PHY 208H

Electricity, Magnetism

and the

Physics of Fluids

University of
Cape Town

Department of Physics

Course Outline

• Course Coordinator 2001: assoc. Prof. D.T. Britton
• First Semester:
  • Electro- and Magnetostatics: assoc. Prof. H.S.T. Driver
  • 3 Lectures per week.
  • 1 Laboratory per week.
    • Vector Calculus (div, grad, curl).
    • Electrostatics.
    • Special Techniques for Potentials.
    • Electric Fields in Matter.
    • Magnetostatics.
    • Magnetic Fields in Matter, Magnetisation, H.
    • Linear and Non-linear Media.
• Second Semester:
  • Liquids and Gases: assoc. Prof. D.T. Britton
  • 2 Lectures per Week.
    • States of Matter.
    • Kinetic Theory of Gases.
    • Tehrmodynamics of Ideal Gases.
    • Interatomic Potentials, Real Gases.
    • Thermodynamics of Real Gases.
    • Phase Equlibria, Phase Transitions, and Latent Heat.
    • Structure of Liquids
    • Flow in Liquids, Viscosity.
    • Surface Energy and Surface Tension.

Further information for current students.