Physics 12 Physics 12

CHAPTER I: CIRCULAR MOTION
  • Angular displacement
  • Angular velocity and angular acceleration
  • Relation between linear velocity and angular velocity
  • Uniform circular motion
  • Radial acceleration
  • Centripetal and centrifugal forces
  • Banking of roads
  • Vertical circular motion due to earth’s gravitation
  • Equation for velocity and energy at different positions of vertical circular motion
  • Kinematical equations for circular motion in analogy with linear motion
CHAPTER II: GRAVITATION
  • Newton’s law of gravitation
  • Projection of satellite
  • Periodic time
  • Binding energy
  • Weightlessness condition in orbit
  • Variation of ‘g’ due to altitude
  • lattitude
  • depth and motion
  • Communication satellite and its uses
CHAPTER III: ROTATIONAL MOTION
  • Definition of M.I
  • K.E. of rotating body
  • Rolling motion
  • Physical significance of M.I
  • M.I. of some regular shaped bodies about specific axes
  • Angular momentum and its conservation
CHAPTER IV: OSCILLATIONS
  • Explanation of periodic motion
  • Differential equation of linear S.H.M. Projection of U.C.M. on any diameter
  • K.E. and P.E. in S.H.M
  • Composition of two S.H.M.’s having same period and along same line
  • Simple pendulum
  • Damped S.H.M
CHAPTER V: ELASTICITY
  • General explanation of elastic property
  • Plasticity
  • Deformation
  • Definition of stress and strain
  • Hooke’s law
  • Poisson’s ratio
  • Elastic energy
  • Elastic constants and their relation
  • Determination of ‘Y’
  • Behaviour of metal wire under increasing load
  • Applications of elastic behaviour of materials
CHAPTER VI: SURFACE TENSION
  • Surface tension on the basis of molecular theory
  • Angle of contact
  • Capillarity and capillary action
  • Effect of impurity and temperature on surface tension
CHAPTER VII: WAVE MOTION
  • Simple harmonic progressive waves
  • Reflection of transverse and longitudinal waves
  • Change of phase
  • Superposition of waves
  • Formation of beats
  • Doppler effect in sound
CHAPTER VIII: STATIONARY WAVES
  • Study of vibrations in a finite medium
  • Formation of stationary waves on string
  • Study of vibrations of air columns
  • Free and Forced vibrations, Resonance
CHAPTER IX: KINETIC THEORY OF GASES AND RADIATION
  • Concept of an ideal gas
  • Mean free path
  • Derivation for pressure of a gas
  • Degrees of freedom
  • Derivation of Boyle’s law
  • Thermodynamics- Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature
  • 1st law of thermodynamics
  • Heat engines and refrigerators
  • Qualitative idea of black body radiation,Wein’s displacement law
  • Green house effect
  • Stefan’s law
  • Maxwell distribution
  • Law of equipartition of energy and application to Specific heat capacities of gases
CHAPTER X: WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT
  • Wave theory of light
  • Construction of plane and spherical wave front
  • Wave front and wave normal
  • Reflection at plane surface
  • Refraction at plane surface
  • Doppler effect in light
CHAPTER XI: INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION
  • Interference of light
  • Conditions for producing steady interference pattern
  • Young’s experiment
  • Analytical treatment of interference bands
  • Measurement of wavelength by biprism experiment
  • Diffraction due to single slit
  • Rayleigh’s criterion
  • Resolving power of a microscope and telescope
  • Difference between interference and diffraction
CHAPTER XII: ELECTROSTATICS
  • Gauss’ theorem proof and applications
  • Mechanical force on unit area of a charged conductor
  • Energy density of a medium
  • Dielectrics and electric polarisation
  • Concept of condenser
  • Capacity of parallel plate condenser
  • Effect of dielectric on capacity
  • Energy of charged condenser
  • Condensers in series and parallel
  • van-deGraaff generator
CHAPTER XIV: MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT
  • Moving coil galvanometer
  • Ammeter
  • Voltmeter
  • Sensitivity of moving coil galvanometer
  • Cyclotron
CHAPTER XV: MAGNETISM
  • Circular current loop as a magnetic dipole
  • Magnetic dipole moment of revolving electron
  • Magnetisation and magnetic intensity
  • Diamagnetism
  • Paramagnetism
  • Ferromagnetism on the basis of domain theory
  • Curie temperature
CHAPTER XVI: ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTIONS
  • Laws of electromagnetic induction
  • proof of e = – dØ/ dt Eddy currents
  • Self induction and mutual induction
  • Need for displacement current
  • Coil rotating in uniform magnetic induction
  • Alternating currents
  • Reactance and impedance
  • LC oscillations (qualitative treatment only) Power in a.c circuit with resistance
  • inductance and capacitance
  • Resonant circuit
CHAPTER XVII: ELECTRONS AND PHOTONS
  • Hertz and Lenard’s observations
  • Einstein’s equation
  • Particle nature of light
CHAPTER XVIII: ATOMS, MOLECULES AND NUCLEI
  • Alpha particle scattering experiment
  • Composition and size of nucleus
  • Radioactivity
  • Decay law
  • massenergy relation
  • mass defect
  • B.E. per nucleon and its variation with mass number
  • de Broglie hypothesis
  • Matter waves – wave nature of particles
  • Wavelength of an electron
  • Davisson and Germer experiment
  • Continuous and characteristics X-rays
CHAPTER XIX: SEMICONDUCTORS
  • Energy bands in solids
  • Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors
  • P-type and Ntype semiconductor
  • Transistor action and its characteristics
  • Transistor as an amplifier (CE mode)
  • Transistor as a switch
  • Oscillators and Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND, NOR)
CHAPTER XX: COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
  • Elements of communication system
  • bandwidth of signals
  • bandwidth of transmission medium
  • Need for modulation
  • Production and detection of an amplitude modulated wave
  • space communication
  • Propagation of electromagnetic waves in atmosphere