PHYSICAL METHODS

Class Lectures

Units, Dimensions & Errors, Vectors, Motion in one and two dimensions, Newton’s laws of motion, Friction, Circular motion.
Work, Energy & Power, Momentum, Collision, Centre of mass, Rotational mechanics Gravitation.
Simple Harmonic motion, Wave motion and Sound waves, Fluid mechanics, Properties of matter.
Thermal Expansion, Calorimetry, Heat Transfer, Kinetic theory of gases, Thermodynamics.
Electric Force, Field and Potential, Capacitors, Electric Current, Electric Circuits, Thermal, Thermoelectric and Chemical Effects of Current.
Magnetic Force and Field, Permanent Magnets, Earth’s Field and Magnetic Properties, Electromagnetic Induction, Alternating Current.
Reflection at Plane and Spherical Surfaces, Refraction at Plane and Spherical Surfaces, Optical Instruments, Defects of Vision, Wave Nature of Light.
Photoelectric effect, Dual nature of matter, X-rays, Atom and Nucleus (Radioactivity), Semiconductors, EM waves, Principle of communication.

Laboratory activity

Introduction to error theory, error distribution: standard deviation & normal distribution, error propagation, linear regression & non-linear approximations, Chi-squared test.
Use of "Origin" software for data analysis.

ESPERIMENTS.
Electromagnetism: Ohm’s law.
Optics: Measure of the diffraction index of a material.