B.Sc. (Hons) Physics Syllabus

Semester III

  • COURSE CODE
    COURSE NAME
    CREDITS
  • JBPH-301

    Electromagnetism:

    UNIT-I

    Electric Circuits AC Circuits: Complex Reactance and Impedance. Series LCR Circuit: Resonance, Power Dissipation, Quality Factor and Band Width; Parallel LCR Circuit; Network Theorems: Thevenin theorem, Norton theorem, Superposition theorem, Reciprocity theorem, and Maximum Power Transfer theorem.

    UNIT-II

    • a. Alcohols: preparation, properties and relative reactivity of 10, 20, 30 alcohols, Bouvaelt-Blanc Reduction; Preparation and properties of glycols: Oxidation by periodic acid and leadtetraacetate, Pinacol- Pinacolone rearrangement; Phenols: Preparation and properties; Acidity and factors effecting it, Ring substitution reactions, Reimer – Tiemann and Kolbe's – Schmidt Reactions,
    • b. Ethers and Epoxides: Preparation and reactions with acids. Reactions of epoxides with alcohols, ammonia derivatives and LiAlH4.

    UNIT-III

    Dielectric Properties of Matter: Dielectrics: Electric Field in Matter. Dielectric Constant. Parallel Plate Capacitor with a Dielectric. Polarization, Polarization Charges and Polarization Vector. Electric Susceptibility. Gauss's law in Dielectrics. Displacement vector D. Relations between the three Electric Vectors.

    UNIT-IV

    Magnetic Field Magnetic Effect of Currents: Magnetic Field B. Magnetic Force between Current Elements and Definition of B. Magnetic Flux. Biot-Savart's Law, Magnetic Dipole and its Dipole Moment Ampere's Circuital law Gauss's law of magnetism. Relative Permeability of a Material. Magnetic Susceptibility.B‐H Curve and Energy Loss in Hysteresis.

    UNIT-V

    Electromagnetic induction: Faraday's law (Differential and Integral forms). Lenz's Law. Self and Mutual Induction. Energy stored in a Magnetic Field Ballistic Galvanometer Potential Energy Current Loop. Ballistic Galvanometer: Current and Charge sensitivity & Damping..

    Books:

    • 1. Electricity and Magnetism By Edward M. Purcell (McGraw Hill Education.
    • 2. Fundamentals of Electricity and Magnetism By Arthur F. Kip (McGraw Hill
    • 3. Electricity and Magnetism by J.H. Fewkes & John Yarwood. Vol. I (Oxford Univ. Press.
    • 4. Electricity and Magnetism. By D C Tayal (Himalaya Publishing House).
    • 5. David J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3rd Edn, (Benjamin Cummings).
    04
  • JBCH-301

    Physical Chemistry-I:

    UNIT-I

    Ionic Equilibria: Strong, moderate and weak electrolytes, degree of ionization, factors affecting degree of ionization, ionization constant and ionic product of water. Ionization of weak acids and bases, pH scale, common ion effect; dissociation constants of mono-, di- and tri- protic acids (exact treatment).Salt hydrolysis-calculation of hydrolysis constant, degree of hydrolysis and pH for different salts. Buffer solutions; derivation of Henderson equation and its applications; buffer capacity, buffer range, buffer action and applications of buffers in analytical chemistry and biochemical processes in the human body. Solubility and solubility product of sparingly soluble salts – applications of solubility product principle. Qualitative treatment of acid – base titration curves (calculation of pH at various stages). Theory of acid – base indicators; selection of indicators and their limitations.Multistage equilibria in polyelectrolyte systems; hydrolysis and hydrolysis constants.

    UNIT-II

    A. Gaseous State: Postulates of kinetic theory of gases, deviation from ideal behavior, van der Waals equation of state. Critical Phenomena: PV isotherms of real gases, continuity of states, the isotherms of van der Waals equation, relationship between critical constants and van der Waals constants, the law of corresponding states, reduced equation of state. Problems Molecular velocities: Root mean square, average and most probable velocities. Qualitative discussion of the Maxwell's distribution of molecular velocities, collision number, mean free path and collision diameter. liquification of gases (based on Joule-Thomson effect). Problems

    B. Solid State: Definition of space lattice, unit cell. Laws of crystallography - (i) Law of constancy of interfacial angles (ii) Laws of rationality of indices (iii) Law of symmetry. Symmetry elements in crystals. X-ray diffraction by crystals. Derivation of Bragg equation. Determination of crystal structure of NaCl, KCl and CsCl (Laue's method and powder method).

    UNIT-III

    Phase Equilibrium: Statement and meaning of the terms - phase, component and degree of freedom, derivation of Gibbs phase rule, phase equilibria of one component system -water, CO2 and S systems. Phase equilibria of two component system -solid-liquid equilibria, simple eutectic -Bi-Cd, Pb-Ag systems, desilverisation of lead.

    UNIT-IV

    Electrochemistry-I: Types of reversible electrodes -gas-metal ion, metal-metal ion, metal-insoluble salt-anion and redox electrodes. Electrode reactions, Nernst equation, derivation of cell E.M.F. and single electrode potential, standard hydrogen electrode-refence electrodes-standard electrode potential, sign conventions, electrochemcial series and its significance. Electrolytic and Galvanic cells - reversible and irreversible cells, conventional representation of electrochemical cells. EMF of a cell and its measurements. Computation of cell EMF. Calculation of thermodynamic quantities of cell reactions (ΔG, ΔH and K), polarization, over potential and hydrogen overvoltage. Concentration cell with and without transport, liquid junction potential, application of concentration cells, valency of ions, solubility product and activity coefficient, potentiometric titrations.

    Books:

    • 1. Atkins, P. W. & Paula, J. de Atkin's Physical Chemistry 8th Ed., Oxford University Press (2006).
    • 2. Castellan, G. W. Physical Chemistry 4th Ed. Narosa (2004).
    • 3. Engel, T. & Reid, P. Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics, & Kinetics Pearson Education, Inc: New Delhi (2007).
    04
  • JBMH-301

    Differential Equation-II:

    UNIT-I

    Introduction, solution of first order, Lagrange's linear PDE with constant coefficients of 2nd order and their classifications-parabolic,elliptic and hyperbolic with illustrative examples, geometrical interpretation of first order PDE.

    UNIT-II

    Method of separation of variables for solving PDE,wave equation up to two dimensions, Laplace equation in two dimensions, Heat conduction equation up to two dimensions, Equation of transmission line.

    UNIT-III

    Heat conduction problem, existence and uniqueness of solution of heat conduction problem,Laplace and beam equation, non-homogeneous problem.

    UNIT-IV

    Cauchy problem for second order PDE, generalsolutions, on-homogeneous boundary condition, finite strings, Goursatproblem, spherical and cylindrical wave equation, initial boundary value problems.

    Books:

    • 1. Dennis G. Zill, A first course in differential equations, Tyn Mint-U and Lokenath Debnath, Linear Partial Differential Equations
    • 2. D.A. Murray: Introductory Course on Differential Equations, Orient Longman India.
    • 3. A.S. Gupta: Calculus of variations with applications, Prentice Hall of India, 1997.
    • 4. I.N. Sneddon: Elements of Partial Differential Equations, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1988.
    02
  • JBMH-302

    Analysis-I:

    UNIT-I

    The algebraic and order properties of R, suprema and infima, the completeness properties of R, the archimedian property, density of rational numbers in R, characterization of intervals, neighborhoods, open sets, limit points of a set, isolated points, closure, complements, idea of uncountabilty of R.

    UNIT-II

    Sequences, bounded sequence, limit of a sequence, convergent sequences, monotone sequences, monotone convergence theorem.

    UNIT-III

    Subsequences, convergence and divergence criteria, existence of monotonic subsequences(idea only),Bolzano-Weirstrass theorem for sequence and sets, definition of cauchy sequence, Cauchy convergence criterion, limit inferior and limit superior of a sequence

    UNIT-IV

    Definition of infinite series, sequence of partial sums, convergence of infinite series, Cauchy criterion, absolute and conditional convergence, convergence viaboundedness of sequence of partial sums, tests of convergence: comparison test, limit comparision test, ratio test, Cauchy's nth root test(proof based on limit superior), integral test (without proof), alternating series, Leibnitz test.

    Books:

    • 1. R.G. Bartle and D.R. Shebert, Introduction to Real Analysis, John Wiley and Sons (Asia) Pt. Ltd., Singapore.
    • 2. K.A.Ross, Elementary Analysis.
    • 3. Real Analysis, Mittal-Pundir, Pragati Prakashan.
    • 4. Real Analysis, Shanti Narayan, S.Chand Publication.
    02
  • JBPH-351

    Electromagnetism Lab:

    List of Experiment

    Note: Select any ten experiments from the following list

    • 1. To determine acceleration due to gravity (g ) by Bar Pendulum.
    • 2. To determine acceleration due to gravity (g ) by Kater's Pendulum.
    • 3. To study the Motion of a Spring and calculate
      • a) Spring Constant
      • b) Acceleration due to gravity (g ) and
      • c) Modulus of Rigidity
    • 4. To determine the Frequency of an Electrically Maintained Tuning Fork by Melde's experiment.
    • 5. To determine a Low Resistance by Carey Foster's Bridge.
    • 6. To determine High Resistance by Leakage of a Capacitor.
    • 7. To determine the
      • a) Charge Sensitivity and
      • b) Current Sensitivity of a B.G.
    • 8. To determine the Ratio of Two Capacitances by de Sauty's Bridge.
    • 9. To determine Self Inductance of a Coil by Anderson's Bridge using AC
    • 10. To determine Self Inductance of a Coil by Rayleigh's Method.
    • 11. To determine the Mutual Inductance of Two Coils by Absolute method using a B.G.
    • 12. To study the response curve of a Series LCR circuit and determine its
      • a) Resonant Frequency,
      • b) Impedance at Resonance and
      • c) Quality Factor Q, and
      • d) Band Width.
    02
  • JBCH-351

    Physical Chemistry-I Lab:

    • I) Surface tension measurements
      • a) The relative surface tension of a liquid with respect to water at room temperature by stalagmometer.
      • b) The surface tension of methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol at room temperature and also calculate the atomic parachors of carbon, hydrogen and oxygens.
    • II) Viscosity measurement ( using Ostwald's viscometer)
      • a) Study the effect of the addition of solutes such as (i) polymer (ii) ethanol (iii) sodium chloride on the viscosity of water at room temperature.
      • b) The relative viscosity of a liquid with respect to water at room temperature by using viscometer .
      • c) To determine the molecular weight of a polystyrene sample using viscometric method .
    • III) pH measurements
      • b) Measurement of pH of different solutions using pH-meter.
      • c) To determine the pH value of a given solution by indicator method (using buffer solutions of known pH).
      • d) pH metric titrations of
        • i. Strong acid and strong base
        • ii. Weak acid and strong base
    02
  • Total Credits
     
    20