CIVIL, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY.
Applied Physics � I
( Implemented from 2003-2004)
Unit
Topic
Hours
1.
Units and Dimensions
Quantities and units, Fundamental and derived units, System of units
Concept of dimension, Classification of physical quantities, Verification of physical quantities, Determination of conversion factor between units of same quantity in different system, Relation between different physical quantities, Errors in measurement � instrumental error, systematic error, random error. Estimation of error, Error in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
3
2.
Static electricity
Electric field
Electric charge, Conductors, Insulator, Coulomb�s inverse square law, Electric field, Intensity of Electric field, Electric lines of Force, Electric Flux, Flux Density.
Electric potential
Potential due to a point charge, Potential Difference between two points, Expression for potential difference and absolute potential.
Capacitance
Capacitance, Principle of a condenser, Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor, Capacitance of sphere, Capacitors in series and parallel.
6
3.
Current electricity and magnetism
Electric Circuits,
Current, Electromotive force, Ohm�s law, Resistance and Specific Resistance, Resistance in series and parallel, effect of temperature on resistance, Platinum Resistance Thermometer, Principle of Wheatstone network, Wheatstone Bridge, Fall of potential along the length of a wire, Comparison of emfs using potentiometer.
Heating effect of Electric Current
Joule�s law, J by electric method, Electrical Power and energy, Electrical Energy Consumed in KWh, Seeback effect, Peltier effect, Measurement of high temperature by thermocouple.
Electromagnetism
Magnetic field due to a current, thumb and corkscrew rule, Magnetic force, Magnetic field strength and magnetizing force, Magnetic induction, force on electric charge, Biot � Savart Law Magnetic Induction at the center of a circular coil, Fleming�s right hand rule, electromagnetic induction, Faraday�s law, Lenz�s law
8
4.
Elementary electronics
Energy levels in solids, Valence band, Conduction band, forbidden band, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors, PN diode, Characteristics of a diode.
3
5.
Light
Laws of reflection, Spherical mirrors � Concave mirror, Definitions: Center of Curvature, Radius of Curvature, Pole, Principal Focus, Focal Length, Aperture, Relation between R and f for a concave mirror, Relation between u, v and f for a concave mirror, Laws of refraction, Total Internal Reflection, Real and apparent depth, Refraction of light through prism, Prism formula, Refraction through Convex Lens, Relation between u, v and f for convex lens.
5
6.
Photometry
Definition of Solid Angle, Luminous flux, Illuminating Power, Intensity of Illumination, Inverse square law of Photometry, Rumford�s Shadow Photometer, Bunsen�s grease spot photometer.
3
TOTAL
28
Text Books:
1. Applied physics by Prof. P.G. Bhandarkar, Nirali Publication.
2. Principles of Physics by TTTI, Bhopal
3. Science I Published by TTTI, Bhopal
4. Engg. Physics by R.K. Gaur and S.I. Gupta Published by Dhanpat Rai &
Sons, Delhi.
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