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Advanced Placement Physics C
Goal 2
- Objective 2.01
- Analyze and evaluate electric field.
- Calculate force, net force and torque on a charge or collection of charges in a specific field.
- Calculate and sketch equipotentials for a configuration.
- Use integration to determine electric potential.
- Utilize the conservation of electric field to solve problems.
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- Objective 2.02
- Calculate and analyze Coulomb's law, field, and potential of point charges.
- Define magnitude and direction of a force and electric field on a charge.
- Calculate electric potential near one or more charges.
- Compute the force and electric field between charges.
- Determine the work necessary to move charges and potential energy of the system.
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- Objective 2.03
- Evaluate and analyze fields and potentials of other charge distributions.
- Using the principle of superposition and integration, calculate:
- -Electric field for a wire and ring.
- -Electric potential for a disk.
- Determine the electric potential of
- -Charged plates.
- -Uniformly charged wire.
- -Thin cylindrical shell.
- Determine the mathematical expression for various situations of electrical potential.
- Using the principle of superposition and integration, calculate:
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- Objective 2.04
- State and apply Gauss's Law.
- Determine the flux of electric field through an arbitrary surface.
- Use the integral form of Gauss's Law to determine electric flux and charge.
- Use Gauss's Law to find charge density on a surface.
- Graph electric charge to find maxima and minima.
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