文档介绍：Electricity
and
ism
Benjamin Crowell
Book 4 in the Light and Matter series of introductory physics textbooks
Electricity and
ism
The Light and Matter series of
introductory physics textbooks:
1 Newtonian Physics
2 Conservation Laws
3 Vibrations and Waves
4 Electricity and ism
5 Optics
6 The Modern Revolution in Physics
Electricity and
ism
Benjamin Crowell
Light and Matter
Fullerton, California
© 1999-2002 by Benjamin Crowell
All rights reserved.
Edition
rev. 2002-06-11
ISBN 0-9704670-4-4
To Arnold Arons.
Brief Contents
1 Electricity and the Atom....... 15
2 The Nucleus .......................... 41
3 Circuits, Part 1 ...................... 71
4 Circuits, Part 2 ...................... 95
5 Fields of Force .................... 109
6 ism .............. 127
Exercises ................................................... 147
Solutions .................................................... 153
Glossary ..................................................... 155
Index ........................................................... 157
Contents 9
Contents
Preface ......................................................... 13
1 Electricity and
the Atom .....................15
The Quest for the Atomic Force........... 16
Charge, Electricity and ism ...... 18
Atoms .................................................. 22
Quantization of Charge........................ 28
The Electron ........................................ 31
The Raisin Cookie Model of the Atom . 35
Summary ...................................................... 37 3 Circuits, Part 1 .........71
Homework Problems .................................... 38
Current................................................. 72
Circuits................................................. 75
Voltage................................................. 76
Resistance ........................................... 80
Current-Conducting Pro