B.Crowell - Electricity and Magnetism, Vol

Brief Contents

1

Electricity and the Atom.......

15

2

The Nucleus ..........................

41

3

Circuits, Part 1 ......................

71

4

Circuits, Part 2 ......................

95

5

Fields of Force ....................

109

6

Electromagnetism ..............

127

Exercises ...................................................

147

Solutions ....................................................

153

Glossary .....................................................

155

Index ...........................................................

157

Preface .........................................................

13

1

Electricity and

the Atom .....................

15

1.1

The Quest for the Atomic Force...........

16

1.2

Charge, Electricity and Magnetism ......

18

1.3

Atoms ..................................................

22

1.4

Quantization of Charge ........................

28

1.5

The Electron ........................................

31

1.6

The Raisin Cookie Model of the Atom . 35

Summary ......................................................

37

3

Circuits, Part 1 .........

71

Homework Problems ....................................

38

3.1

Current

72

3.2

Circuits .................................................

75

3.3

Voltage .................................................

76

3.4

Resistance ...........................................

80

3.5 Current-Conducting Properties of Materi-

als ...........................................................

87

3.6ò Applications of Calculus .....................

90

Summary ......................................................

91

Homework Problems ....................................

92

2

The Nucleus .............

41

2.1

Radioactivity ........................................

41

2.2

The Planetary Model of the Atom ........

45

2.3

Atomic Number ....................................

48

2.4

The Structure of Nuclei ........................

52

2.5

The Strong Nuclear Force, Alpha Decay

and Fission .............................................

56

2.6

The Weak Nuclear Force; Beta Decay 58

2.7

Fusion ..................................................

61

2.8

Nuclear Energy and Binding Energies. 62

4

Circuits, Part 2

95

2.9

Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation 65

2.10* The Creation of the Elements ..........

67

4.1

Schematics ..........................................

96

Summary ......................................................

69

4.2

Parallel Resistances and the Junction

Homework Problems ....................................

70

Rule ........................................................

97

4.3

Series Resistances ............................

101

Summary ....................................................

105

Homework Problems ..................................

106