Note

  • In IB Physics, electricity and magnetism are set as an independent chapter (Topic 5). However, for university physics or AP physics, electricity and magnetism might be treated as a semester or a one-year topic, which covers more topics than IB Physics. This website will cover topics that are introduced in both IB physics and other courses.

Topic Covered

In other courses

For IB Physics

  1. Charges, Electric Force, and Electric Field
  2. Gauss's Law
  3. Electric potential
  4. Capacitor and Capacitance
  5. Current and Resistance
  6. Direct-Current Circuit
  7. Magnetic Force and Magnetic Field
  8. Sources of Magnetic Field
  9. Electro-magnetic Induction
  10. Inductance
  11. Alternating-Current Circuit
  12. Electro-Magnetic Wave
  1. Electric field
    1. Charges, Electric Force, Electric Field, and electric potential
  2. Heating effect
    1. Electric resistance, voltage, electric power, electromotive force, simple circuit, complex circuit, resistor and parallel and series, electronics,
  3. Electric cells
    1. electromotive force, internal resistance, 
  4. Magnetic field
    1. magnetic field, right-hand rule, magnetic force on a moving force, magnetic force on a current-carrying wire, motion of charges in magnetic field, work done by magnetic field

Note that electro-magnetic Induction is treated as a separate topic for HL students (Topic 11)

Electric Field