Physics Lesson

Lesson PHYS-310: Gas Laws

The objective is to: 1. State the gas laws for an ideal gas 2. Verify experimentally the gas laws 3. Explain how the absolute zero temperature may be obtained from pressure – temperature and volume – temperature graphs 4. Convert Celsius to Kelvin of temperature 5. State the basic assumptions of the kinetic theory of

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Lesson PHYS-307: Electrostatics II

The objective is to: 1. Sketch electric field patterns around charged bodies 2. Describe charge distribution on conductors of various shapes 3. Define capacitance and state its SI unit 4. Describe charging and discharging of a capacitor (Calculation involving curves not required) 5. State the factors affecting the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor 6.

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Lesson PHYS-308: Heating Effect of an Electric Current

The objective is to: 1. Perform and describe experiments to illustrate heating effect of an electric current 2. State the factors affecting heating by electric current 3. Derive the equations for electrical energy and electrical power 4. Identify devices in which heating effect of an electric current is applied 5. Solve numerical problems involving electrical

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Lesson PHYS-309: Quantity of Heat

The objective is to: 1. Define heat capacity and specific heat capacity 2. Determine experimentally specific heat capacity of solids and liquids 3. Define specific latent heat of fusion and specific patent heat of vaporization 4. Determine experimentally the specific latent heat of fusion of ice and the specific latent heat of vaporization of steam

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