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Electricity and Magnetism

Essential Question

What are the relationships between electric currents and magnetic fields? How do magnetic fields transmit force?

Table of Contents

Electrostatics

 

Electrical Forces and Charges

Conservation of Charge

Coulomb's Law

Conductors and Insulators

Charging By Friction or Contact

Charging by Induction

Charge by Polarization

Electric Fields and Potential

 

Electric Fields

Electric Field Lines

Electric Shielding

Electric Potential Energy

Electric Potential

Electric Energy Storage

The Van de Graaff Generator

Electric Current

 

Flow of Charge

Electric Current

Voltage Sources

Electric Resistance

Ohm's Law

Ohm's Law and Electric Shock

Direct Current and Alternate Current

Converting AC to DC

The Speed of Electrons in a Circuit

Source of Electrons in a Circuit

Electric Power

Electric Circuits

 

A Battery and a Bulb

Electric Circuits

Series Circuits

Parallel Circuits

Schematic Diagrams

Combining Resistors in a Compound Circuit

Parallel Circuits and Overloading

Magnetism

 

Magnetic Poles

Magnetic Fields

The Nature of a Magnetic Field

Magnetic Domains

Electric Currents and Magnetic Fields

Magnetic Forces on Moving Charged Particles

Magnetic Forces on Current-Carrying Wires

Meters on Motors

Earths Magnetic Field

Electromagnetic Induction

 

Electromagnetic Induction

Faraday's Law

Generators and Alternating Current

Motor and Generator Comparison

Transformers

Power Transmission

Induction of Electric and Magnetic Fields

Electromagnetic Waves

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