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Fields and their consequences

The analogy between gravitational and electric fields is worth teaching explicitly, because students who see it save a great deal of effort.

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Gravitational fields

Newtons law and field strength

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Gravitational potential

Potential energy and escape velocity

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Orbits of planets and satellites

Geostationary orbits and energy

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Electric fields

Coulombs law and field strength

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Electric potential

Comparing gravitational and electric fields

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Capacitance

Parallel plate capacitors and dielectrics

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Charging and discharging capacitors

Exponential decay and time constant

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Magnetic flux density

The force on a current-carrying conductor

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Moving charges in a magnetic field

The cyclotron and mass spectrometer

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Magnetic flux and flux linkage

Flux, flux linkage and a coil rotating in a field

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Electromagnetic induction

Faradays and Lenzs laws

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Alternating currents and transformers

RMS values and the oscilloscope

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