AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

Unit 10 Conductors and Capacitors

4 topics · 66 questions, each explained

1. 10.1 Electrostatics with Conductors 7 ideas · 22 questions

   Ideal conductor · Excess (net) charge · Electrostatic equilibrium · Field inside a conductor · Field just outside a conductor · Polarization of a conductor · Electrostatic shielding

2. 10.2 Redistribution of Charge Between Conductors 3 ideas · 9 questions

   Electrical contact · Ground · Charging by induction

3. 10.3 Capacitors 5 ideas · 21 questions

   Parallel-plate capacitor · Charge on a capacitor (Q) · Uniform field between the plates · Work done to charge a capacitor · Electric potential energy stored in a capacitor (U_C)

4. 10.4 Dielectrics 5 ideas · 14 questions

   Dielectric · Electric permittivity of a material (ε) · Field of a polarized dielectric · Field in an isolated capacitor with a dielectric · Capacitance with a dielectric

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