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Physics II

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 480-8320/01
Abbreviation FYII
Course title Physics II
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Physics
Course coordinator doc. RNDr. Dalibor Ciprian, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

TEMPERATURE AND HEAT
Molecular-kinetic theory of heat, velocity distribution, temperature, internal energy, specific heats, state equation of gases, pV diagram, thermodynamic work, heat, the first thermodynamic principle, Mayer's and Poisson's equations, the second thermodynamic principle, entropy, thermodynamic cycles and efficiency, phase diagram, heat transfer.

ELECTROSTATICS
Electric charge, Coulomb’s Law, electric field intensity, electric potential, electric flux, Gauss' law, electric parameters of conductors, capacitance, work and energy in an electric field, voltage, dielectric displacement, dielectric material properties, electrostatic energy density

ELECTRODYNAMICS
Current, voltage source, electric current density, conductivity, Ohm's law, resistance, resistivity, conduction mechanisms in nonconductors, electromotoric force and power, Kirchhoff's theorems

MAGNETIC FIELDS
Origin of magnetic fields, magneti field intensity, Biot-Savart's law, magnetic flux density, Lorentz force, charge motion in magnetic field, Hall's effect, hysteresis loop, coil and inductance, magnetic field energy density

MAGNETIC INDUCTION
Magnetic flux, conductor in magnetic field, Faraday's law, rotating loop in magnetic field, induction and mutual induction, excitation and properties of alternating currents, simple AC circuits, electric oscillations and electromagnetic wave excitations

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - WAVES
Huygens'-Fresnel's principle, Snell's law, reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves, interference, diffraction and polarization of light waves

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - PARTICLES
Planck's quantum hypothesis, photon and its properties, particle-wave dualism, photoelectric effect, work function and stopping potential, Compton effect, creation of electron-positron pairs

NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND MATTER
Mass excess, isotops, radioactivity, radioactive decay, nuclear radiation, half-life, attenuation of nuclear radiation, shielding, half-value layer

E-learning

supporting materials (in czech) are available on www.studopory.vsb.cz, or in MOODLE

Literature

HALLIDAY, D., RESNICK R., WALKER J.: Fundamentals of Physics. 9th Edition, Wiley, 2011, 2013, ISBN 978-0-470-46908-8
TIPLER, P., A., MOSCA, G.: Physics for scientists and engineers 5th Edition extended, W.H. Freeman, 2004, ISBN 0-7167-4389-2

Advised literature

SERWAY, R., A., JEWETT, J., W.: Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics 10th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2018, ISBN 978-1337553292 
YOUNG, H., D., FREEDMAN, R., A.: University Physics with Modern Physics 14th Edition, Pearson, 2015, ISBN 978-0321973610