The contents of book are as given below
Unit 1 Thermodynamics 1
- 1.1 Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature
- 1.2 Work, heat and the first law of thermodynamics
- 1.3 Kinetic theory of gases
- 1.4 Second law of thermodynamics, efficiency, and entropy
- 1.5 Heat engines and refrigerators
Unit 2 Oscillations and waves
- 2.1 Periodic motion (basic concepts)
- 2.2 Wave motion
- 2.3 Sound, loudness and the human ear
Unit 3 Wave optics
- 3.1 Wavefronts and Huygens’s principle
- 3.2 Reflection and refraction of plane wavefronts
- 3.3 Proof of the laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens’s principle
- 3.4 Interference
- 3.5 Young’s double-slit experiment and expression for fringe width
- 3.6 Coherent sources and sustained interference of light
- 3.7 Diffraction due to a single slit and a diffraction grating
Unit 4 Electrostatics
- 4.1 Electric charge and Coulomb’s law
- 4.2 Electric potential
- 4.3 Capacitors and dielectrics
Unit 5 Steady electric current and circuit properties
- 5.1 Basic principles
- 5.2 Kirchoff’s rules
- 5.3 Measuring instruments
- 5.4 The Wheatstone bridge and the potentiometer
Unit 6 Magnetism
- 6.1 Concepts of a magnetic field
- 6.2 The Earth and magnetic fields
- 6.3 Motion of charged particles in a magnetic field
- 6.4 Magnetic force on current-carrying conductors (long, straight, circular loop)
- 6.5 Ampere’s law and its application
- 6.6 Earth’s magnetism
Unit 7 Electromagnetic induction and a.c. circuits
- 7.1 Phenomena of electromagnetic induction
- 7.2 Alternating current (a.c.) generator and transformers
- 7.3 Alternating current (a.c.)
- 7.4 Power in a.c. circuits
Unit 8 Atomic physics
- 8.1 Dual nature of matter and radiation
- 8.2 Atoms and nuclei