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Main formulae for Part 1 Basic electrical and electronic principles

Part 1
General Magnetic circuits
 NI B
Charge Q = It Force F = ma B= Fm = NI H = = μ0 μr
A l H
W
Work W = Fs Power P = mmf l
t S= =
 μ0 μr A
Energy W = Pt
V V
Ohm’s law V = IR or I = or R = Electromagnetism
R I
1 F = BIlsin θ F = Qv B
Conductance G =
R
V2 ρl Electromagnetic induction
Power P = VI = I 2R = Resistance R =
R a d dI
Resistance at θ ◦ C, Rθ = R0 (1 +α0 θ ) E = Blv sin θ E = −N = −L
dt dt
Terminal p.d. of source, V = E − Ir 1
W = LI2
Series circuit R = R1 + R2 + R3 + · · · 2
1 1 1 1 N N2 dI1 N1 N2
Parallel network = + + + ··· L= = E 2 = −M M=
R R1 R2 R3 I S dt S

Capacitors and capacitance

V Q Q Measurements
E= C= Q = It D = Ia r a V − I ra
d V A Shunt Rs = Multiplier R M =
D Is I
= ε0 εr
E
ε0 εr A(n − 1) P2 I2 V2
C= Power in decibels =10 log = 20 log = 20 log
d P1 I1 V1
Capacitors in parallel C = C1 + C2 + C3 + · · · R2 R3
Wheatstone bridge Rx =
1 1 1 1 R1
Capacitors in series = + + + ···
C C1 C2 C3  
l2
1 Potentiometer E 2 = E 1
W = CV2 l1
2

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