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Physics: Basics of Electrostatics
Rating: 3.6 out of 5(10 ratings)
516 students

Physics: Basics of Electrostatics

Learn electrostatics mathematical tools, coulomb's law, electric field, electric potential energy & gauss's law
Created byPrateek Kumar
Last updated 2/2025
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What you'll learn

  • In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of electrostatics.
  • Besides covering the basic concepts, I have also tried to address the conceptual loopholes, which many students generally face in electrostatics.
  • The following topics will be covered: Coulomb's Law, Electric Field, Electric Potential, Solid angle, Flux/ Gauss's Law, Battery and Capacitor
  • You will also learn the basic mathematical tools, which are frequently used in Physics
  • So this is a complete course on Electrostatics which will make you fall in love with Physics

Course content

5 sections • 18 lectures • 3h 51m total length

  • Introduction1:26

    Master the mathematical tools—coordinate systems, vectors, and calculus concepts like differentiation and integration—then apply electric field, potential, and work concepts to Gauss's law and electrostatics.

  • Basic Mathematical Tools13:54

    Learn how coordinate systems, vectors, and calculus underpin physics, defining velocity and acceleration and using vector components, unit vectors, and basic relationships like v = u + at.

  • Solid Angle19:43

    Explore the concept of solid angle, from defining it on a sphere to projecting elementary areas on irregular closed surfaces in three dimensions.

  • Flux15:35

    Discover how flux measures the strength of a vector through an area, using the dot product, perpendicular orientation, and integration for non uniform fields across surfaces.

  • Quiz 1: Mathematics and Physics

Requirements

  • Knowledge of elementary mathematics and elementary mechanics

Description

This course will help you to develop an in-depth understanding of electrostatics. Electrostatics is the foundation on which other advanced topics such as Magnetism and Electromagnetic spectrum etc are based. There are many materials available on electrostatics; however they do not focus on explaining the nuanced concepts. This course does not merely explain the facts, but goes deep and explains why those facts exist in the first place.

Secondly, in this course, you will find a dedicated section on various mathematical tools, which will be used throughout the course. I believe that your understanding of the concepts becomes very easy if you are able to express them mathematically. The mathematical tools, which you will learn in this course will be beneficial not only for electrostatics, but for any discipline of Physics.

The course is divided into three sections:

1. Mathematical tools needed to apply Electrostatics

2. Electrostatics concepts

3. Gauss's Law

4. Application of electrostatics concepts in Battery and capacitors

This course covers a methodical approach to solving numerical problems. Whether you are in high school preparing for an engineering entrance examination or you are looking to hone your skills or you are just curious to learn about Physics, you will find this course very useful.

Who this course is for:

  • This course will help students preparing for admission to undergraduate engineering courses all around the world
  • Even If you are someone, who is just curious about Physics and wants to know "the functioning of a battery, which powers all electrical vehicles", "what is a capacitor" etc, you will find this course very useful.

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