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ST.
JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF ARTS &

SCIENCE
(AUTONOMOUS)
CUDDALORE-1
PG & RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF

PHYSICS
SYLLABUS 2017-2018
Academic Council 2017-2018 Physics
St. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE (AUTONOMOUS)
PG & RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
BOARD OF STUDIES FOR UG, PG & M.Phil PHYSICS
(2017– 2018)
Thiruvalluvar University Board Member: Chairman:

Dr. R. Jayavel, Rev.Fr.S.Xavier,
Director Research, Assistant Professor and Head,
Anna University, P.G. & Research Department of Physics,
Guindy, Chennai-25 St. Joseph’s College of Arts and Science
(Autonomous), Cuddalore-1.
Subject Experts:
Dr.R.Thilak kumar
Assistant Professor
Periyar Government Arts College
Devanampattinam
Cuddalore-1, Tamilnadu.
Industrial Expert
E.M.I.D Lucas
Factory Manager
Avacholayal Health Care Pvt. Limited (Makers of Medimix)
Odiampet Village, Villianur-Pondicherry
Alumni Representative
Dr.I.Raju
Assistant Professor
Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering,
Pennalur, Sriperumbudur
Tamilnadu.
Members of the Board:

Mrs.V.Sathana, Assistant Professor -Member
Mr.M.Sathish, Assistant Professor -Member
Mr.R.Sagayaraj, Assistant Professor -Member
Miss.SangeethaMargreat,Assistant Professor -Member
Mr.K.Elayakumar,Assistant Professor -Member
Mr.H.Jude Leonard Hilary,Assistant Professor -Member
Miss.M.Maria Julie,Assistant Professor -Member
Dr.S.Sebastian,Assistant Professor -Member
Dr.P.Praveen, Assistant Professor -Member
Dr.C.Yogambal, Assistant Professor -Member
Date: 11.03.2017
St. Joseph’s College of Arts & Science (Autonomous), Cuddalore-1 2

ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE (AUTONOMOUS)

PG & RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
BOARD OF STUDIES FOR UG PHYSICS
(2017– 2018)
Minutes of the Board of Studies meeting held on 11.03.2017
The B.Sc Physics syllabus was scrutinized and approved with the following
modifications/inclusions in the syllabus held on 11.03.2017. The Board of studies has given
Major and Minor revisions in the syllabus and suggested to carry out these revisions in the
coming academic year 2017-2018. Accordingly revisions are carried out and presented for the
ratification. The board of studies decided to retain the PG syllabus as it is for the academic year
2017-2018.
B.Sc Physics
Revision suggested by Expert Committee
 The committee suggested some changes in Curriculum template as one credit allotted
for extra-curricular activities in V semester may be transferred to Core elective-I.
 In PH101 –Properties of matter & Acoustics, the Committee suggested to add some
Text and reference books given below.
Text book
 Brij Lal & N. Subrahmanyam, Properties of Matter, S. Chand
Publications, 2002.
Reference Book
C.L. Arora, P.S. Hemine., Physics for Degree students. First B.Sc
Physics, 2010.
 In PHP01 - Main practical –I, The Title of the Experiment no. 5 can be changed as
Sonometer – Determination of Frequency of the Tuning Fork.”, Experiment no.7 can
be changed as Surface Tension and Interfacial Surface Tension – Drop Weight
Method and Experiment no.10 can be changed as Spectrometer – μ of the hollow
Prism.
 In PH202- Thermal Physics and statistical physics, the title of the paper is not
correlated with the one in template and it is corrected as Thermal and Statistical
physics.
Also some Textbooks are added are listed below.
1. Mathur D.S., Heat and Thermodynamics, S. Chand, 2014.
2. M. Narayanamoorthy and N. Nagarathinam, Heat, National
publishing Co, Chennai, Eight Edition, 1987.

 In PHP02- Main Practical – II the Experiment no.3 has been changed as Thermal
Conductivity of the Bad Conductor – Lee’s Disc Method and Experiment no.9
Sonometer has been changed as Comparison of Linear Densities.
 In PH303- Basics of Newtonian and classical mechanics,
 In Unit-IV, Spelling mistake, Space shutter has been changed as space
shuttle. In Unit-V, the topics micro and macrostates are removed and M-B
statistics is included.
 one textbook is added as
1. C.L. Arora, Mechanics,S. Chand Publishing, 2014.
 In PHP03- Main Practical- III, the Experiment no. 3 Kater’s Pendulum replaced by
Field along the axis of Circular Coil-- BH and the Experiment no.10 has been
changed as Surface Tension of the Liquid – Capillary Rise Method.
 In PH404- Electricity and magnetism, In Unit II, the following topics are added as
“Carey foster bridge - theory – Determination temperature co-efficient of resistance
– Calibration of voltmeter – Ammeter - Using Potentiometer” instead of first two
lines from “Faraday’s laws to Transport number”. The title of Unit III has been
changed as Transient Current and some topics i.e Network Analysis, Thevenin’s
Theorem and Norton’s Theorem. are eliminated from the same unit. In Unit V the
notation I has been changed to M.
 Some text books are added as listed.
1. C.L. Arora, Electricity and Magnetism, S. Chand Publishing,
2014.
2. D.S. Mathur, Electricity and Magnetism, S. Chand,12th
Edition.
 In PHP04- Practical – IV, the Experiment No : 6 is changed as Field along the axis
of a circular coil deflection magnetometer – M – Null deflection method.
 In PH505- Optics and Spectroscopy, the title of Unit – I has been changed as
Geometrical Optics. Some topics “Convex lens – Optics centre - Cardinal points –
Principle foci - Principle foci-principal points– Optics centre of a lens –
astigmatism – Curvature of a field – Velocity of light – Kerr cell method -
Dispersion produced by thin prism” are eliminated. Some Topics from Unit-III
“Plane diffraction grating – theory and experiment to determine wavelength -
normal incidence – oblique incidence – missing orders – overlapping spectra” may
be eliminated.– All topics are eliminated and the new topics included in Unit – V as
IR-Raman – NMR – ESR – Principle - instrumentation – Applications.
 In Elective-I - Materials Science, some textbooks may be added as

 Raghavan. V, Materials science and Engineering a first
course, 3rd Ed., Presences Hall of India (pact) Ltd, 1990.
 Arumugam, Materials Science, Anuradha Publications, 2015.
 C. N. Banwell, Molecular Spectroscopy.
Reference Books as:

1. Kittel C., Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th Ed., Wiley
Eastern, 2012.
2. Manchandra V.K., A text book of Materials Science, New
India Publishing House, 1992.
 In PH507 change in textbooks and reference books .

Text books added:
1. K. Illangovan, Solid State Physics, S. Viswanathan( Printers & Publishers), 2007.
2. S. O. Pillai, Solid State Physics, New Age Publications 2009.
3. Arumugam, Materials Science, Anuradha Publications, 2009.
Reference Books added:

1. C. Kittel, An Introduction to Solid State Physics, 5th Edition.
 In PH508 - Basic Electronics, the title of Unit – I has been changed as Semiconductor
Devices and some topics “ LED – Solar Cell – H parameters” are included. In Unit – V –
completely restructured with new title “Application of electronics – Passive devices –
resistors – Capacitors – Color coding – TV antennas – dipole – folded – Yagi – Dish – DTH –
Mobile communication”.
B.L. Theraja, A text book of Electronics S. Chand Publishing, 2005 is added and a
Reference Book R.S. Sedha, A text book of Applied Electronics, S. Chand &
Company Ltd; 2nd New Edition, 2000 is added.
 In EPH509- Digital electronics and microprocessor, some Topics “Classification
of instruction and format – 8-bit data transfer and arithmetic instructions” are added in
Unit – V. Also some Textbooks has been added namely
 Vijayendiran, Introduction to Integrated Electronics,
Viswanathan, S., Printers & Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2009.
 Nagoor Kani, Microprocessor (8085) RBA Publications,
2016.
 B. Ram, Introduction to Microprocessor and
Microcontroller, Dhanpat Rai Publications, 2012.
 In PHP05- Practical-V, some experiments are changed as listed:
 Exp.no.4 – Spectrometer- Narrow angled Prism- μ of a Prism
 Exp.no.6 –Construction of voltage regulator (2 Diodes)-Zener Diode
 Exp.no.8-Constuction of low range power pack (2Diodes)
 Exp.no.11-BG comparison of two cells EMFs of two cells
 Exp.no.7-RC coupled single stage amplifier
 Exp.no.13-BG-Absolute capacitance of a capacitor
 Exp.no.15-BG-comparison of mutual inductance
 In PH611- Nuclear and Radiation Physics, Some textbooks may be included as
 Brijlal and N.Subramaniam-Modern Physics
 D.C. Tayal, Nuclear Physics, Himalaya Publishing House,
2011.
 In PH612S – Laser & Fibre optic Communication, Some textbooks are
included as
 Ashokamani-Laser
 R. Murugeshan, Modern Physics, S. Chand & Co., 2009.
 Senthil Kumar, Engineering Physics, VRB Publishers Pvt.
Ltd., 2013.
 In PH613 – Applied Electronics, Some Text Books may be included as
 Vijayendran, Introduction to Integrated Electronics
S.Viswanathan Pvt. Ltd., 2009.
 R.S. Sedha, A text Book of Applied Electronics,S. Chand &
Company Ltd., 2nd New Edition, 2000
 V.K.Mehta-Principles of Electronics
 In EPH614S - Numerical Methods & Basic Computer Programming, some Text
Books may be included as
1. S.S. Sastry, Numerical Methods, Prentice Hall India Learning Private
Limited; Fifth edition 2012.
2. Venkataraman, Numerical Methods, The National Publishing
Company, Madras, 1999.
3. Thilagavathi, Numerical Methods, Published by S. Chand &
Company Ltd., 2013.
4. Kandasamy, Numerical Methods, S Chand & Company; Reprint 6th
Edition, 2006.
5. E. Balagurusamy, ANSI-C, McGraw Hill Education India Private
Limited; Seventh Edition, 2016.
 In PHP06 – Practical – VI, some experiments are changed as listed:
 Exp.no.3-RC coupled Amplifier using Transistor-Double stage-
Voltage gain and variation with load
 Exp.no.13-Half Subtractor and Full Subtractor-Using NAND gates
 Exp.no.15-Microprocessor Programming 8 bit addition and subtraction
 Exp.no.16- Microprocessor Programming 8 Bit Multiplication and
Division
 Exp.no.17-OP AMP inverting-Non inverting-Summing-Difference
amplifier-Voltage follower- adder, subractor and Averager- inverting
mode
 In APH301/401- Allied Physics, some topics to be included in Unit 1 are “Bending of

Beams - Non uniform bending-Torsion of a wire - Torsional Pendulum”. In Unit 2 the
Topic Tan c may be included. In Unit 3 some Topics namely “Interference-Wedge
shaped film-Air wedge-Description- Test for Optical flatness of glass plate-
Determination of diameter of a thin wire by air wedge-spherical aberration –
minimizing spherical aberration by using two thin lenses in contact-chromatic
aberration- achromatic combination of two thin lenses in contact- optical activity-
specific rotatory power-Polarimeter” has been included. In Unit 4 the topics “Addition
of velocities-twin paradox Minkowski’s four dimensional space - Schrӧ dinger’s
equation (Time dependent one dimensional)” are added. The Unit 5 is completed
changed into “FET-characteristics-parameters - FET as amplifier-IC-SSI LSI MSI-
VLSI IC fabrication-Diode-flip flops-RS flip flops-D flip flops-JK flip flops”.
 In APHP301/401- Allied Practical- the list of experiment has been modified and
restructured.
*The revised Syllabus of the following subjects will be followed:
For the students admitted from the year 2015:
1. Optics & Spectroscopy (PH505S)
2. Basic Electronics (PH508S)
For the students admitted from the year 2016:
1. Allied Physics (APH301S/401S)
2. Electricity & Magnetism (PH404S)

B.Sc Physics
Course Structure
SEMESTER WISE PAPERS
First Year
Semester Part Subject Subject Title Hours Credits
Code
I LT101S Tamil – I 4 3
/ Hindi – I / French - I
II LE101S English-I 4 3
III PH101 Properties of Matter & 8 6
Acoustics
I III PHP01 Main Practical-I 3 2
III AMT101S Allied- Mathematics-I 8 6
IV ECL101 Skill Based Courses 3 2
Total 30 22
IV Extra-Curricular Activities 1
Grand Total 23
Credits
I LT202 Tamil – II 4 3
/ Hindi – II / French –
II
II LE202 English-II 4 3
III PH202 Thermal and Statistical 8 6
II Physics
III PHP02 Main Practical-II 3 2
III AMT202 Allied- Mathematics-II 8 6
IV EPD201 Skill Based Courses 3 2
Total 30 22
Grand Total 22
Credits

Second Year
Code
I LT303 Tamil – III 4 3
/ Hindi – III / French –III
II LE303 English-III 4 3
III PH303 Basics of Newtonian and 8 6
Classical Mechanics
III III PHP03 Main Practical-III 3 2
III ACH301 Allied- Chemistry 5 4
III ACHP01 Chemistry Practical 3 2
IV APCM301 Skill Based Courses 3 2
Total 30 22
IV Extra-Curricular Activities 1
Grand Total 23
Credits
I LT401 Tamil – IV 4 3
/ Hindi – IV / French – IV
II LE402 English-IV 4 3
III PH404S Electricity & Magnetism 8 6
III PHP04 Main Practical-IV 3 2
III IBC401 Inter Disciplinary Course (IDC)* 5 4
IV III Practical (IDC)* 3 2
IV EVS401 Skill Based Courses 3 2
Total 30 22
Grand Total Credits 22
*IDC: Students should select any one of the papers offered by other than Physics
Department
(IDC)* = Bio Physics Elective Subject (Department of Bio-Chemistry)

Third Year
Code
III PH505S Optics & Spectroscopy 5 4
III PH506 Atomic Physics 5 4
III PH507 Solid State Physics 5 4
III PH508S Basic Electronics 5 4
III EPH509 Core Elective-I 4 4
V III PHP05 Main practical-V 6 4
Total 30 23
Grand 24
Total
Credits
III PH610 Relativity, Quantum 5 4
Mechanics & Mathematical
Methods
III PH611 Nuclear & Radiation 5 4
Physics
III PH612S Laser & Fibre Optic 5 4
VI Communication
III PH613 Applied Electronics 5 4
III EPH614S Core Elective –II 4 3
III PHP06 Main Practical –VI 6 4
Total 30 23
IV Electronics Project 3
Grand 26
Total
Credits
THIRD YEAR
SEMESTER-V (ELECTIVE-I)
A. DIGITAL ELECTRONICS
B. MATERIALS SCIENCE
SEMESTER – VI (ELECTIVE-II)
A. NUMERICAL METHODS & COMPUTER
PROGRAMMING
B. ENERGY PHYSICS
M.Sc Physics
Course Structure
First Year
Sem Code Title Hours/Week Credits
PPH701 Statistical Mechanics 5 4
PPH702 Classical & Wave Mechanics 5 4
PPH703 Mathematical Physics 5 4
I EPPH704 Electronic Devices & Applications 5 4
PPHG01 General Practical-I 4 4
PPHE02 Electronics Practical-I 4 4
Total 28 24

PPH805 Electromagnetic Theory 5 4
PPH806 Nuclear & Particle Physics 5 4
PPH807 Quantum Mechanics-I 5 4
II EPPH808 Molecular Physics 5 4
PPHG03 General Practical-II 4 4
PPHE04 Electronics Practical-II 4 4
Total 28 24
Second Year
PPH909 Quantum Mechanics – II 5 4
PPH910 Condensed Matter Physics 5 4
EPPH911 Elective – I 5 3
III EPPH912 Elective – II 5 3
PPHG05 General Practical-III 4 4
PPHM06 Microprocessor Practical-III 4 4
Human Rights 2 1
Total 28 23
Elective-I
A. Microprocessor & Microcontroller
B. Laser Physics
Elective-II
A. Physics of Nanomaterials
B. Medical Physics


PPH1013 Research Methodology, Computation 5 4
Methods & Programming
EPPH1014 Elective-III 5 3
IV EPPH1015 Elective-IV 5 3
PPHPR01 Project 11 6
PPHGP01 Guide Paper 0 2
Skill Based Subject (Scientific 4 1
Analysis)
Total 30 19
Elective-III
A. Communication Physics
B. Materials Science
Elective-IV
A. Electronic Instrumentation
B. Astronomy and Astrophysics

YEAR – I PH101
SEMESTER - I PROPERTIES OF MATTER & ACOUSTICS HRS/WK - 8
CORE – 1 CREDIT - 6
Objectives
 To study the basics of elasticity and its importance in beams
 To study the concepts of viscosity and surface tension and the various methods to
determine the parameters experimentally
 To understand the nature of sound waves and its properties
 To study Ultrasonic and its application in various field
 To study and apply the knowledge of Acoustics aspects of halls and auditorium.
UNIT- I: ELASTICITY-I (24 Hours)

Hooke’s law – stress – strain diagram – Modulus of elasticity - Relation between
elastic constants – Poisson’s ratio- Expressions for Poisson’s ration in terms of elastic
constants – work done in stretching and twisting a wire – Twisting couple on a
cylinder –– Torsional pendulum with and without masses– Rigidity modulus and
moment of inertia – Rigidity modulus by static torsion - q, n and by Searle’s method
.
UNIT- II: BENDING OF BEAMS (24 Hours)
Cantilever – Expression for bending moment – Expression for depression – Cantilever
(static & dynamic methods)– Expression for time period and Experiment to determine
Young’s Modulus – Non-Uniform bending – Uniform bending – expressions -
Experiment to determine Young’s modulus using pin & microscope and optic lever –
Experiment to determine Young’s modulus by Koenig’s method (Non-Uniform
bending).
UNIT- III: FLUIDS (24 Hours)

Surface Tension – Molecular Interpretation - dimensions of surface tension – Excess
of pressure over curved surfaces – Application to spherical and cylindrical drops and
bubbles – Variation of surface tension with temperature – Jaegar’s method
Viscosity: Co-efficient of viscosity and its dimensions – Rate of flow of liquid in a
capillary tube – Poiseuille’s formula – Experiment to determine co-efficient of
viscosity of a liquid – variation of viscosity of a liquid with temperature and pressure
–Viscosity of a gas – Rankine’s method Applications of viscosity.

UNIT-IV: WAVES AND OSCILLATIONS (24 Hours)
Transverse and longitudinal waves – Equation of wave motion – Plane Progressive
wave – velocity of transverse wave on a string - Superposition of waves –
Interference, reflection and transmission of waves – Resonance - intensity and
loudness of sound - sound level – Decibel –Beats - stationary waves – organ pipes –
Doppler effect.
UNIT-V: ULTRASONICS & ACOUSTICS (24 Hours)

Ultrasonic - Piezo electric effect - Piezo electric crystal generator – Magnetostriction
effect – Magnetostriction generator – Applications – Acoustics of buildings –
Reverberation and time of reverberation & measurement – Sabine’s formula –
Absorption co-efficient – Acoustic aspects of halls and auditorium.
TEXT BOOKS:-
1. Brij Lal & N. Subrahmanyam, Properties of Matter, S. Chand Publications, 2002.
2. Murugeshan .R, Properties of Matter and Acoustics, New Delhi, S. Chand & Co,
2006.
3. Mathur D.S., Elements of Properties of matter, S. Chand, 2006.
4. Brij Lal & Subrahmanyam, Text Book of Sound, New Delhi: N. Vikas Publishing
House, 2008.
REFERENCE BOOKS:-
1. Baldevraj.,Science & Technology of Ultrasonic, Narosa, 2006.

2. Bajaj N.K., Physics of Waves & Oscillations,Tata McGraw Hill, 1988.
3. C.L. Arora, P.S. Hemine., Physics for Degree students. First B.Sc Physics, 2010.

YEAR – I PHP01
SEMESTER - I MAIN PRACTICAL – I HRS/WK - 3
CORE – PRACTICAL - 1 CREDIT - 2
(Any nine out of the given 12 experiments)

1. Young’s Modulus by Non-Uniform Bending – Pin and Microscope
2. Young’s Modulus by Non-Uniform Bending – Optic Lever.
3. Rigidity modulus- Torsional Pendulum – n of a wire (without masses)
4. Rigidity modulus -Torsional Pendulum – n (with masses)
5. Sonometer – Determination of Frequency of tuning fork.
6. Sonometer – Determination of Specific Gravity of Solid and Liquid.
7. Surface tension and Interfacial liquid by Drop Weight Method.
8. Comparison of Viscosity of two liquids
9. Focal Length and Refractive Index of Convex Lens (u-v method and conjugate
foci methods for ‘f’ and Boy’s method for R).
10. Spectrometer – μ of the hollow Prism
11. Potentiometer – Calibration of low range voltmeter.
12. Rigidity modulus by Static Torsion (mirror and telescope method).

YEAR – I PH202
THERMAL AND
SEMESTER - II HRS/WK - 8
STATISTICAL PHYSICS
CORE - 2 CREDIT - 6
Objectives
 To acquire knowledge of transmission of heat and the laws associated with them
 To understand the nature and the kinetic theory of gases
 To study the concepts of gases at low temperature
 To study the laws of thermodynamics and understand their applications
 To study the basics of Maxwell’s thermo-dynamical relations and their importance
 To understand the concepts of statistical thermodynamics and its applications.
UNIT- I: TRANSMISSION OF HEAT (24 Hours)

Thermal conductivity – good & bad conductors – Forbe’s method - Lee’s disc
method– relationship between thermal and electrical conductivities - Wiedemann
Franz’s law - Radiation- Prevost’s theory of heat exchanges - law of cooling – Black
body radiation - Kirchhoff’s law - Wien’s laws of energy distribution in black body
radiation - Wien’s displacement law- Rayleigh-Jean’s law -Plank’s law – pyrometry -
solar constant – sources of solar energy & applications.
UNIT- II: KINETIC THEORY (24 Hours)

Expression for pressure - Transport phenomenon – expression for mean free path -
thermal conductivity and diffusion of gases - distribution of molecular velocities –
energy distribution function - Degrees of freedom - equipartition law of energy - CP ,
CV and of a gas - theory of Brownian motion – Langevin’s theory.
UNIT- III: GASSES AND LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS (24 Hours)

Molar heat capacities – Mayer’s relation reversible adiabatic and isothermal changes–
equations – Clement and Desormers method of determining Cp / Cv – Andrew’s work
on Co2– regenerative cooling – the Linde process – Liquid air, oxygen, hydrogen and
Helium – He I and He II – super fluidity - practical applications of low temperatures –
refrigerating machines– electroflux refrigerator – Frigidaire – air conditioning
machines – effects of CF2 and Cl2 on Ozone layer.

UNIT- IV: THERMODYNAMICS (24 Hours)
Intensive and extensive variables – I & II laws of thermodynamics – reversible and
irreversible processes – Heat engines – Otto and diesel engines – thermodynamic scale
of temperature - entropy - change of entropy in reversible and irreversible processes –
T-S diagram– entropy for a perfect gas - third law of thermodynamics.
UNIT- V: STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS (24 Hours)

First Latent heat equation (Clausius – Clapeyron equation), effect of pressure on
melting and boiling point – second Latent heat equation - Maxwell’s
Thermodynamical relations– derivations - Phase space – MB statistics
TEXT BOOKS:-
1. Brijlal and Subramanyam, Heat and Thermodynamics, S. Chand & Co., 2000
2. Mathur D.S., Heat and Thermodynamics, S. Chand, 2014.
3. M. Narayanamoorthy and N. Nagarathinam, Heat, National publishing Co,
Chennai, Eight Edition, 1987.
4. Murugeshan.R., Thermal Physics., S. Chand & Co., 2009.
5. Gupta and Kumar, Elements of Statistical Mechanics, Meerut: Pragathi Prakashan,
2004.
REFERENCE BOOKS:-
1. Nelkon Parker,Advanced Level Physics, (Vol.V), Arnold Publication, Berkely
Series, 1995.
2. Dr. Ilangovan and Dr.D. Jayaraman,, Thermal Physics, S. Chand & Co., 2014.

YEAR – I PHP02
SEMESTER - II MAIN PRACTICAL - II HRS/WK - 3
CORE – PRACTICAL - 2 CREDIT - 2

1. Young’s Modulus by Uniform Bending – Pin and Microscope
2. Young’s Modulus by Uniform Bending – Optic Lever.
3. Thermal Conductivity of the Bad Conductor – Lee’s Disc Method.
4. Specific heat capacity of liquid by method of mixtures (Half-time Correction).
5. Specific heat capacity of liquid by Newton’s Law of cooling.
6. Spectrometer i–d Curve.
7. Focal Length R & of a concave lens.
8. Potentiometer – Calibration of an Ammeter.
9. Sonometer – Comparison of Linear Densities
10. Air wedge thickness of a wire
11. M and BH – TanC – Deflection and vibration Magnetometer.
12. Figure of merit of a table galvanometer.

YEAR – II BASICS OF NEWTONIAN & CLASSICAL PH303
SEMESTER – III MECHANICS HRS/WK - 8
CORE - 3 For the students admitted in the year 2014. CREDIT - 6
Objectives
To make the students to understand the basic ideas of mechanics in the field of
dynamics, Statics, hydrostatics, hydrodynamics.
To understand concepts of projectiles and friction
To study the concepts space science
To acquire knowledge of classical physics
UNIT-I (24 hours)

Statics: Centre of gravity- Centre of gravity of a solid and hollow cone- Solid and
hollow hemisphere-Thrust-Centre of pressure- Vertical rectangular lamina.
Hydrostatics: Law of floatation- Metacenter- Metacentric height of a ship.
Hydrodynamics: Equation of continuity of flow- Energy of the fluid- Euler’s
Equation of unidirectional flow -Bernoulli’s theorem.
UNIT-II (24 hours)

Dynamics: Rigid body- Moment of inertia- Radius of gyration- moment of inertia of a
solid cylinder, cylindrical shell, solid sphere, spherical shell, hollow sphere with
external and internal radii- Bifilar pendulum- Compound pendulum-Determination of
g and k.
UNIT-III (24 hours)

Projectile: Projectile motion- Range of a projectile, maximum height reached and
angle of projection for maximum height- Resultant velocity at a given
instant(Definitions only)- Projectile on an inclined plane
Friction: Laws of friction- Sliding friction - Angle of friction- Cone of friction-
acceleration down an inclined plane- Rolling friction and stability.
UNIT IV (24 hours)

Space Science: Rockets and satellites- Basic principles of rocket motion Rocket
equation, Thrust and acceleration- Escape velocity of multistage rockets- Liquid, solid
and cryogenic - Propellant rockets- Space shuttle- Orbital velocity- Launching of
satellites - Types of satellite Orbits.

UNIT-V (24 hours)
Classical Mechanics: Mechanics of a system of particles- Generalized Co-ordinates-
transformation equations- configuration space- principle of Virtual work- D’
Alembert’s principle- Lagrange’s equations and its applications-Compound pendulum
- Atwood’s machine.
TEXT BOOKS:-
1. Narayanamoorti and Nagarathnam, Statics, Hydrostatics and
Hydrodynamics,National Publishing Company, III Edition, 1997.
2. Murugeshan, Mechanics and Mathematical Methods, S.Chand and Co., 2005.
3. Gupta Kumar and sharma, Classical Mechanics, Pragati Prakashan,2001.
4. C.L. Arora, Mechanics,S. Chand Publishing, 2014.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Mathur. D.S., II Edition, Mechanics, S. Chand & Co., 2006.
2. Feynmann R.P, Leighton R.B and Sands M, Ther feymann, Lectures on Physics,
Vols 1, 2 and 3-Narosa, New Delhi., 1998.
5. Brijlal and Subramaniyam, Mechanics and Electrodynamics, S. Chand,
KindleEdition, 2005.
6. Bhatia V.B., Classical Mechanics, Tamil Nadu Book House, 1997.

YEAR – II PHP03
SEMESTER – III MAIN PRACTICAL - III HRS/WK - 3
CORE – PRACTICAL – III CREDIT - 2

1. Compound Pendulum
2. Bifilar Pendulum
3. Field along the axis of Circular Coil - BH
4. Young’s modulus-cantilever - oscillations dynamic method-pin and microscope.
5. Young’s modulus cantilever - scale and telescope
6. Sonometer ac frequency using steel wire
7. Sonometer ac frequency using brass wire
8. Spectrometer-grating-normal incidence method
9. Spectrometer-grating-minimum deviation method
10. Surface Tension of the Liquid – Capillary Rise Method
11. Young’s Modulus by Koenig’s method( Non-Uniform Bending)
12. Potentiometer- Resistance- Specific Resistance of a wire

YEAR – II PH404S
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
SEMESTER - IV HRS/WK - 8
For the students admitted in the year 2016.
CORE - 4 CREDIT - 6
OBJECTIVES:
To Understand The Electrostatics Concept And The Laws Associated With Them
To acquire knowledge of chemical effects of electric current
To study the concepts of DC circuits
To study the basics of AC
To understand the concepts of magnetic materials
UNIT I ELECTROSTATICS (24 hours)

Coloumb’s law – electric intensity and electric potential – electrical images(any four
examples)- electric intensity and potential due to an earthed conducting sphere
applying the principle of electrical images- electric dipole – potential and intensity due
to a dipole – capacity – capacitance of a spherical and cylindrical capacitor – energy
of a charged capacitor – loss of energy due to sharing of charges
UNIT II CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT ( 24 hours)

Carey foster bridge - theory – Determination of temperature co-efficient of resistance
– Calibration of voltmeter – Ammeter - Using Potentiometer - thermoelectricity-
Peltier’s coefficient – Thomson coefficient – application of thermodynamics to a
thermocouple and connected relations- thermoelectric diagram and uses.
UNIT III TRANSIENT CURRENT ( 24 hours)

Growth and decay of current in a circuit containing resistance and inductance –
Growth and decay of charge in a circuit containing resistance and capacitor-Growth
and decay of charge in a LCR circuit – condition for the discharge to be oscillatory –
frequency of oscillation.
UNIT IV A.C AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION ( 24 hours)

Power in AC circuit – wattless current- choke coil construction and working of
transformers- energy losses – AC motors – single phase, three phases – star and delta
connection –electric fuses- circuit breakers.
Inductances in series and parallel-Self inductance of co-axial cylinders-energy stored
in a magnetic field-time varying magnetic field-Single phase induction motor

UNIT V MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS (24 hours)
Susceptibility- permeability- intensity of magnetization and the relation B= μ(H+M),
M-H and B-H curves for a magnetic material using magnetometer method and
ballistic galvanometer method – Terrestrial magnetism – magnetic elements- dip
circle.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Murugeshan R, Electricity and Magnetism, 8th Edition, New
Delhi, S. Chand & Co., 2006.
2. Brijlal and N. Subramanian, Electricity and Magnetism, Agra, Ratan & Prakash,
6th Edition.
3. Narayanamoorthy M & Nagarathnam N, Electricity and Magnetism, Meerut,
National Publishing Co., 4th edition.
4. Tewari. K. K, Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd Edition, New Delhi, S. Chand &
Co., 2001.
5. C.L. Arora, Electricity and Magnetism, S. Chand Publishing, 2014.
6. D.S. Mathur, Electricity and Magnetism, S. Chand,12th Edition.
REFERENCE BOOK:
1. David J Griffith, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 2nd Edition, New Delhi,
Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd, 1997.
2. Sehgal D.L, Chopra K. L and Sehgal N. K, Electricity and Magnetism, New Delhi,
Sultan Chand & Co.,
3. Brij Lal, Subramanian N and Jivan Seshan, Mechanics and Electromagnetics, New
Delhi, Eurasia Publishing House Pvt .Ltd, 2005.

YEAR – II PHP04
SEMESTER – IV MAIN PRACTICAL – IV HRS/WK - 3
CORE – PRACTICAL – IV CREDIT - 2
1. Potentiometer –comparison of EMFs of two cells

2. Potentiometer- high range voltmeter
3. Spectrometer-dispersive power of a grating
4. Spectrometer-dispersive power of a prism
5. P.O.Box –Temperture coefficient of Resistance
6. Field along the axis of a circular coil deflection magnetometer – M – Null
deflection method.
7. Carry Fosters bridge- temperature Co-efficient of Resistance
8. Field along the axis of a circular coil vibrational Magnetometer- Determination of
BH
9. Band gap energy of Thermistor
10. LCR series Resonance - Two Resistors- Two Capacitors – Two Inductors
11. Potentiometer-conversion of galvanometer into ammeter
12. BG-Internal resistance of a cell

YEAR- III OPTICS AND SPECTROSCOPY PH505S

SEMESTER - V For the students admitted in the HRS/WK-5
CORE -5 year 2015. CREDIT-4
UNIT – I: GEOMETRICAL OPTICS (15 hours)
Spherical aberration and lenses – Methods of minimizing spherical aberration –

Condition for minimum spherical aberration in the case of two lenses separated by a
distance – Chromatic aberration in lenses – Condition for achromatism of two thin
lenses (In contact and out of contact) – Coma - Ramsden and Huygens’s eyepieces–
Angular dispersion – Dispersive power – combination of prisms to produce
dispersion without deviation – Deviation without dispersion – Achromatic
prisms Direct vision spectroscope – Constant deviation spectrometer – calculation
of characteristic wave number of spectral lines.
UNIT – II: INTERFERENCE (15 hours)
Colours of thin films – Air wedge – Determination of diameter of a thin wire by air
wedge – Test for optical flatness – Michelson’s Interferometer – Theory –
Applications - λ, thickness of thin transparent material and resolution of spectral lines
– Brewster’s fringes – Refractive index of gases – Jamin’s & Rayleigh’s
Interferometers – Stationary waves in light.
UNIT III: DIFFRACTION (15 hours)
Fresnel diffraction – Diffraction at circular aperture , opaque circular disc, straight

edge and narrow wire- Fraunhofer diffraction – single slit – double slit –Rayleigh’s
criteria – Resolving power of telescope, prism, microscope and grating.
UNIT – IV: POLARIZATION (15 hours)
Double refraction – Nicol prism – polarizer and analyzer – Huygens’s explanation of

double refraction in uniaxial crystals – Dichroism – polaroids and their uses – plane,
circularly and elliptically polarized light – production and detection – Optical Activity
– Fresnel’s explanation of optical activity – Specific rotatory power – Determination
using Laurent’s half shade polarimeter – Kerr effect and Faraday effect.

UNIT - V: SPECTROSCOPY (15 hours)
Infrared spectroscopy, RAMAN, NMR, ESR - Principle –Instrumentation –

applications.
Text Books
1) Subramaniam N & Brijlal, Optics, S. Chand & Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1990.
2) Khanna D R & Gulati H R, Optics, S. Chand & Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1979.
3) R. Murugesan, Optics and Spectroscopy S. Chand & Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,
2009.
4) C.N. Banwell, Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy, McGraw Hill Book
company, Landon.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Jenkins A. Francis and White E. Harvey, Fundamentals of Optics, McGraw Hill
Inc., New Delhi, 1976.
2. Lipson S G, Lipson H and Tannhauser D S, Optical Physics, Cambridge
University Press, 1995.
3. Raj M G, Fundamentals of Optics, Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 1996.
4. D. Halliday, R. Resnick and J. Waler, Fundamentals of Physics, Wiley NY 6th
Edition, 2001.
5. D Halliday, Resnick and K. S. Krane, Physics, 4th Edition Vols I & II, Wiley,
1994.
6. R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton and M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics,
Vols.I, II and III Narosa, New Delhi, 1998.
7. G.Aruldhas,Spectroscopy, Vendeur Book Vistas (New Delhi, India), 2009.

YEAR- III PH506
SEMESTER – V ATOMIC PHYSICS HRS/WK-5
CORE -6 CREDIT-4
UNIT I: DISCHARGE PHENOMENON THROUGH GASES (15 hours)

Motion of a charge in transverse electric and magnetic fields – specific charge of
electron – Dunnington’s method – Magnetron method – positive rays – Thompson
parabola method – Aston and Dempster’s mass spectrograph.
UNIT II: ATOMIC STRUCTURE (15 hours)

Vector atom model – Pauli’s exclusion principle – explanation of periodic table –
various quantum numbers – angular momentum and magnetic moment – coupling
schemes – LS and JJ coupling – spatial quantization – Bohr magnetron – Stern and
Gerlach experiment. Spectral terms and notations – selection rules – intensity rule and
interval rule – fine structure of sodium D lines – alkali spectra – fine structure of alkali
spectra – spectrum of Helium.
UNIT III: IONISATION POTENTIAL AND SPLITTING OF ENERGY

LEVELS (15 hours)
Excitation and ionization potential – Davis and Goucher’s method – Zeeman effect –
Larmor’s theorem – Debye’s explanation of normal Zeeman effect – Anomalous
Zeeman effect – theoretical explanation- Lande’s ‘g’ factor and explanation of
splitting of D1 and D2 lines of sodium – Paschen Back effect – theory – Stark effect
(Qualitative treatment only)
UNIT IV: PHOTOELECTRICITY (15 hours)

Photo electricity: Photoelectric emission laws – Lenard’s experiment-Richardson and
Compton experiment- Einstein photoelectric equation -experimental verification of
Einstein’s photoelectric equations by Millikan’s experiment-photoelectric cells
UNIT V: X-RAYS (15 hours)

X-RAYS: Continuous and characteristic X-RAY spectra absorption of X-RAYS by
matter- concept of reciprocal lattice, Compton effect-derivation of expression for
change in wavelength-experimental verification

TEXTBOOKS
1. R. Murugeshan, Modern Physics, S. Chand & Co., New Delhi, 2009.
2. N. Subramanian and Brij Lal, Atomic and Nuclear Physics, S. Chand & Co., 2013.
3. J. B. Rajam, Atomic Physics, S. Chand Publishing Co., 2010.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. A. B. Gupta and Dipak Ghosh, Atomic Physics, Books and Allied Publishers, 2nd
Edition, 2009.
2. J. H. Hamilton and Yang, Modern Physics, McGraw Hill Publication, 1996.
3. A. Beiser, Concepts of Modern Physics, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1997.
4. D. Halliday, R. Resnick and J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, Willey NY, 6th
Edition, 2001.

YEAR- III PH507
SEMESTER – V SOLID STATE PHYSICS HRS/WK-5
CORE -7 CREDIT-4
Unit I :BONDS IN SOLIDS (15 hours)

Crystal lattice- primitive and unit cell- seven classes of crystals – Bravais lattice-
Miller indices- structure of crystals- simple cubic, Hexagonal close packed structure-
Face centred cubic structure, Body centered cubic structure, Simple cubic structure-
Sodium chloride structure, Zinc Blende structure, Diamond structure
Unit II: X-RAY DIFFRACTION (15 hours)

Diffraction of x-rays by crystals-Bragg’s law in one dimension-Experimental method
in x-ray diffraction-Laue method, Rotating crystal method-Powder photograph
method-von Laue’s equations-Point defects- Line defects- Surface defects- Volume
defects-Effects of crystal imperfections
Unit III: MAGNETISM (15 hours)

Different type of magnetic materials- Classical theory of Diamagnetism(Langevin
theory)-Langevin theory of Paramagnetism – Weiss theory of Paramagnetism-
Qualitative explanation of Heisenberg’s Internal Field and Quantum Theory of
Ferromagnetism.
Unit IV: DIELECTRICS (15 hours)

Fundamentals definitions in dielectrics – different types of electric polarization-
Frequency and Temperature Effects on Polarization – Dielectric loss – Local Field on
internal field Clausius-Mosotti Relation- Determination of Dielectric Constant –
Dielectric Breakdown – Properties of Different types of insulating materials
Unit V: SUPERCONDUCTIVITY (15 hours)

Introduction-Meissner effect-Limitation- Type I& II Superconductivity-Vortex states-
BCS Theory(Qualitative treatment only)-Josephson’s effect-Copper pair tunneling.

TEXT BOOKS
1. K. Ilangovan, Solid State Physics, S Viswanathan printers and Publishers, 2012.
2. S.O. Pillai, Solid State Physics,New Age Science Publication, 2009.
4. Puri & Babber, Solid State Physics,S. Chand Limited, 2008.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. C. Kittel, An introduction to Solid State Physics, 5th Edition, Published by John
Wiley & Sons Inc, 1976.
2. Dekker A.J. Solid State Physics, Mac Millon Ind. Ltd., 1985.
3. Ascroft & Mermin, Solid State Physics, Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks cole, 1976.
4. Gupta and Kumar, Solid State Physics,K Nath & Co., 2013.

YEAR- III BASIC ELECTRONICS PH508S
SEMESTER – V For the students admitted in the HRS/WK-5
CORE-8 year 2015. CREDIT-4
UNIT – I : SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (15 hours)

Bonding, Band gap of semiconductors –Types of semiconductors-Elemental and
Compound semiconductors-intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors – effect of
temperature on Fermi level – PN junction diode – Zener diode-LED - photo diode –
Solar cells-different modes of operation – transistor biasing –characteristics in CB &
CE modes –H-Parameters- α and β of a transistor.
UNIT –II : RECTIFIERS AND AMPLIFIERS (15 hours)

Half-wave , full-wave and bridge rectifier – expression for efficiency and ripple factor
– choke input filter – capacitor input filter – π section filter – zener regulated power
supply .
RC coupled amplifier – frequency response curve – analysis of mid-frequency region
– classification of amplifiers – class A power amplifier – Push-pull, class B power
amplifier – Emitter follower.
UNIT –III : OSCILLATORS (15 hours)

Voltage gain of a feedback amplifier – Barkhausen criterion – Hartley, Colpitt’s,
phase shift and Weinbridge oscillators – expression for frequency of oscillations and
condition for sustained oscillations in each case – crystal oscillator – frequency
stability.
UNIT –IV : WAVE SHAPING CIRCUITS AND MULTI VIBRATORS

(15 hours)
Clipping and clamping circuit – biased clipper – integrating and differentiating
circuits – RC time constants.Multivibrators – Astable – Mono stable and bi-stable
multivibrators – Schmitt trigger
UNIT –V: APPLICATION OF ELECTRONICS (15 hours)

Passive devices – Resistors – Capacitors – Color coding – TV antennas – dipole –
folded – Yagi – Dish – DTH – Mobile communication system.

TEXT BOOKS
1. B.L. Theraja, Electronics, S. Chand Publishing, 2005.
2. V. K Mehta, Principles of electronics, S. Chand & Co., 2005.
3. M.K. Bagde and S. P. Singh, Elements of Electronics, S. Chand Publishing, 2000.
4. K.V. Ramanan, Functional electronics, McGraw-Hill Inc., US, 1984.
5. M. Arul Thalapathi, Basic and Applied Electronics, Comtek publisher, 2005.
6. Basic Electronics, 6th edition by B Grob, McGraw Hill NY 1989.
7. K.A.Bakshi A.V.Bakshi U.A.Bakshi, Antenna and Wave propagation, Technical
Publications, 2009.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. A. Malvino, Electronics Principles, McGraw Hill Education, 7th Edition, 2006.
2. Allen Mottershed, Electronic Devices and Circuits, Goodyear Pub. Co., 1973.
3. Manna, Solid state electronics, Tata McGraw Hill
4. B. Grob, Basic electronics, McGraw Hill Education, 12th Edition.
5. R.S. Sedha, Applied Electronics,S. Chand & Company Ltd; 2nd New Edition, 2000.

YEAR- III DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AND MICROPROCESSOR EPH509
SEMESTER V ELECTIVE –I HRS/WK-4
For the students admitted in the year
ELECTIVE – I CREDIT-4
2014.(Revised Syllabi)
UNIT– I DIGITAL FUNDAMENTALS (12 hours)

Number systems – decimal, binary, octal and hexadecimal systems – conversion from
one number system to another Codes – BCD code – excess 3 code, Gray code –
ASCII code – Binary arithmetic – Binary addition – subtraction – unsigned binary
numbers – sign magnitude numbers – I’s and 2’s complement – Binary multiplication
and division.
LOGIC GATES AND LOGIC FAMILIES (12 hours)
AND, OR circuits using diodes and transistors – NOT using transistors – NAND,
NOR and EXOR – functions and truth tables. NAND & NOR as universal gates.
UNIT – II BOOLEAN ALGEBRA AND SIMPLIFICATION OF LOGIC

CIRCUITS (12 hours)
Laws and theorems of Boolean algebra – De Morgan’s theorems and their circuit
implications – Duality theorem, simplification of Boolean equations – Karnaugh map
– pairs, quads, octets – 2,3 and 4 variables –SOP method – NAND – NAND circuits –
POS method – NOR – NOR circuits.
UNIT - III ARITHMETIC CIRCUITS AND SEQUENTIAL LOGIC

CIRCUITS (12 hours)
Arithmetic building blocks – Half adder – Full adder – parallel binary adder – Half
subtractor – Full subtractor – The adder-subtractor – digital comparator – parity
checker/generator.Flip-flops –JK flip – flop – JK master slave flip-flop –Flip flop
applications. Shift register functions- Shift right-shift left-Shift register applications.
UNIT – IV: D/A AND A/D CONVERTERS (12 hours)

Introduction – variable resistor network – binary ladder – D/A converter – D/A
accuracy and resolution – A/D converter – simultaneous conversion – A/D accuracy
and resolution.
UNIT – V: INTRODUCTION TO MICROPROCESSOR 8085 (12 hours)

Basics of semiconductor memory- RAM, ROM, PROM and EPROM. Microcomputer
organization-8085 Microprocessor-pin functions-architecture-machine and assembly
language-programmer’s model of 8085-8085 addressing modes.Classification of
instruction and format – 8-bit data transfer and arithmetic instructions.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Arul Thalapapathi, Fundamentals of Digital Computers, Comptek Publishers,
Chennai, 1995.
2. Vijayendran, Fundamentals of Microprocessor 8085, S. Viswanathan Pvt.Ltd,
2006.
3. Vijayendiran, Introduction to Integrated Electronics, Viswanathan, S., Printers &
Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2009.
4. Nagoor Kani, Microprocessor (8085) and its Applications, RBA Publications,
2016.
5. B. Ram, Introduction to Microprocessor and Microcontroller, Dhanpat Rai
Publications, 2012.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Malvino and Leech, Digital Principles and Application, 4th Edition, Tata Mcgraw
Hill, New Delhi, 2000.
2. Millman and Halkias, Integrated Electronics, International Edition, McGraw Hill,
New Delhi, 1972.
3. T. C. Bartee, Computer Architecture and Logic Design, McGraw Hill, 1991.
4. J.P. Agarwal and Anit Agarwal, Solid State Electronics, Pragati Prakashan, 2nd
Edition, 2014.
5. Herbert Taub and Donald Schilling, Digital Integrated Electronics, McGraw Hill,
1st Edition, 2008.
6. Anokh Singh and A. K. Chhabra, Fundamentals of Digital Electronics and
Microprocessors, 2nd Revised and Enlarged Ed., 2. Chand & Co. Ltd., New Delhi,
2005.
7. Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, Pearson Education, 8th Edition, S. Chand
Publications, 2004.

YEAR- III
MATERIALS SCIENCE
SEMESTER V HRS/WK-4
ELECTIVE -I
ELECTIVE-1 CREDIT-4
UNIT I:CLASSIFICATION OF MATERIALS (12 hours)

Material Science: - Engineering requirements of materials- Material structure- Types
of Bonds and their energies – Bond formation mechanism- Ionic bond-covalent bond
examples-ceramics- thermal and electrical properties – uses-Metallic bond-
comparison of bond (dispersion bonds, dipole bonds and hydrogen bonds)-Crystal
imperfection –Types of imperfections- Thermal vibrations – point, line and surface
imperfections- Frank –Read source.
UNIT II: PHASE DIAGRAM (12 hours)

Basic terms- solid solutions- Hume – Rothery’s rules- intermediate phase- Gibb’s
Phase rules- Time – temperatures cooling curves- construction of phase diagrams- the
Lever rule- eutectic systems- eutecoid Systems- peritectic and peritectoid system-
Ternary equilibrium diagrams.
UNIT-III: PHASE TRANSFORMATION (12 hours)

Rate of transformation- nucleation (homogeneous and heterogeneous)-nucleation and
growth –applications of phase transformations –micro constituent of iron – carbon
system –the allotropy of iron – Iron-Carbon equilibrium diagram- formation of
Austenite- TTT diagram- transformation Austenite upon continuous cooling.
UNIT-IV:ELECTRON THEORY OF METALS (12 hours)

Fundamental theories of electrons (Drude and Lorentz theory and Sommerfield free
electron theory) –electron energies in a metal- Zone theory of solids- energy gaps –
density of states – Zones in conductors, insulators and semiconductors- factors
affecting electrical resistance of materials.
UNIT V:ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

(12 hours)
Resistivity- conductivity- semiconductors –classsification of semiconductors on the
basis of Fermi energy and Fermi levels- insulators –dielectrics –ferro electricity –
electro strict ion- Piezo electricity –uses of dielectrics –capacitors dielectric strength-
magnetic properties of materials –magneto strict ion-magnetic domain –soft and hard
magnetic magnetic materials

TEXT BOOKS
1. Raghavan. V, Materials science and Engineeringa first course, 3rd Ed., Presences
Hall of India (pact) Ltd, 1990.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Kittel C., Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th Ed., Wiley Eastern, 2012.
2. Manchandra V.K., A text book of Materials Science, New India Publishing House,
1992.

YEAR- III PHP05
SEMESTER V MAIN PRACTICAL -V HRS/WK-6
PRACTICAL -5 CREDIT-4
(Any Twelve of the Following)

1. Young’s modulus – Koenig’s method – non uniform bending
2. Newtons rings – R1, R2 and µ of a convex lens
3. Spectrometer i – i’ curve
4. Spectrometer – narrow angled prism – μ of the prism.
5. Spectrometer – Cauchy’s constants
6. Construction of voltage regulator (2 Diodes)-Zener Diode
7. RC coupled single stage amplifier
8. Construction of a low range power pack- Two diodes
9. EMF of a thermocouple – mirror galvanometer (or) table galvanometer
10. Potentiometer – emf of a thermocouple.
11. BG comparison of EMFs
12. Potentiometer - Conversion of galvanometer into voltmeter
13. BG – Absolute Capacitance
14. BG – comparison of capacitances BG – absolute capacitance of a capacitor
15. BG – comparison of Mutual Inductance.
16. Transistor characteristics – CE mode.

YEAR- III RELATIVITY, QUANTUM PH610
SEMESTER - VI MECHANICS AND HRS/WK-5
MATHEMATICAL METHODS
CORE - 9 For the students admitted in the CREDIT-4
year 2014.
UNIT - I : RELATIVITY (15 hours)

Frames of references – Michelson – Morley experiment – significance of negative
result – postulates of special theory of relativity – Lorentz transformation equations –
Length contraction – Time dilation – Relativity of simultaneity – Law of addition of
velocities – variation of mass with velocity – relativistic kinetic energy equations –
postulates of general theory of relativity – gravitational red shift.
UNIT - II WAVE MECHANICS (15 hours)

Matter Waves – de Brogile wavelength – wave velocity and group velocity –
Heisenberg’s Uncertainty principle – proof of Uncertainty principle for one
dimensional wave packet – postulates of wave mechanics – properties of wave
function – operator formalism (Basics only) – eigen functions – eigen values –
expectation values.
UNIT - III : SCHRӧ DINGER EQUATIONS AND ITS APPLICATIONS

(15 hours)
Schrӧ dinger equation – time dependent and time independent – application of
Schrӧ dinger equations – linear harmonic oscillator – zero point energy – particle in a
one dimensional box – barrier penetration and tunneling effect rigid rotator –
hydrogen atom.
UNIT - IV : MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS (15 hours)

Gauss divergence theorem – stokes theorem – Greens theorem – applications of
vectors to hydrodynamics.
Spherical polar coordinates – expressions for gradient, div in Cartesian & spherical
coordinates.
UNIT - V : SPECIAL FUNCTIONS (15 hours)

Beta and gamma functions– relation between them – harmonics-Bessel’s differential
equations – Legendre’s differential equations – Hermite’s differential equations –
Laguerre’s differential equations – series solutions.

TEXT BOOKS
1. V. Devanathan, Quantum Mechanics, Narosa, Chennai, 2005.
2. R. Murugeshan, Kiruthiga, Sivaprasath, Modern Physics, S Chand & Co., 2007.
3. V. K. Thangappan, Quantum Mechanics, Wiley Eastern, 1985.
4. P. M. Mathews and Venkatesan, A Text Book of Quantum Mechanics, McGraw
Hill, 1978.
5. Sathya Prakash, Mathematical Physics,Sultan Chand & Sons, 6th Revised Edition
Reprint 2014.
6. R. Murugeshan, Mechanics and Mathematical Methods, S Chand Publishing &
Co., 2015.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. B. D. Gupta, Mathematical Physics,Vikas Publishing House; Fourth Edition, 2009.
2. Ghatak and Loganathan, Quantum Mechanics, McMillan, 2004.
3. A. Ghatak, Basic Quantum Mechanics, McMillan India, 2002.
4. Murray Spiegal, Introduction to Boundary Value Problems (Scahaum’s Series),
McGraw-Hill Education; 1st Edition, 1974.

YEAR- III PH611
NUCLEAR AND RADIATION
SEMESTER - VI HRS/WK-5
PHYSICS
CORE -10 CREDIT-4
UNIT - 1 : NUCLEAR STRUCTURE (15 hours)

Nuclear spin – determination of magnetic dipole moment, electric quadruple moment,
parity of nuclei, isospin, theories of nuclear composition, proton and electron
hypothesis, proton – neutron hypothesis, nuclear forces – meson theory of nuclear
forces.
Liquid drop model – Bethe Weizacker’s mass formula – application to alpha decay –
Bohr – Wheeler theory – shell model – evidences – theory – energy level diagram –
spin orbit interaction – magic numbers – nuclear stability.
UNIT - II : RADIOACTIVE DECAY (15 hours)

Radioactive disintegration – law of successive disintegration – transport and secular
equilibrium – radioactive series – Geiger – Nuttal law – Age of earth – alpha particle
disintegration energy – alpha particle spectra – theory of alpha decay (Qualitative
treatment).
Beta ray spectra – origin – neutrino theory of beta decay – electron capture – gamma
rays – determination of wavelength by Diamond – crystal spectrometer –
nuclear isomerism.
UNIT - III : PARTICLE ACCELERATORS AND DETECTORS (15 hours)

Cyclotron – synchrocyclotron – Betatron – electron synchrotron – proton synchrotron
(Bevatron)-GM counter – ionization chamber – bubble chamber – scintillation counter
– photographic emulsion techniques.
UNIT - IV : REACTORS AND RADIATION PHYSICS (15 hours)

Nuclear fission – Chain reaction – four-factor formula – reactor theory – critical
size of a reactor – general aspect of reactor design – reactor shielding – reactor control
– classification of reactors – pressurized heavy water reactor – fast breeder reactor-
Introduction to recent rectors.
Radiation hazards – biological effects of radiation - radiation sickness – radiation
units and operational limits radiation survey meters – pocket dosimeter –control of
radiation hazards – radiation therapy – radioisotopes used for therapy – nuclear
medicine – industrial applications – food preservatives.

UNIT - V : ELEMENTARY PARTICLES (15 hours)
Classification – types of interaction – symmetry and conservation laws – hadrons –
leptons – baryons – mesons – strangeness – hyperons – antiparticles – antimatter
– basic ideas about quarks – types of quarks.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Brijlal and N.Subramaniam-Modern Physics
2. D.C. Tayal, Nuclear Physics, Himalaya Publishing House, 2011.
3. R. Murugeshan, Modern Physics, S. Chand & Co., 2009.
4. R. Murugeshan & Kiruthiga, Sivaprasath, Modern Physics, S. Chand & Co., 2009.
5. Thayalan, Basic Radiological Physics, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt.
Ltd, 1st Edition, 2009.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. S. N. Ghoshal, Nuclear Physics, S Chand & Co. Edition, 2003.
2. M. L. Pandya, R.P.S. Yadav, Elements of Nuclear Physics, Kedar Nath & Ram
Nath Publishers, 2000.
3. Irving Kaplan, Nuclear Physics, Narosa, 2002.
4. Nuclear Physics – J B Rajam, S chand Publishing Co.
5. Littlefield & Thorley, Atomic and Nuclear Physics,Springer, 3rd Ed. 1979.

YEAR- III PH612S
LASER AND FIBER OPTIC
COMMUNICATION
CORE -11 CREDIT-4
UNIT - I : LASER PHYSICS (15 hours)

Basic Principle of Laser – Einstein Coefficients – condition for light amplification –
Population Inversion – Threshold Condition – Line shape function – Optical
Resonators – Three level and four level systems.
UNIT - II : TYPES OF LASERS AND OUTPUT MODULATION METHODS

(15 hours)
Solid State lasers – Gas lasers – He-Ne and CO2 lasers – semiconductor lasers –
Heterojunction lasers - Argon ion and Eximer Laser– Q switching and mode locking.
UNIT - III : APPLICATIONS OF LASER (15 hours)

Application of laser in industry – cutting and welding – Drilling – surface Hardening –
Medical applications - laser as diagnostic and therapeutic tool – Holography – Theory
of recording and reconstruction – application of Holography.
UNIT - IV : OPTIC FIBERS (15 hours)

Fiber optic revolution – basic characteristics of optical fiber – acceptance angle –
numerical aperture – propagation of light through optical fiber – theory of mode
formation – classification of fibers – step index and graded index fibers – single mode
and multi mode fibers – losses in fibers – fabrication techniques of fibers.
UNIT - V : FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION (15 hours)

Source and detectors for fiber optic communication – Laser and LED – Analog and
digital modulation methods – principle of optical detection – pin and APD photo
detectors – Noise – Design consideration of a fiber optic communication system.

TEXT BOOKS
1. Ashokamani-Laser
2. R. Murugeshan, Modern Physics, S. Chand & Co., 2009.
3. Senthil Kumar, Engineering Physics, VRB Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2013.
4. K. Thyagarajan and Ajoy Ghatak, Laser Theory and Applications, Cambridge
University Press, 1999.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. John M. Senior, Optical Fiber Communications, Cambridge University Press,
1996.
2. Govind P. Agrawal, Fiber – Optic Communication Systems, John- Willey & Sons,
2007.
3. P. K. Palanisamy, Physics for Engineering, Scitech publishing Pvt. Ltd., Chennai,
2009.

YEAR- III PH613
SEMESTER VI APPLIED ELECTRONICS HRS/WK-5
CORE-12 CREDIT-4
UNIT - I : SPECIAL DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS (15 hours)

FET _ Characteristics – parameter FET as amplifier – FET as VVR – MOSFET –
Depletion and enhancement – UJT characteristics – UJT as relaxation oscillator –
SCR characteristics.
UNIT - II : LINEAR OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS (15 hours)

OPAMP – Parameters – inverting and Non-inverting amplifier – gain – Miller effect –
Virtual ground – offset voltage – offset current – PSRR - CMRR. OPAMP – Sign and
scale changer – adder, subtractor and averager – integrator and differentiator – voltage
follower – solving simultaneous linear equation.
UNIT – III : APPLICATIONS OF OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER (15 hours)

OP AMP logarithmic amplifer – antilogarthmic amplifer – Logarithmic multiplier –
Logarithmic divider.Comparator – Schmitt trigger – Astable multivibrator –
Monostable multivibrator – Bistable multivibrator – Wein Bridge oscillator – phase
shift oscillator.
UNIT - IV : 555 TIMER AND PLL (15 hours)

555 Timer block diagram - Monostable operation – Astable operation – Schmitt
trigger.Phase – Locked Loops (PLL): Basic principles – phase Detector- Analog phase
detector – Digital phase detector – voltage controlled oscillator (VCO).
UNIT - V : D / A AND A / D CONVERTER (15 hours)

Weighted resistor D/A converter – 4bit R-2R ladder DAC – Analog to Digital
converter – Stair case ADC– Successive approximation ADC.

TEXT BOOKS
1. Vijayendran, Introduction to Integrated Electronics, S.Viswanathan Pvt. Ltd.,
2009.
2. R.S. Sedha, A text Book of Applied Electronics, S. Chand & Company Ltd.,
2nd New Edition, 2000.
3. M. Arul Thalapathi, Basic and Applied Electronics, Cometak Publisher
Chennai, 2005.
4. V.K. Mehta, Principles of Electronics, S. Chand & Company Ltd, Chennai,
2005
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Albert Paul Malvino, Digital Computer Electronics, TMH Edition, 1992.
2. I. J. Jagrath, Electronics – Analog and Digital, Prentice – Hall of India,
New Delhi, 1999.
3. Malvino Leach, Digital Principles and Applications, 4thEdn., Tata McGraw
Hill, 1992.
4. Jacob Millman and Christos C. Halkias, Integrated Electronics, McGraw
Hill International, 1971.
5. D. Roy Choudhury and Shall Jain, Linear Integrated Circuits, New age
International (p) Ltd., 2010.
6. Ramakant A. Gayakwad, OP–AMPS and Linear Integrated Circuits,
Prentice Hall of India, 1994.

YEAR- III NUMERICAL METHODS & BASIC EPH614S
SEMESTER VI COMPUTER PROGRAMMING HRS/WK-4
Elective - 2 ELECTIVE-II CREDIT-3
UNIT 1: SOLUTION OF EQUATION (15 hours)

Eigen values, Eigen vectors, Cayley Hamilton ; characteristic equation of a matrix –
Solution of simultaneous equations – Gauss elimination method – Gauss-Jordan
method.
UNIT 2: INTERPOLATION (15 hours)

Linear and Lagrange interpolation – Newton’s forward & backward interpolation
polynomial equation & determination of roots – Newton-Raphson method.
UNIT 3: NUMERICAL INTEGRATION AND DIFFERENTIATION (15 hours)

Trapezoidal rule – Simpson rule 1/3 & 3/8 – Solution of first & second order
differential equation: Taylor series – Euler’s method (Improved & Modified) –
Solutions of forth order Runge-Kutta method.
UNIT 4: PROGRAMING IN C (15 hours)

Variables – data type and sizes – declaration – arithmetic, relational and logical
operators –Conditional control statements – simple IF, IF..ELSE, nested IF..ELSE,
ELSE IF ladder – switch case – break – continue statement. Looping statement –
while – do-while – for – nested for loop – (Basic Programs - Qualitative studies
only)
TEXT BOOKS
1. S.S. Sastry, Numerical Methods, Prentice Hall India Learning Private Limited;
Fifth edition 2012.
2. A. Singaravelu, Numerical methods, 1st Ed., Meenakshi Publication, Tamil
Nadu, 2008.
3. Venkataraman, Numerical Methods, The National Publishing Company,
Madras, 1999.
4. Thilagavathi, Numerical Methods, Published by S. Chand & Company Ltd.,
2013.
5. Kandasamy, Numerical Methods, S Chand & Company; Reprint 6th Edition,
2006.
6. E. Balagurusamy, ANSI-C, McGraw Hill Education India Private Limited;
Seventh Edition, 2016.

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Satya Prakash, Mathematical Physics, 4th Ed., Sultan Chand & Sons Publication,
New Delhi, 2014.
2. Yeshwant kanitkar,Let us ‘C’, BPB Publications; Thirteenth Revised and Updated
Edition, 2016.
3. Kuo-Addison, Numerical Methods and Computers, Wesely London, 1966.
4. Rajaraman, Computer Oriented Numerical Methods, 3rd Ed.,Prentice Hall India
Learning Private Limited, 1993.

YEAR- III
ENERGY PHYSICS
SEMESTER VI HRS/WK-4
ELECTIVE-II CREDIT-3
UNIT I (12 hours)

Conventional Energy Sources: World’s reserve of commercial energy sources and
their availability-various forms of energy- renewable and conventional energy
systems- comparison and natural gas – availability –statistical details-applications-
merits and demerits
UNIT II (12 hours)

Non-Conventional Energy Sources: Renewable energy sources- solar energy- nature
of solar radiation- components-solar heaters- crop dryers- space cooling-solar ponds-
solar cookers-water desalination- photovoltaic generation basics- merits and demerits
of solar energy
UNIT III (12 hours)

Biomass energy-classification- photosynthesis- biomass conversion process- gobar
gas plants- wood gasification- ethanol from wood- advantages and disadvantages of
biomass as energy source
UNIT IV (12 hours)

Geothermal energy- wind energy- ocean thermal energy conversion(OTEC)-energy
from waves and tides(basic ideas, nature, applications, merits and demerits)
UNIT V (12 hours)

Energy storage and impacts of Non-conventional energy: Conversion of energy-
patterns of energy consumption in domestic, industrial, transpotation, agricultural
sectors- conservation principles in these sectors- energy crisis and possible solutions-
energy options for the developing countries- energy storage and hydrogen as a fuel (
basics)-impact due to non-conventional energy sources-global warming
TEXT BOOKS
1. S Rao-Energy Technology-Non-conventional-Renewable-Conventional
2. Environmental studies-Rajamannar-EVR College-Publishers-Trichy
3. Rajamaanar, 2004, Environmental Studies.
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REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Sukhatme, Solar Energy, McGraw-Hill Inc., US, 2nd Revised Edition,1997.

YEAR- III PHP06
MAIN PRACTICAL -VI
PRACTICAL - 6 CREDIT-4
(Any Twelve out of Sixteen can be selected)
1. Construction of a full wave rectifier-solid state using four diodes

2. 5V – Ic regulated power supply – characteristics
3. RC-coupled amplifier using transistor- Double statge(voltage gain and variation
with load)
4. Hartley oscillator
5. Colpitt’s oscillator
6. NAND, NOR universal gates
7. Half adder and Full adder –Using NAND gates
8. Half subtractor and Full subtractor- Using NAND gates
9. Multiplexer and demultiplexer
10. Microprocessor programming – 8-bit Addition and Subtraction.
11. Microprocessor programming – 8-bit Multiplication and Division.
12. RS, D-flip flop, Clocked RS Flip flop using NAND gates only
13. Four bit ripple counter
14. Verification of De Morgan’s theorems.
15. Basic logic gates using transistor –AND, OR & NOT gates.
16. OP AMP -Voltage follower-adder Averager- inverting mode

YEAR – II ALLIED PHYSICS APH301S/401S
SEMESTER – III & IV For the students admitted in the HRS/WK - 5
ALLIED year 2016. CREDIT - 4
UNIT- I: PROPERTIES OF MATTER & ACOUSTICS (15 hours)

Bending of beams: Non uniform bending-Torsion of a wire-Torsional pendulum.
Sound: Transverse vibrations of a stretched string- expression for the velocity of
transverse wave – laws of transverse vibrations- A.C frequency measurement using
sonometer- velocity of sound in a gas-Ultrasonics-production and uses.
UNIT- II: ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM (15 hours)

Capacitor- energy of charged capacitors- loss of energy due to sharing of charges DC
circuits – growth and decay of charge containing resistance and capacitor (RC) circuit
& inductance and resistance (LR) circuit - potentiometer-measurement of internal
resistance of a cell and unknown resistances – Moment, Tan C and pole strength of a
magnet
UNIT- III: OPTICS (15 hours)

Interference-Wedge shaped film-Air wedge-Description- Test for Optical flatness of
glass plate-Determination of diameter of a thin wire by air wedge-chromatic
aberration- achromatic combination of two thin lenses in contact- optical activity-
specific rotatory power-polarimeter
UNIT- IV: RELATIVITY & QUANTUM MECHANICS (15 hours)

Elements of relativity and Postulates of theory of relativity- Lorentz transformation
equations- derivation Addition of velocities-twin paradox Minkowski’s four
dimensional space.
Quantum mechanics: De Broglie’s waves - Uncertainty principle- postulates of wave
mechanics- - Schrӧ dinger’s equation (Time dependent one dimensional) - application
to a particle in a box.
UNIT- V: ELECTRONICS (15 hours)

FET-characteristics-parameters-FET as amplifier-IC-SSI LSI MSI-VLSI IC fabrication-
Diode-flip flops-RS flip flops-D flip flops-JK flip flops .

Text Books
1. Brij Lal & N. Subrahmanyam, Properties of Matter, S. Chand Publications, 2002.
2. R. Murugesan, Allied Physics,S. Chand Publishing, 2005.
3. Brijlal Subramaniyam,Text book of Sound, Vikas Publishing, 2nd Revised Edition.
4. V.K.Metha.S Chand, Principle of Electronics, 7th Revised Edition, 2005.
5. Subramaniam N & Brijlal, Optics, S. Chand & Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1990.
6. R. Murugesan, Optics and Spectroscopy S. Chand & Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,
2009.

YEAR – II APHP301/401
SEMESTER – III & IV ALLIED PRACTICAL HRS/WK - 3
ALLIED CREDIT - 2
LIST OF PRACTICALS
(Any TEN out of the thirteen experiments can be selected)
1. Determination of Young’s modulus –non-uniform bending -Pin and

microscope.
2. Determination of Rigidity modulus- Torsional pendulum (without masses).
3. Determination of Rigidity modulus – Static torsion
4. Sonometer –frequency of tuning fork.
5. Sonometer – A.C frequency - Steel and Brass wire.
6. Air wedge – thickness of a wire.
7. Spectrometer – Grating-Minimum deviation
8. Potentiometer – Measurement of Internal resistance of a cell.
9. Figure of merit of a galvanometer (Table galvanometer).
10. Construction of AND, OR NOT gates using diodes and transistors.
11. NAND gate as a universal gate.
12. Field along the axis of a circular coil-deflection magnetometer M and BH -
TanC position
13. RS- Flip flop, Clocked RS Flip flops.

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PG & RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF

Thiruvalluvar University Board Member: Chairman:

Members of the Board:

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ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE (AUTONOMOUS)

Minutes of the Board of Studies meeting held on 11.03.2017

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 In Elective-I - Materials Science, some textbooks may be added as

Reference Books as:

 In PH507 change in textbooks and reference books .

Reference Books added:

 In APH301/401- Allied Physics, some topics to be included in Unit 1 are “Bending of

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*The revised Syllabus of the following subjects will be followed:

For the students admitted from the year 2015:

1. Optics & Spectroscopy (PH505S)

2. Basic Electronics (PH508S)

For the students admitted from the year 2016:

1. Allied Physics (APH301S/401S)

2. Electricity & Magnetism (PH404S)

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UNIT- I: ELASTICITY-I (24 Hours)

UNIT- III: FLUIDS (24 Hours)

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UNIT-V: ULTRASONICS & ACOUSTICS (24 Hours)

1. Baldevraj.,Science & Technology of Ultrasonic, Narosa, 2006.

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(Any nine out of the given 12 experiments)

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UNIT- I: TRANSMISSION OF HEAT (24 Hours)

UNIT- II: KINETIC THEORY (24 Hours)

UNIT- III: GASSES AND LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS (24 Hours)

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UNIT-I (24 hours)

UNIT-II (24 hours)

UNIT-III (24 hours)

UNIT IV (24 hours)

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UNIT I ELECTROSTATICS (24 hours)

UNIT II CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT ( 24 hours)

UNIT III TRANSIENT CURRENT ( 24 hours)

UNIT IV A.C AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION ( 24 hours)

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