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Automobile Ignition System (Physics of Technology Series)

A module on electricity and magnetism. Treats a variety of alternating current and magnetic phenomena, including inductance, capacitance, magnetic field, magnetic flux, Faraday's law, Ampere's law, Lenz' law, resonance, and oscillations in AC circuits. Completion of the module also provides a good introduction to the use of the oscilloscope. Prerequisites, which include simple electrostatics and current electricity, can be met by completion of THE CATHODE RAY TUBE and/or THE MULTIMETER. Part of the Physics of Technology program, a 27-module introduction to physics at a pre-calculus level. The American Institute of Physics coordinated this program in the 1970s, with modules created by Florissant Valley Community College, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, the State University of New York at Binghamton, and TERC. From the Instructor’s Manual : The Automobile Ignition System module covers magnetism, electromagnetism, and electromagnetic induction. The practical devices that utilize these concepts self and mutual inductance—are used along with capacitors and resistors in a study of circuits that exhibit exponential decay or growth, and oscillations. SPECIAL PREREQUISITES This module re

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