also acquire the knowledge about polarization, reflection,
refraction, total internal reflection, polarization by reflection, nature
of light, diffraction, Young’s interference experiment, coherence,
intensity in double-slit Interference and interference from thin films.
In this section student will learn about transverse and Longitudinal Cognitive, PLO1
Waves, speed of a traveling wave, wave speed on a stretched One High
string, energy and power of a wave traveling along a string, the
wave equation, the principle of superposition for waves,
interference of Waves, phasors, standing waves, standing waves
and resonance, sound waves, the speed of sound, traveling sound
waves, the Doppler effect.
CLO2 They will also get the knowledge about quantum of light, the
Photoelectric effect, momentum of photons, light as a probability
wave, electrons and matter waves.
Student will learn about the electrical properties of solids, energy
levels in a crystalline solid, insulators, metals, semiconductors,
doped semiconductors, the p-n junction.
Students will also get familiar with discovering the nucleus and its
properties, radioactive decay, alpha decay, beta decay and
measuring radiation dosage.
REQUIRED:
• Fundamentals of Physics by David Halliday, Robert Resnick and Jearl Walker, 9th
Edition.
Textbooks OPTIONAL:
• Physics for scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics by Dougles C. Giancol, 4th Edition, 2007.
• University of Physics by Zears, Zemansky and Young, 13th Edition, 2012.
Grading • Quizzes (2): 20% CLO1, CLO2
Policy vis- • Assignments + Attendance: 10% CLO1, CLO2
à-vis CLO • Mid Term: 30% CLO1
Mapping • Final Term: 40% CLO2
Lecture Plan
Readings &
Weeks Topics
CLOs
ELECTRIC CHARGE
Chapter 21
Electric Charge, Conductors and Insulators, Coulomb’s
1 Law, Charge Is Quantized, Charge is Conserved
21-1 to 21-6
CLO1
Related Solved Examples
Problems: 22, 23, 42, 46
ELECTRIC FIELDS
The Electric Field, Electric Field Lines, The Electric Field
Chapter 22
Due to a Point Charge, The Electric Field Due to an
1 Electric Dipole, The Electric Field Due to a Line of
22-1 to 22-7
CLO1
Charge, The Electric Field Due to a Charged Disk
Related Solved Examples
Problems: 2, 4, 12
GAUSS’ LAW
Flux, Flux of an Electric Field, Gauss’ Law, Gauss’ Law
Chapter 23
and Coulomb’s Law, A Charged Isolated Conductor,
1 Applying Gauss’ Law: Cylindrical Symmetry, Planar
23-1 to 23-9
CLO1
Symmetry, Spherical Symmetry
Related Solved Examples
Problems: 1, 4
MAGNETIC FIELDS
What Produces a Magnetic Field, The Definition of B Chapter 28
1 above arrow, Crossed Fields: The Hall Effect, A 28-1 to 28-8
Circulating Charged Particle, Cyclotron and Synchrotrons, CLO1
Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Wire
Related Solved Examples
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
Chapter 33
Polarization, Reflection and Refraction, Total Internal
2 Reflection, Polarization by Reflection
33-7 to 33-10
CLO1
Related Solved Examples
Problems: 13, 14,18
INTERFERENCE
Chapter 35
Light as a Wave, Diffraction, Young’s Interference
1 Experiment, Coherence, Intensity in Double-Slit
35-1 to 35-7
CLO1
Interference, Interference from Thin Films
Related Solved Examples
Mid Term
WAVES—I
Chapter 16
Types of Waves, Transverse and Longitudinal Waves,
16-1 to 16-6
2 The Speed of a Traveling Wave, Wave Speed on a
16-8 to 16-13
Stretched String, Energy and Power of a Wave Traveling
CLO2
Along a String, The Wave Equation, The Principle of
Superposition for Waves, Interference of Waves,
Phasors, Standing Waves, Standing Waves and
Resonance
Related Solved Examples
Problems: 28, 29, 41 to 48
WAVES—Il
Chapter 17
Sound Waves, The Speed of Sound, Traveling Sound
2 Waves, Interference, Intensity and Sound Level, Source
17-1 to 17-9
CLO2
of Musical Sound, Beat, The Doppler Effect
Related Solved Examples
PHOTONS AND MATTER WAVES
Chapter 38
The Photon, the Quantum of Light, The Photoelectric
1 Effect, Photons Have Momentum, Light as a Probability 38-1 to 38-6
CLO2
Wave, Electrons and Matter Waves
Related Solved Examples
CONDUCTION OF ELECTRICITY IN SOLIDS
Chapter 41
The Electrical Properties of Solids, Energy Levels in a
1 Crystalline Solid, Insulators, Metals, Semiconductors, 41-1 to 41-8
CLO2
Doped Semiconductors, The p-n Junction
Related Solved Examples
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Chapter 42
Discovering the Nucleus, Some Nuclear Properties,
1 Radioactive Decay, Alpha Decay, Beta Decay, 42-1 to 42-8
CLO2
Radioactive Dating, Measuring Radiation Dosage
Related Solved Examples
End Term
