Chapter 1: Units and Dimensions • Introduction • Rules for Writing
Units • Systems of Units • Definitions of Fundamental (Base) Units
• Some Important Practical Units • Fundamental and Derived Units •
Dimensions of a Physical Quantity • Principle of Homogeneity of
Dimensions • Uses of Dimensional Equations • Limitations of
Dimensional Analysis
Chapter 2: Vectors • Introduction • Representation of Vectors •
Kinds of Vectors • Combination of Vectors • Components of a Vector
• Multiplication of Vectors • Vector Product in Terms of Components
• Triple Vector Product
Chapter 3: Force and Motion • Introduction • Unit of Force •
Graphical Representation of a Force • Net or Resultant Force •
Triangle Law of Forces • Equilibrium of Forces, Lami’s Theorem •
Parallelogram Law of Forces • Polygon Law of Forces • Resolution of
Forces • Direct Measurement of Force • Rest and Motion • Basic
Concepts • Newton’s Laws of Motion • Conservation of Momentum •
Impulse • Force of Friction
Chapter 4: Motion in Two Dimensions: Circular Motion and Projectile
Motion • Introduction • Uniform Circular Motion • Inertial,
Non-inertial Frames and Centrifugal Force • Projectile Motion •
Projectile Motion on an Inclined Plane • Change of Frame (Relative
Velocity)
Chapter 5: Work, Energy, Power and Energy Sources • Introduction •
Work, Energy • Power • Energy Transformations • Energy Sources •
Nuclear or Atomic Energy • Energy Crisis • Energy Conservation and
Energy Degradation • Mass Energy Equivalence
Chapter 6: Gravitation and Satellites • Introduction • Newton’s Law
of Gravitation • Gravity and Gravitation • Variation of
Acceleration Due to Gravity • Gravitational Field • Gravitational
Potential Energy • Gravitational Potential • Inertial and
Gravitational Masses • Satellite Motion • Escape Velocity • Weight
Lessness in a Satellite • Kepler’s Laws
Chapter 7: Elasticity • Introduction • Some Definitions • Different
Types of Co-Efficients of Elasticity • Relations Between Elastic
Constants
Chapter 8: Fluids • Introduction • Important Characteristics of
Fluids • Thrust and Pressure • Pressure Exerted by a Liquid Column
• Atmospheric Pressure and Gauge Pressure • Absolute Pressure and
Gauge Pressure • Pascal’s Principle • Surface Tension • Molecular
Theory of Surface Tension • Angle of Contact • Capillarity •
Experimental Determination of Surface Tension • Surface Energy •
Examples of Capillarity • Excess of Pressure • Viscosity • Flow of
a Liquid Through a Capillary Tube • Terminal Velocity • Stoke’s Law
• Stream Line and Turbulent Flow • Equation of Continuity of Flow •
Energy Possessed by an Ideal Liquid in Streamline Motion •
Bernoulli’s Theorem • Applications of Bernoulli’s Theorem •
Variation of Viscosity with Temperature and Pressure
Chapter 9: Temperature and its Measurement • Introduction • Scale
of Temperature • The Standard Scale (Ideal Gas Temperature Scale) •
Absolute Scale of Temperature • Constant-Volume Hydrogen
Thermometer • Platinum Resistance Thermometer • Thermo-Electric
Thermometer • Other Thermometers • International Temperature Scale
on 1990 (ITS-90) • Commonly used Temperature Scales
Chapter 10: Transfer or Transmission of Heat • Introduction •
Thermal Conductivity • Convection • Radiation • Absorbing,
Reflecting and Transmitting Powers • Mono-chromatic or Spectral
Absorptances (a.) • Prevost’s Theory • Radiation Inside a Hollow
Constant Temperature Enclosure • Perfect Black Body • Kirchhoff’s
Law • Stefan’s Law • Distribution of Energy in the Spectrum of a
Perfectly Black Body • Wien’s Displacement Law • Newton’s Law of
Cooling
Chapter 11: Waves and Vibrations • Introduction • Types of Waves •
General Characteristic of Waves • Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) •
Equation of Motion for a Simple Harmonic Motion • Phase Relation
Between Velocity, Acceleration and Displacement • Simple Harmonic
Motion as a Projection of Circular Motion • Energy Conservation in
Simple Harmonic Motion • Angular Simple Harmonic Motion • Examples
of Simple Harmonic Motion • Composite Spring Mass System (Motion of
a Body Suspended by two Springs) • Oscillations of a Mass Suspended
by Means of a Spring of Mass Ms (Mass of Spring is not Negligible)
• Spring Mass System, when the Mass Rolls Without Slipping on a
Horizontal Surface • Vibration of Cantilever (Beam Supported at one
End) • Free, Forced and Resonant Vibrations • Relationship Among
Wavelength (.), Frequency (.) and Velocity (v) of Waves • Sound and
Light Waves
Chapter 12: Principles of Optics • Introduction • Reflection at
Plane Surfaces • Reflection by a Plane Mirror • Spherical Mirror •
Refraction • Lens • Formation of Images by Thin Lens • Ray Diagram
to Locate the Image Formed by a Lens • Characteristics and Location
of Images Formed by a Convex Lens • Characteristics and Location of
Images Formed by a Concave Lens • Power of a Lens, Magnification
and Determination of Focal Length of a Lens • Magnifying Glass or
Simple Microscope • Compound Microscope • Astronomical Telescope •
Terrestrial Telescope • Resolving Power of a Microscope and a
Telescope • The Slide Projector
Chapter 13: Sound Waves • Introduction • Longitudinal Waves in
Fluids (Sound Waves) • Velocity of a Sound Wave in a Medium •
Factors Affecting the Velocity of Sound in Air • Principle of
Superposition for Waves • Analytical Treatment of Stationary Waves
• Interference • Beats • Reflection and Transmission of Waves •
Stationary (Standing) Waves • Difference Between a Standing Wave
and a Travelling Wave • • Vibrations of String Fixed at Both Ends •
Vibrations of Air Columns • Determination of Velocity of Sound
Chapter 14: Acoustics • Introduction • Architectural Acoustics •
Reverbation • Absorption Coefficient • Acoustic Design • Acoustical
Materials
Chapter 15: Ultrasonics • Introduction • Production of Ultrasonic
Waves • Detection of Ultrasonics • Applied Physics • Properties of
Ultrasonics • Applications of Ultrasonics • PZT
(Lead-Zicronate-Titanate Base) Ceramics • Ultrasonic Transducer
Chapter 16: Electrostatics • Introduction • Electric Charge •
Coulomb’s Law • Electric Field • Electric Lines of Force • Electric
Flux • Gauss’s Law • Electric Potential • Electric Potential Energy
• Capacitors • Capacitor (or Condenser) • Combination of Capacitors
• Dielectrics and Their Behaviour in Electric Field • A Parallel
Plate Capacitor with a Dielectric • Kirchhoff’s Law for Capacitors
• Charging and Discharging of a Capacitor Through Resistance •
Corona Discharge
Chapter 17: Direct Current Electricity • Introduction • Electric
Current • Current and Drift Velocity • Ohm’s Law • Factors
Affecting The Resistance: Resistivity • Current Density,
Conductance and Conductivity • More About Current and Current
Density • Common Commercial Resistors • Classification of
Substances According to Their Resistivity • Variation of
Resistivity with Temperature • Electric Power and Energy Transfer
in an Electrical Circuit • Kirchhoff’s Laws • Combination of
Resistances • Grouping of Cells • Wheatstone’s Bridge •
Potentiometer • Measuring Instruments: Galvanometer, Ammeter and
Voltmeter • Heating Effect of Electric Current
Chapter 18: Electromagnetic Induction • Introduction • Magnetic
Flux • Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday’s Laws of
Electromagnetic Induction • Induced EMF in a Conducting Rod Moving
in Uniform Magnetic Field (Motional EMF) • EMF Induced in a
Conducting Rod Rotating in Magnetic Field • Energy Consideration •
Induced Electric Field and Eddy Currents • Types of Electromagnetic
Induction and Inductance
Chapter 19: Alternating Current (a.c.) Circuits • Introduction •
Average and RMS (Root Mean Square) Values of Alternating Currents •
Phase Relation Between Current and Voltage in a.c. Circuits • L-C-R
Series Circuit and Resonance • Power in a.c. Circuit and Power
Factor • Parallel Resonance Circuit (Rejector Circuit) •
Transformer
Chapter 20: Semiconductor Physics • Introduction • Atomic Structure
and Energy Level • Energy Band Theory • Energy Band Diagram in
Solids • Classification of Solids into Conductors (Metals),
Semiconductors and Insulators • Intrinsic Semiconductors •
Extrinsic Semiconductors • Semiconductor Devices • Rectifiers •
Zener Diodes • Constant Current Diode • Tunnel Diode • Transistor •
Field Effect Transistor (FET) • Transistor Applications
Chapter 21: Photoelectric Effect • Introduction • Laws of
Photoelectric Emission • Einstein’s Equation and Explanation of the
Laws • Photo-Cell • Applied Physics
Chapter 22: Lasers • Introduction • Important Properties of Laser
Light • Einstein’s Theory of Atomic Transitions and A and B
Coefficients • Principle of Laser • Population Inversion by Pumping
• Optical Resonators • Working of Laser • Varieties of Lasers •
Applications of Lasers • Holography
Chapter 23: Optical Fibres • Introduction • Principle of Optical
Guides • Optical Fibre • Classification of Fibres • Advantages of
Optical Fibres • Losses in Optical Fibre Cable • Optical Fibre
Communication System • Applications of Optical Fibres
Chapter 24: Superconductivity • Introduction • Superconducting
Materials • Characteristic Properties of Superconductors •
Thermodynamics of a Superconductor • Theory of Superconductivity •
Applications of Superconductivity
Chapter 25: Nuclear Physics • Atomic Nucleus (The Nucleus as a Part
of the Atom) • Atomic Number, Mass Number and Isotopes • Nuclear
Binding Energy • Binding Energy • The Deutron (12H) • Radioactivity
• Alpha, Beta and Gamma Decay • Nuclear Force • Stable Nuclei or
Nuclear Stability • Nuclear Reactions and Q Value • Artificial
Transmutation or Artificial Disintegration • Artificial
Radioactivity • Nuclear Reactions • Nuclear Fission • Nuclear
Reactor or Nuclear Pile • Nuclear Fusion or Thermo-Nuclear
Reactions • Comparison Between Fission and Fusion
Chapter 26: Pollution and its Control • Introduction • Environment
• Natural Resources • Environmental Pollution • Practicals: General
Instructions • Experiments • Table • Logarithms • Suggested
Readings
S. L. Kakani, M.Sc. (Phys.), Ph.D., former
Executive Director, Institute of Technology and Management,
Bhilwara, is an internationally renowned physicist and has had a
distinguished career spanning more than four decades of teaching,
research and administration. He is the author of several standard
works. His two research monographs on superconductivity have been
published by NOVA Science, New York, and recently four books of his
have also been published by Anshan Ltd. UK. He has authored a large
number of research papers in the fields of superconductivity,
nanomaterials, condensed matter physics, material science, etc. He
has supervised Ph.D. theses in the field of superconductivity and
thin films.
Shubhra Kakani, received her M.Sc. in Physics and
Ph.D. from MDS University. She has co-authored more than nine
books, namely Problems on Advanced Quantum Physics, Thermal
Physics, Superconductivity, Modern Physics, Nuclear and Particle
Physics, Mechanics, Engineering Physics, A Textbook of Engineering
Physics, ICSE Physics, etc. Presently she is pursuing her
post-doctoral research.
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