AP Physics C Electricity and Magne4sm Review
Electrosta4cs 30% Chap 22-25 Charge and Coulomb s Law Electric Field and Electric Poten4al (including point charges) Gauss Law Fields and poten4als of other charge distribu4ons
Electrosta4cs Charge and Coulomb s Law There are two types of charge: posi4ve and nega4ve Coulomb s Law: F k c kq1q 2 r 1 4πε Use Coulomb s Law to find the magnitude of the force, then determine the direc4on using the aorac4on or repulsion of the charges. o 2 1 4πε o q1q 2 r 2
Electrosta4cs Electric Field Defined as electric force per unit charge. Describes how a charge or distribu4on of charge modifies the space around it. Electric Field Lines used to visualize the E- Field. E- Field always points the direc4on a posi4ve charge will move. The closer the lines the stronger the E- Field.
Electrosta4cs Electric Field E F q F qe E-Field and Force E kq r 2 E-Field for a Point Charge
Electrosta4cs Electric Field Con4nuous Charge Distribu4on This would be any solid object in one, two or three dimensions. Break the object into individual point charges and integrate the electric field from each charge over the en4re object. Use the symmetry of the situa4on to simplify the calcula4on. Page 530 in your textbook has a chart with the problem solving strategy
Electrosta4cs Gauss Law Relates the electric flux through a surface to the charge enclosed in the surface Most useful to find E- Field when you have a symmetrical shape such as a rod or sphere. Flux tells how many electric field lines pass through a surface.
Electrosta4cs Gauss Law φ E E da Electric Flux E da Q enc Gauss Law ε o
Electric Poten4al (Voltage) Electric Poten4al Energy for a point charge. To find total U, sum the energy from each individual point charge. U W Electric Poten4al - Electric poten4al energy per unit charge - It is a scalar quan4ty don t need to worry about direc4on just the sign - Measured in Volts (J/C) 1 4πε o q q 1 r 2
Electric Poten4al (Voltage) V V V V V U q 1 4πε n i 1 Edr V 1 4πε o i o q r dq r E 1 4πε o n i 1 dv dr q r Definition of Potential Potential and E-Field Relationship Potential for a Point Charge Potential for a collection of point charges Potential for a continuous charge distribution
Equipoten4al Surfaces A surface where the poten4al is the same at all points. Equipoten4al lines are drawn perpendicular to E- field lines. As you move a posi4ve charge in the direc4on of the electric field the poten4al decreases. It takes no work to move along an equipoten4al surface
Conductors, Capacitors, Dielectrics 14% Chapter 26 Electrosta4cs with conductors Capacitors Capacitance Parallel Plate Spherical and cylindrical Dielectrics
Charged Isolated Conductor A charged conductor will have all of the charge on the outer edge. There will be a higher concentra4on of charges at points The surface of a charged isolated conductor will be equipoten4al (otherwise charges would move around the surface)
Capacitance Capacitors store charge on two plates which are close to each other but are not in contact. Capacitors store energy in the electric field. Capacitance is defined as the amount of charge per unit volt. C Units Farads (C/V) q Typically capacitance is small V on the order of mf or μf
Calcula4ng Capacitance 1. Assume each plate has charge q 2. Find the E- field between the plates in terms of charge using Gauss Law. 3. Knowing the E- field, find the poten4al. Integrate from the nega4ve plate to the posi4ve plate (which gets rid of the nega4ve) V Edr 4. Calculate C using C q V
Calcula4ng Capacitance You may be asked to calculate the capacitance for Parallel Plate Capacitors Cylindrical Capacitors Spherical Capacitors
Capacitance - Energy Capacitors are used to store electrical energy and can quickly release that energy. 1 q 1 U CV 2 c 2 2C 2 2 QV
Capacitance Dielectrics Dielectrics are placed between the plates on a capacitor to increase the amount of charge and capacitance of a capacitor The dielectric polarizes and effec4vely decreases the strength of the E- field between the plates allowing more charge to be stored. Mathema4cally, you simply need to mul4ply the ε o by the dielectric constant κ in Gauss Law or wherever else ε o appears.
Capacitors in Circuits Capacitors are opposite resistors mathema4cally in circuits Series Parallel 1 1 1 1 1 + + C eq C C C C 1 2 3 C eq C + C + C 1 2 3 C
Electric Circuits 20% Chapter 27 & 28 Current, resistance, power Steady State direct current circuits w/ baoeries and resistors Capacitors in circuits Steady State Transients in RC circuits
Current Flow of charge Conven4onal Current is the flow of posi4ve charge what we use more oien than not Drii velocity (v d ) the rate at which electrons flow through a wire. Typically this is on the order of 10-3 m/s. I Nev d A i dq dt E ρ J E-field resistivity * current density
Resistance Resistance depends on the length, cross sec4onal area and composi4on of the material. Resistance typically increases with temperature R ρl A
Electric Power Power is the rate at which energy is used. P du dt P iv i 2 R V 2 R
Circuits Series A single path back to baoery. Current is constant, voltage drop depends on resistance. R eq R1 + R2 + R3 Parallel - Mul4ple paths back to baoery. Voltage is constant, current depends on resistance in each path Ohm s Law > V ir R 1 1 1 1 1 + + R eq R R R R 1 2 3
Circuits Solving Can either use Equivalent Resistance and break down circuit to find current and voltage across each component Kirchoff s Rules Loop Rule The sum of the voltages around a closed loop is zero Junc4on Rule The current that goes into a junc4on equals the current that leaves the junc4on Write equa4ons for the loops and junc4ons in a circuit and solve for the current.
Ammeters and Voltmeters Ammeters Measure current and are connected in series Voltmeters measure voltage and are place in parallel with the component you want to measure
RC Circuits Capacitors ini4ally act as wires and current flows through them, once they are fully charged they act as broken wires. The capacitor will charge and discharge exponen4ally this will be seen in a changing voltage or current. τ RC
Magne4c Fields 20% Chapter 29 & 30 Forces on moving charges in magne4c fields Forces on current carrying wires in magne4c fields Fields of long current carrying wire Biot- Savart Law Ampere s Law
Magne4c Fields Magne4sm is caused by moving charges Charges moving through a magne4c field or a current carrying wire in a magne4c field will experience a force. Direc4on of the force is given by right hand rule for posi4ve charges F F B B qv B v, I Index Finger il B B Middle Finger F - Thumb
Magne4c Field Wire and Soleniod It is worth memorizing these two equa4ons Current Carrying Wire µ 0i B 2πr Solenoid B µ 0 ni µ 0 N L I
Biot- Savart db µ 0 π Idl 4 r 3 r Used to find the magnetic field of a current carrying wire Using symmetry find the direction that the magnetic field points. r is the vector that points from wire to the point where you are finding the B-field Break wire into small pieces, dl, integrate over the length of the wire. Remember that the cross product requires the sine of the angle between dl and r. This will always work but it is not always convenient
Ampere s Law B dl µ I 0 Allows you to more easily find the magne4c field, but there has to be symmetry for it to be useful. You create an Amperian loop through which the current passes The integral will be the perimeter of your loop. Only the components which are parallel to the magne4c field will contribute due to the dot product.
Ampere s Law Displacement Current is not actually current but creates a magne4c field as the electric flux changes through an area. i d ε 0 dφ The complete Ampere s Law, in prac4ce only one part will be used at a 4me and most likely the µ o I component. B dl dt E µ I + µ ε 0 0 0 d φe dt
Electromagne4sm 16% Chapter 31-34 Electromagne4c Induc4on Faraday s Law Lenz s Law Inductance LR and LC circuits Maxwell s Equa4ons
Faraday s Law Poten4al can be induced by changing the magne4c flux through an area. This can happen by changing the magne4c field, changing the area of the loop or some combina4on of these two. The basic idea is that if the magne4c field changes you create a poten4al which will cause a current.
Faraday s Law E ds d φb dt B da BA B φ B φ You will differentiate over either the magnetic field or the area. The other quantity will be constant. The most common themes are a wire moving through a magnetic field, a loop that increases in size, or a changing magnetic field.
Lenz s Law Lenz s Law tells us the direc4on of the induced current. The induced current will create a magne4c field that opposes the change in magne4c flux which created it. If the flux increases, then the induced magne4c field will be opposite the original field If the flux decreases, then the induced magne4c field will be in the same direc4on as the original field
LR Circuits In a LR circuit, the inductor ini4ally acts as a broken wire and aier a long 4me it acts as a wire. The inductor opposes the change in the magne4c field and effec4vely is like electromagne4c iner4a The inductor will charge and discharge exponen4ally. The 4me constant is τ L R
LC Circuits Current in an LC circuit oscillates between the electric field in the capacitor and the magne4c field in the inductor. Without a resistor it follows the same rules as simple harmonic mo4on. ω 1 LC
Inductors Energy Storage U 1 Li 2 2 Voltage Across ε L di dt
Maxwell s Equa4ons Equa4ons which summarize all of electricity and magne4sm. E da Q ε enc o E ds d φb dt B da 0 B dl µ 0 I + µ 0ε 0 dφe dt