PHY2054 Summer 2010

Exam 1 Review [S&V, Chapters 15 - 17]

NOTE: To save the time required for typing Greek letters, sub- and super-scripts, etc., the principal equations that you'll probably need are listed here by number. Transcribing them will help you get them in mind for the exam.

[§= section]

Ch 15. Electric charges, forces & fields [ omit § 15.7]

§15.1 Charges; insulators; conductors

Coulomb's Law Eqs. 15.1, 15.3, 15.6, 15.8, 15.9

Field lines; conductors in electrostatic equilibrium (§ 15.6);

Gauss' Law [15.9] Eq.15.12

Eq. 15.13

Ch.16. Electrical energy; Capacitance [omit § 16.5]

Eq. 16.1, 16.2, 16.3

Eq 16.4, 16.5, 16.6

Equipotential surfaces & field lines

electron-volt

Eq. 16.7, 16.8, 16.9

Capacitor combinations:

Parallel [common voltage difference] Eq. 16.12

Series [common charge] Eq. 16.15

Stored energy Eq.16.16, 16.17

Dielectrics Eq. 16.18, 16.19

Ch. 17. Electric current & resistance [omit § 17.7, 17.8]

Eq. 17.1, 17.2

Ohm's Law Eq. 17.4

Eq 17.5

Eq. 17.6, 17.7,

Energy & power: Eqs.17.8, 179, 17.10