PADMA SESHADRI BALA BHAVAN SR. SEC.
SCHOOL
STD XII PHYSICS
UNIT I & II
(Electrostatics and Current Electricity)
DEFINITIONS/ STATEMENT OF LAWS:
1. Electric charge
2. Quantization
3. Electric field
4. Coulomb’s law
5. Electric dipole
6. Electric flux
7. Gauss law
8. Electric dipole moment
9. Point dipole
10. Electrostatic potential
11. Electrostatic potential energy
12. Dielectric polarization
13. Capacitance
14. Relaxation time
15. Drift velocity
16. Mobility
17. Current density
18. Kirchoff’s Laws
[Link]
18. Terminal potential difference
19. Principle of Wheat stone’s bridge
20. Internal resistance.
DERIVATIONS:
[Link] law in vector form
2. Electric field due to dipole along axial line
3. Electric field due to dipole along equatorial line
4. Torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field
5. GAUSS LAW APPLICATIONS a) Electric field due to infinitely long charged wire b)
Electric field due to infinitely long thin charged sheet c) Electric field due to a uniformly
charged spherical shell
6. Electrostatic potential due to point charge
7. Relation between electrostatic potential and electrostatic field
8) Electrostatic potential due to dipole along axial, equatorial and ANY POINT DUE TO A
SHORT DIPOLE
8. Electrostatic potential energy for a system of two- and three-point charges
9. Electrostatic potential energy for a system of two charge s in the presence of electric
field
10. Electrostatic potential energy of a dipole in a uniform electric field
[Link] of a capacitor with and without dielectric
12. Combination of capacitors in series and parallel
13. Common potential and energy loss when two capacitors are connected
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14. Expression for drift velocity
15. Relation between current and drift velocity
16. Vector form of Ohm’s law (J = 𝜎E)
17. Ohm’s law from the expression of drift velocity
18. Expression for resistivity and resistance
19. Temperature coefficient of resistivity
20. Equivalent emf and equivalent internal resistance of cells in series and parallel
21. Deriving balanced condition of Wheatstone’s bridge
(practice all diagrams and graphs from NCERT TEXT Book)
UNIT III & IV
(Magnetism and moving charges, Magnetism and matter, EMI and A.C.)
DEFINITIONS / Laws (With their S.I. unit if any)
[Link] field
2. Lorentz force
3. Tesla
4. Right hand thumb rule
5. Biot savart law
6. Ampere’s circuital law
7. Radial magnetic field
8. Voltage sensitivity
9. Current sensitivity
10. Magnetic dipole moment of bar magnet and current loop
11. Gyromagnetic ratio of an electron
12. Para, Dia & Ferromagnetic materials
13. Magnetic flux, Magnetic flux density, Magnetizing field intensity, Magnetic
permeability, Magnetic susceptibility, Intensity of magnetisation
14. Curie’s law
15. Meissner effect
16. Curie temperature
17. Faraday’s laws of E.M.I
18. Lenz’s law
19. Self-induction
20. Self-inductance
21. Mutual induction
22. Mutual inductance
23. Resistance, reactance and impedance
24. Q-factor
25. Wattless current and wattful current
DERIVATIONS:
[Link] determine magnetic field at the centre of the loop using Biot-Savart law
2. To determine the magnetic field due to current carrying loop along axial line using
Biot-Savart law AND ELECTRIC FIELD ON THE AXIAL LINE DUE TO A UNIFORMLY
CHARGED CIRCULAR RING
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3. To determine the magnetic field due to infinitely long straight conductor using
ampere circuital law
4. Applications of ampere’s circuital law to determine the magnetic field due to current
carrying solenoid (qualitative treatment)
5. Force on a charge in electric and magnetic field and condition for not getting deflected
(Velocity Filter)
6. Force on current carrying conductor
7. Force between two current carrying parallel conductor hence definition of ampere
8. Magnetic dipole moment of revolving electron and value of Bohr magneton
9. Torque experienced by current loop in external magnetic field.
10. Principle, construction and working of MCG
11. Conversion of galvanometer into ammeter and voltmeter
12. Expression for motional emf using Lorentz force and change in area
13. Expression for motional emf for a rod rotated in a magnetic field.
[Link] prove Lenz’s law quantitatively
15 Self-inductance of a solenoid
16. Energy & energy density of a solenoid
17. Mutual inductance of two coaxial solenoids
18. Expression for emf by rotating the coil in uniform magnetic field (A.C. generator)
19. Transformer working and principle
20. Expression for instantaneous alternating voltage and current and
resistance/reactance for only L, only C and only R circuits separately
21. To determine Impedance, maximum current in series LCR circuit
22. To determine power in alternating circuits (only R, only L, only C and LCR series)
23. Electrical resonance and Q-factor
CONCEPTS:
[Link] done by magnetic force is always zero as magnetic force is perpendicular
displacement of charges
2. Knowledge of effect of magnetic force on charge when it enters i) perpendicular to
field ii) at an angle iii) parallel to electric and magnetic field
3. Oersted’s experiment
4. Energy losses in transformer
5. Impedance triangle
6. Application of resonance condition LCR Series circuit tuning circuits
7. Solenoid as a bar magnet
UNIT VI
OPTICS
Derivations
1. f = R/2
2. Real & apparent depth
3. Critical angle and total internal reflection
4. Prism- refractive index from i-d curve
5. Lens & Mirror formula (convex and concave)
6. Refraction at spherical surfaces (rarer to denser and denser to rarer-convex and
concave)
7. Lens maker’s formula
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8. Lens in contact
9. Ray diagram and magnifying power derivation for simple and compound microscope
10. Ray diagram and magnifying power derivation for astronomical telescope at near
point and far point adjustment
11. Reflecting telescope
12 Laws of reflection and refraction using Huygen’s principle
13. Condition for constructive and destructive interference
CONCEPTS
1. Fringe width for Young’s double slit experiment
[Link] pattern for interference & diffraction
3. Single slit diffraction-conditions for central maxima and secondary maxima and
minima
4. Totally reflecting prism & Optical fibre
5. Advantages of reflection type telescope over refracting type
FOR THE LAST FOUR TOPICS IT IS MORE CONCEPTS THAN DERIVATIONS
Unit VII, VIII & IX
Dual nature of Matter & Radiation
1. Experimental results of photoelectric effect 2. Laws of photo electric emission 3.
Failure of wave theory 4. Properties of photon 5. Einstein’s photo electric equation and
explanation of the laws 6. All graphs 7. Definition of work function, intensity and
stopping potential 8. De-Broglie hypothesis (equation for de-Broglie wavelength)
Atoms
1. Rutherford’s scattering experiment (Diagram & postulates with graph) 2. Distance of
closest approach (Derivation)& Impact parameter 3. Energy of electron using
Rutherford model (Derivation) 4. Failure of Rutherford model 5. Bohr atom model
postulates 6. Radius, velocity & energy of electron using Bohr’s postulates (Derivation)
7. Hydrogen spectrum expression for wavelength 8. Shortest and longest wavelength for
each series. 9. De-Broglie explanation for Bohr’s II postulate 10. Drawbacks of Bohr
atom model
Nuclei
1. Size of the nuclei 2. To show nuclear density is independent of mass number 3. Mass
defect and Binding energy with variation of BE/ nucleon with mass number 4. Nuclear
force (with PE for a pair of nucleons with distance) & properties of nuclear force from
BE/A graph 5. Nuclear fission and equations 6. Nuclear fusion and equations 7. To show
energy released per fission is about 200 MeV
Semiconductors
1. Energy band diagrams for conductors, semi-conductors and insulators 2. Intrinsic
semiconductor 3. P-type and n- type semiconductors with energy band diagrams 4. P-N
junction (Diffusion and Drift) 5. Diode – Forward and reverse bias characteristics 6. Half
wave & Full wave rectifier 7. Filter circuit
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