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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism
Historical Background
Early Observations and Applications
Emergence of the Modern Sciences of Electricity and Magnetism
Pioneering Efforts
Invention of the Leyden Jar
Formulation of the Quantitative Laws of Electrostatics and Magnetostatics
Foundations of Electrochemistry and Electrodynamics
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Electromagnetic Phenomena
Discovery of the Electron and Its Ramifications
Special Theory of Relativity
Development of Electromagnetic Technology
Chapter 2: Electricity
Electrostatics
Electric Charge
Static Electricity
Capacitance
Dielectric Constants of Some Materials (At Room Temperature)
Direct Electric Current
Electric Resistivities (At Room Temperature)
Conductors, Insulators, and Semiconductors
Electromotive Force
Direct-Current Circuits
Resistors in Series and Parallel
Kirchhoff’s Laws of Electric Circuits
Alternating Electric Currents
Transient Response
Alternating-Current Circuits
Reactance
Electrical Units
Ampere
Coulomb
Electron Volt
Faraday
Henry
Ohm
Siemens
Volt
Watt
Weber
Chapter 3: Electric Properties of Matter
Piezoelectricity
Electro-Optic Phenomena
Thermoelectricity
Thermionic Emission
Secondary Electron Emission
Photoelectric Conductivity
Electroluminescence
Bioelectric Effects
Pyroelectricity
Superconductivity
Discovery
Thermal Properties of Superconductors
Magnetic and Electromagnetic Properties of Superconductors
Higher-Temperature Superconductivity
Chapter 4: Magnetism
Fundamentals
Typical Magnetic Fields
Magnetic Field of Steady Currents
Magnetic Forces
Lorentz Force
Repulsion or Attraction Between Two Magnetic Dipoles
Magnetization Effects in Matter
Magnetohydrodynamics
Magnetic Properties of Matter
Induced and Permanent Atomic Magnetic Dipoles
Diamagnetism
Paramagnetism
Ferromagnetism
Curie Temperatures for Some Ferromagnetic Substances
Antiferromagnetism
Néel Temperature of Antiferromagnetic Substances
Ferrimagnetism
Magnets
Magnetization Process
Powder Magnets
High Anisotropy and Alnico Alloys
Rare-Earth
Barium Ferrites
Permeable Materials
Magnetic Units
Gauss
Oersted
Tesla
Chapter 5: The Fundamentals of Electromagnetism
Coulomb’s Law
Principle of Charge Conservation
Electric Fields and Forces
Magnetic Fields and Forces
Interaction of a Magnetic Field with a Charge
Effects of Varying Magnetic Fields
Faraday’s Law of Induction
Self-Inductance and Mutual Inductance
Effects of Varying Electric Fields
Electromagnets
Solenoids
Relays
Design of Large Electromagnets
Principal Applications
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Biographies
André-Marie Ampère
François Arago
Jean-Baptiste Biot
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
Michael Faraday
Luigi Galvani
William Gilbert
Joseph Henry
Fleeming Jenkin
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
James Clerk Maxwell
Louis-Eugène-Félix Néel
Georg Simon Ohm
Hans Christian Ørsted
Jean-Charles-Athanase Peltier
Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt
John Henry Poynting
William Sturgeon
Alessandro Volta
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
Sir Charles Wheatstone
Appendix: Other Concepts
Ammeter
Barkhausen Effect
Displacement Current
Electric Displacement
Electron Optics
Ferrite
Ferroelectricity
Galvanometer
Gauss’s Law
Gunn Effect
Magnetic Mirror
Magnetic Monopole
Magnetic Pole
Magnon
Pinch Effect
Polaron
Seebeck Effect
Skin Effect
Space Charge
Thomson Effect
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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