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AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism

Dive deep into electrostatics, conductors, capacitors, electric circuits, magnetic fields, and electromagnetic induction with calculus.

6 Categories
12 Topics

Electrostatics

Electric charge, Coulomb's law, electric fields with calculus

Electric Field and Coulomb's Law

Coulomb's law, electric field from continuous charge distributions

Gauss's Law

Integral form of Gauss's law and applications to symmetric charge distributions

Electric Potential

Electric potential energy, voltage, and calculating potential from fields

Capacitance

Capacitors, energy storage, and dielectrics

Capacitors and Dielectrics

Capacitance calculations, energy storage, and dielectric materials

Electric Circuits

Current, resistance, Kirchhoff's laws, and RC circuits with differential equations

Current, Resistance, and DC Circuits

Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's rules, and power in circuits

RC Circuits

Capacitor charging and discharging with differential equations

Magnetism

Magnetic fields, forces, and Ampere's law

Magnetic Fields and Forces

Lorentz force, motion of charges in magnetic fields

Sources of Magnetic Fields

Biot-Savart law and Ampere's law for calculating magnetic fields

Electromagnetic Induction

Faraday's law, Lenz's law, inductance, and RL circuits

Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law

Electromagnetic induction and induced EMF

Inductance and RL Circuits

Self-inductance, mutual inductance, and RL circuit dynamics

Maxwell's Equations

Complete set of Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves

Maxwell's Equations

The four fundamental equations of electromagnetism

Electromagnetic Waves

Wave equations from Maxwell's equations, properties of EM waves