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Applied Physics Course Overview

The document outlines the course objectives, content, and labs for an Applied Physics course. The course aims to provide basic knowledge of electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism, waves, optics, electronics, and mechanics. Key topics covered include simple harmonic motion, electric and magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, semiconductors, light and optics, and mechanics. The lab outline includes experiments on measuring the Earth's magnetic field, examining Lenz's and Faraday's laws, circuit measurements, diode characteristics, rectification, diffraction, conservation of energy, and Hook's law. Recommended textbooks are also listed.

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Applied Physics Course Overview

The document outlines the course objectives, content, and labs for an Applied Physics course. The course aims to provide basic knowledge of electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism, waves, optics, electronics, and mechanics. Key topics covered include simple harmonic motion, electric and magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, semiconductors, light and optics, and mechanics. The lab outline includes experiments on measuring the Earth's magnetic field, examining Lenz's and Faraday's laws, circuit measurements, diode characteristics, rectification, diffraction, conservation of energy, and Hook's law. Recommended textbooks are also listed.

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(ANNEXURE- C)

APPLIED PHYSICS

Objectives: The main objective of the course is to provide basic


information about Electricity, Magnetism, Electromagnetism, waves and
oscillations, optics, Electronics and Mechanics to the students.

Course Outline:
Waves & Oscillations : Periodic motion & Simple Harmonic Oscillation
(SHO), Simple Pendulum, Transverse & Longitudinal Waves, Speed of a
traveling Wave, Damped Harmonic Oscillator, EM waves.

Electricity: Basic terms & definitions; Electric Forces and Fields, Electric
Flux, Coulomb’s Law, Electric field due to the Point and Various
Charges, Gauss’s Law and its Applications, , Conductors in Electric
Fields, Parallel Metal Plates ,Capacitance , Resistance, Electric Potential
and Potential Energy, Ohms’ Law, practice problems

Magnetism: Magnetic Field, Flux and Flux density (B), B-H loop,
Hysteresis, Retentively, Magnetic Force on moving charges, Torque on
Current Loop, Ampere’s Law, Magnetic Dipole Moment. Earth’s Magnetic
Field, practice problems,

Electromagnetic Induction: Induced Current and EMF, Faraday’s Law of


Electromagnetic induction, Lenz’s Law, Mutual and self-Inductance,
Motional EMF, Inductor and Inductance, RL circuits
Electronics: Semiconductor materials, conduction in conductors,
insulator and semiconductors, doping, N-type and P-type
semiconductors, energy band diagrams of conductors, insulators,
intrinsic and extrinsic Semiconductors, PN junction, basic diode
operation, forward and reverse operating modes, Diode applications.
Light and Optics. Oscillating Electric and Magnetic Fields, Light as EM
Wave, Reflection, Refraction, Interference, Young’s Double Slit
Experiment, Equivalent Optical Path, Diffraction,

Mechanics: Definitions of Work, Energy & Power, Work – Energy


Theorem and its applications, Mechanical Energy of System,
Conservation of Mechanical Energy, practice problems, Gravitational
potential energy, Hook’s Law & Restoring force. Review of Angular
Variables, K.E. Energy of Rotation and moment of Inertia, Torque and
Newton’s Second Law of Rotation, Work and Rotational K.E., Angular
momentum, Angular Momentum for System of Particles.
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Lab Outline:
1. Measuring magnitude and direction of Earth’s a) magnetic field. b)
To measure Dip angle.
2. Examining Lenz’s and Faraday’s Law. Studying the production of
EMF using fix coil or fix magnet
3. Measurement of Current, Voltage drop and Power in a Resistance
circuit
4. Diode; identification of Diode terminals using Ohm meter series
circuits, Diode series circuit, Diode Parallel circuits
5. Half Wave rectification and Full Wave rectification
6. Measurement of wavelength of sodium light using diffraction Grating
and Spectrometer
7. Study of diffraction minima and maxima using single and multi-slits.
8. Verification of Law of Conservation of Energy by measuring
potential and kinetic energies in various arrangements a)
Determine relationship between force and spring deformation using
Hook’s law. b) Investigating both spring compression and extension.

Recommended Books:
1. Halliday, Resnick and Walker, "Fundamental of Physics"
(Latest Ed.)
2. Electrical Technology, Edward Hughes ,Longman Latest edition,
3. Principles of Electrical Engg.,B.R Gupta ,S. Chand and
Company Ltd. India

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