F3430 Experimental electricity for future teachers

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Pavel Konečný, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Pavel Konečný, CSc.
Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Pavel Konečný, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Tue 13:00–13:50 Fs2 6/4003
Prerequisites
Requirements of physics on the level of grammar school.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Absolving the course a student obtains following abilities and skills:
Basic knowledge of the electricity and magnetism.
Skills to measure current, voltage, resistibility, capacitance, inductance.
Ability to connect simple electric circuit with resistors, capacitors, inductors, bulbs, diodes and relays.
Ability to explain principle of function of simple electrical instruments.
Learning outcomes
Absolving the course a student obtains following abilities and skills:
Basic knowledge of the electricity and magnetism.
Skills to measure current, voltage, resistibility, capacitance, inductance.
Ability to connect simple electric circuit with resistors, capacitors, inductors, bulbs, diodes and relays.
Ability to explain principle of function of simple electrical instruments.
Syllabus
  • 1.Electrostatics (electrostatics attract and repulsion, Braun and Leaf electroscope, triboelectricity, principle of function of Van De Graaff generator , Wimshurst generator, electric wind, charge distribution on a conductor, discharge to various radii, electric field lines, hollow conducting sphere, field lines for two nearby charge, Faraday cage, parallel plate capacitor, dissectible Leyden jar, ionization of air, electric mill, energy stored in an capacitor).
  • 2.Electric current, magnetic field (current in metal and semiconductor, magnetic field, magnetic field around a straight wire, magnetic field around shaped wire, force between two adjacent parallel current-carrying wires, force on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field, Barlow's disc).
  • 3.Magnetism (natural magnetism of lodestone, paramagnetic, feromagnetic and diamagnetic materials, FeBNd and CoSm magnets, magnet application).
  • 4. Electromagnetic induction (Faraday’s experiment on induction, Lenz's law, eddy current, Waltenhofen pendulum, magnet levitation above spinning copper disc, magnet on the copper plate, Rhumkorff induction coil, mutual induction, demountable transformers, demountable transformer welder, inductor delaying a lamp, energy stored in inductor).
  • 5. Electric motor (synchronous and asynchronous motor, brush type motor, brush type permanent magnet motor, linear motors, Barlow`s disk)
Literature
  • HALLIDAY, David, Robert RESNICK and Jearl WALKER. Fyzika (Physics). 1st ed. Brno, Praha: Vutium, Prometheus, 2001. ISBN 80-214-1868-0. info
Teaching methods
lectures, demonstration experiments, class discussion.
Assessment methods
The course is closed by colloquium. Oral discussion in small group of students and teacher. The teacher makes the classification according to correctness and perfection of the answers of an individual student.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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