COMSATS University Islamabad
Department of Physics
Course: Electric and Magnetic Fields (PHY 220) Semester: FA-24
CONTENTS & SCHEDULE
Contents
I. Electric Charge
a. Electric charge
b. Coulomb’s law
II. Electric Fields
a. Electric field
b. Electric field lines
c. Electric field due to a point charge
d. Dipole and continuous charge distributions
III. Gauss’s Law
a. Gauss’s law
b. Applications of Gauss’s law
IV. Electric Potential
a. Electric potential
b. Electric potential due to a point charge
c. Dipole and continuous charge distributions
d. Potential energy of a point charge
e. Potential of a charged isolated conductor
V. Capacitance
a. Use of capacitors
b. Capacitance
c. Capacitors in parallel and in series
d. Capacitor with a dielectric
e. Dielectrics and Gauss’s law
VI. Current and Resistance
a. Electric current
b. Current density
c. Current and resistivity
d. Ohm’s law
e. Power in electric circuits
f. Semiconductors
g. Superconductors
VII. Circuits
a. Work, energy and emf
b. Loop analysis
c. Multi-loop analysis
d. RC circuits
VIII. Magnetic Fields
a. Magnetic fields
b. Charges moving in magnetic fields
c. Lorentz force
IX. Magnetic Fields Due to Currents
a. Vector potential
b. Biot-Savart law
c. Applications of Biot-Savart law
d. Ampere’s law
e. Applications of Ampere’s law
X. Induction and Inductance
a. Faraday’s law of electromagnetic Induction
b. Lenz’s law
c. Inductors and inductance
d. Self induction
e. Mutual induction
XI. Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current
a. LC oscillations; qualitatively and quantitatively
b. RLC series circuit
c. Damped and forced oscillations
d. Power in AC circuits
e. Transformers
XII. Maxwell’s Equations; Magnetism of Matter
a. Gauss’s law for magnetic fields
b. Displacement current
c. Maxwell’s equations
d. Magnetic materials
e. Diamagnetism
f. Paramagn etism
g. Ferromagnetism
h. Hysteresis in electromagnetic materials
Recommended book:
D. Halliday, R. Resnick and J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, Wiley
Reference books:
2. John D. Cutnell and Kenneth W. Johnson, Physics, 10th ed., John Wiley and Sons
3. R. A. Serway, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 9th ed., Saunders Golden Sunburst Series,
4. Richard P. Feynman and Robert b. Leighton, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1, Basic
Books
5. R. A. Freedman, H. D. Young and A. L. Ford, “University Physics with Modern Physics”, 13 th
International ed., Addison-Wesley-Longman
6. D. C. Giancoli, “Physics for Scientists and Engineers, with Modern Physics”, 4 th ed., Addison-
Wesley
(Tentative) Lecture plan
Lecture 1 Introduction to the course, electric charge, Coulomb’s law
Lecture 2 Electric fields
Lecture 3
Lecture 4 Gauss’s Law and its applications
Lecture 5
Lecture 6 Electric potential, electric potential due to a point charge
Lecture 7 Dipole and continuous charge distributions
Lecture 8 Potential energy of a point charge, potential of a charged isolated conductor
Lecture 9
Lecture 10 Capacitance, Use of capacitors, Capacitors in parallel and in series, Capacitor with
Lecture 11 a dielectric,
Lecture 12 Dielectrics and Gauss’s law, current and resistance, electric current, current density
Lecture 13 Current and resistivity, Ohm’s law, power in electric circuits, semiconductors,
Lecture 14 superconductors
Lecture 15
Lecture 16 Circuits, work, energy and emf, loop analysis, multi-loop analysis, RC circuits
Lecture 17
Lecture 18 Magnetic fields, charges moving in magnetic fields, Lorentz force, magnetic fields
Lecture 19 due to currents, vector potential
Lecture 20 Midterm Exam
Lecture 21
Lecture 22 Biot-Savart law and its applications, Ampere’s law and its applications
Lecture 23
Lecture 24 Induction and inductance, Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction
Lecture 25
Lecture 26 Electromagnetic oscillations and Alternating Current, LC oscillations, RLC series
Lecture 27 circuit, damped and forced oscillations
Lecture 28
Lecture 29 Power in AC circuits, transformers
Lecture 30 Gauss’s law for magnetic fields, displacement current, Maxwell’s equations
Lecture 31 Magnetic materials, diamagnetism, paramagnetism
Lecture 32 Ferromagnetism, hysteresis in electromagnetic materials
