1. Presentation of the Course, Electric Charges and Electric Forces
- Electric Charge.
- Coulomb´s Law
- Dimensions and Units.
- The Superposition Principle.
2 - The Electric Field
- Definition of Electric Fields.
- Electric Field Created by a Point Charge.
- The Superposition Principle.
- The Electric Field Lines.
- Electric Fields of general Charge Distributions.
3 - The Electric Flux and Gauss' Law
- Flux of a vector Field.
- The Electric Flux.
- Gauss' Law.
- Use of Gauss' Law to calculate the Electric Field.
4. Electrostatic Potential Energy
- Gravitational Potential Energy.
- Electrostatic Potential Energy.
- Energy Conservation.
- Electrostatic Potential.
- Electric Potential Difference.
- Equipotential surfaces and lines
5. Electrostatic Potential (cont.)
- Electrostatic Potential of General Charge Distributions.
- Potential of a System of Charges.
- Relation between Electrostatic Potential en Electric Field.
- Electrostatic Energy of a System of Charges.
- Electric Conductors in Equilibrium.
- Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium
- Matter Aggregations
6. Capacitance and dielectrics
- Capacitance.
- Parallel Plane, Cylindrical and spherical Capacitors.
- Capacitors in circuits.
- Dielectrics. Electric Properties of Matter.
- Energy stored in Capacitors.
- Energy Density of the Electrical Field.
7. Current and Resistance
- Current density and current intensity
- Ohm's law
- Resistance and conductivity
- Joule's Law
- Energy and Power in Electric Circuits
- Electromotive Force
8. Magnetic Fields
- Magnetic Field.
- Lorentz's Force on a Charged Particle.
- Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Wire.
- Torque on a Current-Carrying Loop.
- Magnetic Moment.
9. Sources of Magnetic Fields
- Sources of the Magnetic Field.
- Biot-Savart's Law.
- Forces Between Current-Carrying Conductors.
- Magnetic Flux.
- Ampère´s Law.
- Application of Ampère's Law to Calculate Magnetic Fields.
- Magnetic Properties of Matter.
10. Electromagnetic Induction
- Faraday´s Law of Induction.
- Motional Electromotive Force.
- Lenz´s Law
- Electromagnetic Induction.
- Self-Inductance ad Mutual Induction
- Energy and Energy Density of a Magnetic Field
11. Electromagnetic Waves
- Displacement Current.
- Maxwell´s Equations.
- Wave Solutions to Maxwell´s Equations.
- The Speed of Light.
- The Electromagnetic spectrum.
- Traveling waves.
- Poynting Vector.
12. Properties of Light
- Propagation of Light.
- Reflexion, Refraction and Absorption.
- Interference. Double Slit Experiment.
- Diffraction. Double Slit Interference.
- Circular Aperture. Diffraction Limits.