Mod 2.1

• Learning objectives/competencies


  • Calculate the electrostatic quantities
  • Analyze and verify behavior of particles subjected to steady electric fields of varying shapes
  • Explain the concept of Voltages
  • Analyze and verify behavior of charges/particles subjected to steady magnetic fields along a wire of varying orientations
  • Explain the concept of magnetic torque
  • Understand the concepts behind the basic laws in Electromagnetics
• Electric and magnetic quantities involving steady type of fields


  Presented in this module
• Electrostatics is the study of interaction of electrically charged particles at rest
• Lessons covered

  • Electrostatics
  • Magnetostatics
• Electromagnetism is a branch of physics that deals with the study of the electromagnetic force (EMF) occurring due to interaction between electrically charged particles