Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: Electric circuits
  2: Electromotive force
  3: Energy and electric potential in a circuit
  4: Internal resistance of a battery
  5: Measuring current and potential difference
  6: Series wiring
  7: Resistors in series
  8: Interactive problem: series wiring
  9: Interactive checkpoint: voltage divider
10: Parallel wiring
11: Resistors in parallel
12: Interactive problem: a parallel circuit
13: Interactive problem: potential difference in parallel circuit
14: Circuits with series and parallel wiring
15: Sample problem: circuits with series and parallel wiring
16: Sample problem: a five-resistor circuit
17: Kirchhoff's loop rule
18: Sample problem: Kirchhoff's loop rule
19: Kirchhoff's loop rule and more complex circuits
20: Kirchhoff's junction rule
21: Interactive checkpoint: Kirchhoff's junction rule
22: Sample problem: Kirchhoff's rules in a complex circuit
23: Interactive problem: a complex circuit
24: Interactive problem: stringing holiday lights
25: Physics at work: ammeters and voltmeters
26: Capacitors in series
27: Interactive problem: capacitors in a camera flash
28: Capacitors in parallel
29: Sample problem: powering a laser
30: Interactive checkpoint: return of the fuel cell car
31: Circuits with resistors and capacitors (RC circuits)
32: Discharging a capacitor in an RC circuit
33: Gotchas
34: Summary

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