Physics, Vol 2, 5ed, An Indian Adaptation
ISBN: 9789354640438
800 pages
Description
This Indian adaptation of the fifth edition of Physics Volume 2 builds in the conceptual strength and subject treatment of the original to provide the best-suited text for Indian students. It restructures topics at places and offers new content to align it completely to the Indian curriculum requirement. It is enriched with many new Sample problems that reinforce the application of concepts and provides a large number of end-of-chapter exercises to build problem-solving skills. Many questions from competitive examinations held in India have been included to make the book a useful resource for their preparation.
Chapter 26: Electric Charge and Coulomb’s Law
26-1 Electromagnetism: A Preview
26-2 Electric Charge
26-3 Conductors and Insulators
26-4 Coulomb’s Law
26-5 Continuous Charge Distributions
26-6 Conservation of Charge
Chapter 27: The Electric Field
27-1 What is a Field?
27-2 The Electric Field
27-3 The Electric Field of Point Charges
27-4 Electric Field and Electric Field Intensity of Continuous Charge Distributions
27-5 Electric Field Lines
27-6 A Point Charge in an Electric Field
27-7 A Dipole in an Electric Field
27-8 The Nuclear Model of the Atom (Optional)
27-9 Work and Energy in Electrostatics
Chapter 28: Gauss’ Law
28-1 What is Gauss’ Law All About?
28-2 Concept of Flux: The Flux of A Vector Field
28-3 The Flux of the Electric Field
28-4 Gauss’ Law
28-5 Applications of Gauss’ Law
28-6 Gauss’ Law and Conductors
28-7 Experimental Tests of Gauss’ Law and Coulomb’s Law
Chapter 29: Electric Potential Energy and Potential
29-1 Potential Energy
29-2 Electric Potential Energy
29-3 Electric Potential
29-4 Calculating the Potential from the Field
29-5 Potential Due to Point Charges
29-6 Electric Potential of Continuous Charge Distributions
29-7 Calculating the Field from the Potential
29-8 Equipotential Surfaces and their Properties
29-9 The Potential of a Charged Conductor
29-10 The Electrostatic Accelerator (Optional)
Chapter 30: The Electrical Properties of Materials
30-1 Types of Materials
30-2 A Conductor in an Electric Field: Static Conditions
30-3 A Conductor in an Electric Field: Dynamic Conditions
30-4 Ohmic Materials
30-5 Ohm’s Law: A Microscopic View
30-6 An Insulator in an Electric Field (Electric Polarization)
30-7 Effect of Temperature on Electrical Properties of Materials
Chapter 31: Capacitance
31-1 Capacitors
31-2 Capacitance
31-3 Calculating the Capacitance
31-4 Capacitors in Series and Parallel
31-5 Energy Storage in an Electric Field
31-6 Capacitor with Dielectric
31-7 Types of Capacitors
31-8 Supercapacitors
Chapter 32: DC Circuits
32-1 Electric Current
32-2 Electromotive Force
32-3 Analysis of Circuits
32-4 Electric Fields in Circuits
32-5 Resistors in Series and Parallel
32-6 Energy Transfers in an Electric Circuit: Joule Heating
32-7 RC Circuits
32-8 Simple DC Circuits
Chapter 33: The Magnetic Field
33-1 Magnetic Interactions and Magnetic Poles
33-2 The Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge
33-3 Circulating Charges
33-4 The Hall Effect
33-5 The Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Wire
33-6 The Torque on a Current Loop
Chapter 34: The Magnetic Field of a Current
34-1 The Magnetic Field Due to a Moving Charge
34-2 The Magnetic Field of a Current (Biot-Savart Law)
34-3 Two Parallel Currents
34-4 The Magnetic Field of a Solenoid
34-5 Ampère’s Law
Chapter 35: Faraday’s Law of Induction
35-1 Faraday’s Experiments
35-2 Faraday’s Law of Induction
35-3 Lenz’ Law
35-4 Motional EMF
35-5 Applications of Faraday’s Laws
35-6 Induced Electric Fields
35-7 Induction and Relative Motion (Optional)
Chapter 36: Magnetic Properties of Materials
36-1 The Magnetic Dipole
36-2 The Force on a Dipole in a Nonuniform Field
36-3 Atomic and Nuclear Magnetism
36-4 Magnetization
36-5 Magnetic Materials
36-6 The Magnetism of the Planets (Optional)
36-7 Gauss’ Law for Magnetism
Chapter 37: Inductance
37-1 Inductance−Self and Mutual
37-2 Calculating the Inductance
37-3 LR Circuits
37-4 Energy Storage in a Magnetic Field
37-5 Electromagnetic Oscillations: Qualitative
37-6 Electromagnetic Oscillations: Quantitative
37-7 Damped and Forced Oscillations in LCR Circuit
Chapter 38: Alternating Current Circuits
38-1 Alternating Currents
38-2 Three Separate Elements
38-3 The Single-Loop RLC Series Circuit
38-4 Power in AC Circuits
38-5 The Transformer (Optional)
Chapter 39: Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
39-1 Divergence and Curl of Magnetic Field Vector
39-2 The Basic Equations of Electromagnetism
39-3 Induced Magnetic Fields and the Displacement Current
39-4 Maxwell’s Equations
39-5 Generating an Electromagnetic Wave
39-6 Traveling Waves and Maxwell’s Equations
39-7 Energy Transport and the Poynting Vector
39-8 Rayleigh Scattering and Origin of Refractive Index
39-9 Radiation Pressure
Chapter 40: Light Waves
40-1 The Electromagnetic Spectrum
40-2 Visible Light
40-3 The Speed of Light
40-4 Reflection and Refraction of Light Waves
40-5 Total Internal Reflection
40-6 The Doppler Effect for Light
Chapter 41: Mirrors and Lenses
41-1 Image Formation by Mirrors and Lenses
41-2 Plane Mirrors
41-3 Spherical Mirrors
41-4 Spherical Refracting Surfaces
41-5 Thin Lenses
41-6 Optical Instruments
Chapter 42: Interference
42-1 Two-Source Interference
42-2 Double-Slit Interference
42-3 Coherence: Space and Time Coherence
42-4 Intensity in Double-Slit Interference
42-5 Interference from Thin Films
42-6 Optical Interferometers
Chapter 43: Diffraction
43-1 Diffraction and the Wave Theory of Light
43-2 Single-Slit Diffraction
43-3 Intensity Distribution in Single-Slit Diffraction
43-4 Diffraction at a Circular Aperture
43-5 Double-Slit Interference and Diffraction Combined
Chapter 44: Gratings and Spectra
44-1 Diffraction at Multiple Slits
44-2 Diffraction Gratings
44-3 Determination of Dispersion and Resolving Power
44-4 X-Ray Diffraction
44-5 Holography (Optional)
44-6 Acoustic Grating
Chapter 45: Polarization
45-1 Polarization of Electromagnetic Waves
45-2 Polarizing Sheets
45-3 Polarization by Reflection
45-4 Double Refraction
45-5 Polarization by Scattering
45-6 Circular Polarization
45-7 Polarized Light
Chapter 46: The Nature of Light
46-1 Introducing The Photon
46-2 Thermal Radiation
46-3 The Photoelectric Effect: Internal and External
46-4 The Compton Effect
46-5 The Photon
46-6 Photons and Waves
46-7 Deceleration of Atoms by Photon Bombardment
Chapter 47: The Nature of Matter
47-1 Matter Waves
47-2 Testing De Broglie’s Hypothesis
47-3 Wave–Particle Duality
47-4 Phase Velocity and Group Velocity
47-5 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
Chapter 48: Quantum Mechanics and Matter Waves
48-1 The Wave Function and Its Significance
48-2 Schrödinger’s Equation
48-3 Barrier Tunneling
48-4 Electrons, Free and Bound
48-5 An Electron Trapped in a Potential Well
48-6 An Electron Trapped in a Finite Well
Chapter 49: Atomic Structure
49-1 An Electron Trapped in an Atom
49-2 The Ground State of the Hydrogen Atom
49-3 Angular Momentum of Electrons in Atoms
49-4 An Excited State of the Hydrogen Atom
49-5 Counting the States of Hydrogen
49-6 The X-Ray Spectrum of Atoms
49-7 X Rays and the Numbering of the Elements
49-8 Building Atoms
49-9 The Periodic Table
49-10 Atomic Magnetism
49-11 The Stern–Gerlach Experiment
49-12 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
49-13 Magnetism and Atomic Radiations (Optional)
Chapter 50: Electrical Conduction in Solids
50-1 Quantum Theory of Solids
50-2 Conduction Electrons in a Metal
50-3 Filling the Allowed States
50-4 Electrical Conduction in Metals
50-5 Bands and Gaps
50-6 Conductors, Insulators, and Semiconductors
50-7 Doped Semiconductors
50-8 Fermi Level Variations with Temperature and Impurity Concentrations
50-9 The pn Junction
50-10 Optical Electronics
50-11 The Transistor
50-12 Superconductors
Chapter 51: Nuclear Physics
51-1 Discovering the Nucleus
51-2 Some Nuclear Properties
51-3 Radioactive Decay
51-4 Alpha Decay
51-5 Beta Decay
51-6 Gamma Decay
51-7 Measuring Ionizing Radiation
51-8 Health Hazards of Radiation
51-9 Natural Radioactivity
51-10 Nuclear Reactions
51-11 Nuclear Models (Optional)
Chapter 52: Energy from the Nucleus
52-1 The Atom and the Nucleus
52-2 Nuclear Fission: The Basic Process
52-3 Theory of Nuclear Fission
52-4 Nuclear Reactors: The Basic Principles
52-5 A Natural Reactor
52-6 Thermonuclear Fusion: The Basic Process
52-7 Thermonuclear Fusion in Stars
52-8 Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion
Chapter 53: Particle Physics and Cosmology
53-1 Particle Interactions
53-2 Families of Particles
53-3 Conservation Laws
53-4 The Quark Model
53-5 Primary and Secondary Cosmic Rays
53-6 The Big Bang Cosmology
53-7 Nucleosynthesis
53-8 The Age of the Universe
53-9 Higgs Boson: Evolution and Theory
Appendices
A. The International System of Units (SI)
B. Fundamental Physical Constants
C. Astronomical Data
D. Properties of the Elements
E. Periodic Table of the Elements
F. Elementary Particles
G. Conversion Factors
H. Vectors
I. Mathematical Formulas
J. Nobel Prizes in Physics
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems
Index
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