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AP Physics C: E&M
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AP Physics C: E&M
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AP Physics C: E&M
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Unit 8 – Electric Charges & Fields: Gauss's Law
8.1 Electric Charge and Electric Force
8.2 Electric Charge and the Process of Charging
8.3 Electric Fields
8.4 Electric Fields of Charge Distributions
8.5 Electric Flux
8.6 Gauss's Law
Unit 9 – Electric Potential
9.2 Electric Potential
9.3 Conservation of Electric Energy
Unit 10 – Conductors and Capacitors
10.1 Electrostatics with Conductors
10.2 Redistribution of Charge Between Conductors
10.3 Capacitors
10.4 Dielectrics
Unit 11 – Electric Circuits
11.1 Electric Current
11.2 Electric Circuits
11.3 Resistance, Resistivity, and Ohm's Law
11.4 Electric Power
11.5 Compound Direct Current Circuits
11.6 Kirchhoff's Loop Rule
11.7 Kirchhoff's Junction Rule
11.8 Resistor-Capacitor (RC) Circuits
Unit 12 – Magnetic Fields & Electromagnetism
12.1 Magnetic Fields
12.2 Magnetism and Moving Charges
12.3 Magnetic Fields of Current-Carrying Wires and the Biot-Savart Law
12.4 Ampère's Law
Unit 13 – Electromagnetic Induction
13.1 Magnetic Flux
13.2 Electromagnetic Induction
13.3 Induced Currents and Magnetic Forces
13.4 Inductance
13.5 Circuits with Resistors and Inductors (LR Circuits)
13.6 Circuits with Capacitors and Inductors (LC Circuits)
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μ_o (permeability of free space)
∆Ue
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AC circuits
Alternating Current (AC)
Ammeter
Ampere's Law
Ampere's law with Maxwell's correction
Amperes (A)
Amperian Loop
Anti-parallel currents
AP Physics C: EM exam
Area charge density (σ)
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Biot-Savart Law
Breakdown Voltage
C
Capacitance
Capacitor
Capacitors
Cathode-ray tube
Center of a Loop
Charge
Charge (-e)
Charge (Q)
Charge Distributions
Charged Particles
Circuit diagram
Circuit Symbols
Circuits
Coaxial Cables
Coaxial Cylindrical Shells
Conducting Sheets
Conduction band
Conductors
Conservation of Charge
Contact charging
Coulomb's constant
Coulomb's Law
Curl (∇ ×)
Current
Current (I)
Current Density
Current-Carrying Wires
Cyclotron Motion
D
DC circuits
DC Current
DF
Dielectric
Dielectric constant
Dielectrics
Direct current (DC)
Divergence (∇ ·)
E
E (electric field magnitude)
Electric Charge
Electric Circuits
Electric current
Electric field
Electric field (E)
Electric Field is zero inside a conductor
Electric Field Strength
Electric flux
Electric generators
Electric Motors
Electric Potential
Electric Potential Difference
Electric potential difference V_X - V_Y
Electric Potential V
Electric Potentials
Electric power
Electrical Conductivity
Electromagnetic Induction
Electromagnetic Radiation
Electromagnetic waves
Electromagnetism
Electromotive Force (EMF)
Electron
Electrostatic Force
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