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Physics 213 General Physics

Physics 213 General Physics. Lecture 1. Today. Syllabus Administrative details Class Overview Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism Electric Charge Conductors/Insulators. 2. Syllabus, notes, and homework assignments. http://www.pa.uky.edu/~drstrach/phy213F12.php

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Physics 213 General Physics

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  1. Physics 213General Physics Lecture 1

  2. Today • Syllabus • Administrative details • Class Overview • Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism • Electric Charge • Conductors/Insulators 2

  3. Syllabus, notes, and homework assignments • http://www.pa.uky.edu/~drstrach/phy213F12.php • Can also be accessed from http://www.pa.uky.edu/~drstrach/index.php • Notes and homework assignments will be available at this website the night before the lecture. • Sept. 12 – last day to drop without record 3

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  6. Demo • Comb and Paper • Scotch Tape – repulsion and attraction • Pivoting Plank 6

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  8. Properties of Electric Charges • Two types of charges exist • They are called positive and negative • Named by Benjamin Franklin • Like charges repel and unlike charges attract one another • Nature’s basic carrier of positive charge is the proton

  9. More Properties of Charge • Nature’s basic carrier of negative charge is the electron • Gaining or losing electrons is how an object becomes charged • Electric charge is always conserved • Charge is not created, only exchanged • Objects become charged because negative charge is transferred from one object to another

  10. Properties of Charge, final • Charge is quantized • All charge is a multiple of a fundamental unit of charge, symbolized by e • Quarks are the exception • Electrons have a charge of –e • Protons have a charge of +e • The SI unit of charge is the Coulomb (C) • e = 1.6 x 10-19 C

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  12. Conductors • Conductors are materials in which the electric charges move freely in response to an electric force • Copper, aluminum and silver are good conductors • When a conductor is charged in a small region, the charge readily distributes itself over the entire surface of the material

  13. Insulators • Insulators are materials in which electric charges do not move freely • Glass and rubber are examples of insulators • When insulators are charged by rubbing, only the rubbed area becomes charged • There is no tendency for the charge to move into other regions of the material

  14. Semiconductors, etc. • The characteristics of semiconductors are between those of insulators and conductors • Silicon and germanium are examples of semiconductors

  15. Semiconductors, etc. • The characteristics of semiconductors are between those of insulators and conductors • Silicon and germanium are examples of semiconductors

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