College Physics 10th edition

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Raymond A. Serway and Chris Vuille
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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  • Chapter 1: Introduction
    • 1.1: Standards of Length, Mass, and Time
    • 1.2: The Building Blocks of Matter
    • 1.3: Dimensional Analysis
    • 1.4: Uncertainty Measurement and Significant Figures
    • 1.5: Conversion of Units
    • 1.6: Estimates and Order-of-Magnitude Calculations
    • 1.7: Coordinate Systems
    • 1.8: Trigonometry
    • 1.9: Problem-Solving Strategy
    • 1: Additional Problems
    • 1: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 1: Conceptual Questions
    • 1: Active Examples
    • 1: Active Figures
    • 1: Training Tutorials
    • 1: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 2: Motion in One Dimension
    • 2.1: Displacement
    • 2.2: Velocity
    • 2.3: Acceleration
    • 2.4: Motion Diagrams
    • 2.5: One-Dimensional Motion with Constant Acceleration
    • 2.6: Freely Falling Objects
    • 2: Additional Problems
    • 2: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 2: Conceptual Questions
    • 2: Active Examples
    • 2: Active Figures
    • 2: Training Tutorials
    • 2: Quick Quizzes
    • 2: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 3: Vectors and Two-Dimensional Motion
    • 3.1: Vectors and Their Properties
    • 3.2: Components of a Vector
    • 3.3: Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration in Two Dimensions
    • 3.4: Motion in Two Dimensions
    • 3.5: Relative Velocity
    • 3: Additional Problems
    • 3: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 3: Conceptual Questions
    • 3: Active Examples
    • 3: Active Figures
    • 3: Training Tutorials
    • 3: Quick Quizzes
    • 3: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 4: The Laws of Motion
    • 4.1: Forces
    • 4.2: Newton's First Law
    • 4.3: Newton's Second Law
    • 4.4: Newton's Third Law
    • 4.5: Applications of Newton's Laws
    • 4.6: Forces of Friction
    • 4: Additional Problems
    • 4: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 4: Conceptual Questions
    • 4: Active Examples
    • 4: Active Figures
    • 4: Training Tutorials
    • 4: Quick Quizzes
    • 4: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 5: Energy
    • 5.1: Work
    • 5.2: Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem
    • 5.3: Gravitational Potential Energy
    • 5.4: Spring Potential Energy
    • 5.5: Systems and Energy Conservation
    • 5.6: Power
    • 5.7: Work Done by a Varying Force
    • 5: Additional Problems
    • 5: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 5: Conceptual Questions
    • 5: Active Examples
    • 5: Active Figures
    • 5: Training Tutorials
    • 5: Quick Quizzes
    • 5: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 6: Momentum and Collisions
    • 6.1: Momentum and Impulse
    • 6.2: Conservation of Momentum
    • 6.3: Collisions
    • 6.4: Glancing Collisions
    • 6.5: Rocket Propulsion
    • 6: Additional Problems
    • 6: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 6: Conceptual Questions
    • 6: Active Examples
    • 6: Active Figures
    • 6: Training Tutorials
    • 6: Quick Quizzes
    • 6: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 7: Rotational Motion and the Law of Gravity
    • 7.1: Angular Speed and Angular Acceleration
    • 7.2: Rotational Motion Under Constant Angular Acceleration
    • 7.3: Relations Between Angular and Linear Quantities
    • 7.4: Centripetal Acceleration
    • 7.5: Newtonian Gravitation
    • 7.6: Kepler's Laws
    • 7: Additional Problems
    • 7: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 7: Conceptual Questions
    • 7: Active Examples
    • 7: Active Figures
    • 7: Training Tutorials
    • 7: Quick Quizzes
    • 7: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 8: Rotational Equilibrium and Rotational Dynamics
    • 8.1: Torque
    • 8.2: Torque and the Two Conditions for Equilibrium
    • 8.3: The Center of Gravity
    • 8.4: Examples of Objects in Equilibrium
    • 8.5: Relationship Between Torque and Angular Acceleration
    • 8.6: Rotational Kinetic Energy
    • 8.7: Angular Momentum
    • 8: Additional Problems
    • 8: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 8: Conceptual Questions
    • 8: Active Examples
    • 8: Active Figures
    • 8: Training Tutorials
    • 8: Quick Quizzes
    • 8: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 9: Solids and Fluids
    • 9.1: States of Matter
    • 9.2: Density and Pressure
    • 9.3: The Deformation of Solids
    • 9.4: Variation of Pressure with Depth
    • 9.5: Pressure Measurements
    • 9.6: Buoyant Forces and Archimedes' Principle
    • 9.7: Fluids in Motion
    • 9.8: Other Applications of Fluid Dynamics
    • 9.9: Surface Tension, Capillary Action, and Viscous Fluid Flow
    • 9.10: Transport Phenomena
    • 9: Additional Problems
    • 9: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 9: Conceptual Questions
    • 9: Active Examples
    • 9: Active Figures
    • 9: Training Tutorials
    • 9: Quick Quizzes
    • 9: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 10: Thermal Physics
    • 10.1: Temperature and the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
    • 10.2: Thermometers and Temperature Scales
    • 10.3: Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids
    • 10.4: Macroscopic Description of an Ideal Gas
    • 10.5: The Kinetic Theory of Gases
    • 10: Additional Problems
    • 10: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 10: Conceptual Questions
    • 10: Active Examples
    • 10: Active Figures
    • 10: Training Tutorials
    • 10: Quick Quizzes
    • 10: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 11: Energy in Thermal Processes
    • 11.1: Heat and Internal Energy
    • 11.2: Specific Heat
    • 11.3: Calorimetry
    • 11.4: Latent Heat and Phase Change
    • 11.5: Energy Transfer
    • 11.6: Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases
    • 11: Additional Problems
    • 11: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 11: Conceptual Questions
    • 11: Active Examples
    • 11: Training Tutorials
    • 11: Quick Quizzes
    • 11: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 12: The Laws of Thermodynamics
    • 12.1: Work in Thermodynamic Processes
    • 12.2: The First Law of Thermodynamics
    • 12.3: Thermal Processes
    • 12.4: Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
    • 12.5: Entropy
    • 12.6: Human Metabolism
    • 12: Additional Problems
    • 12: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 12: Conceptual Questions
    • 12: Active Examples
    • 12: Active Figures
    • 12: Training Tutorials
    • 12: Quick Quizzes
    • 12: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 13: Vibrations and Waves
    • 13.1: Hooke's Law
    • 13.2: Elastic Potential Energy
    • 13.3: Comparing Simple Harmonic Motion with Uniform Circular Motion
    • 13.4: Position, Velocity, and Acceleration as a Function of Time
    • 13.5: Motion of a Pendulum
    • 13.6: Damped Oscillations
    • 13.7: Waves
    • 13.8: Frequency, Amplitude, and Wavelength
    • 13.9: The Speed of Waves on Strings
    • 13.10: Interference of Waves
    • 13.11: Reflection of Waves
    • 13: Additional Problems
    • 13: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 13: Conceptual Questions
    • 13: Active Examples
    • 13: Active Figures
    • 13: Training Tutorials
    • 13: Quick Quizzes
    • 13: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 14: Sound
    • 14.1: Producing a Sound Wave
    • 14.2: Characteristics of Sound Waves
    • 14.3: The Speed of Sound
    • 14.4: Energy and Intensity of Sound Waves
    • 14.5: Spherical and Plane Waves
    • 14.6: The Doppler Effect
    • 14.7: Interference of Sound Waves
    • 14.8: Standing Waves
    • 14.9: Forced Vibrations and Resonance
    • 14.10: Standing Waves in Air Columns
    • 14.11: Beats
    • 14.12: Quality of Sound
    • 14.13: The Ear
    • 14: Additional Problems
    • 14: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 14: Conceptual Questions
    • 14: Active Examples
    • 14: Active Figures
    • 14: Training Tutorials
    • 14: Quick Quizzes
    • 14: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 15: Electric Forces and Electric Fields
    • 15.1: Properties of Electric Charges
    • 15.2: Insulators and Conductors
    • 15.3: Coulomb's Law
    • 15.4: The Electric Field
    • 15.5: Electric Field Lines
    • 15.6: Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium
    • 15.7: The Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment
    • 15.8: The Van de Graaff Generator
    • 15.9: Electric Flux and Gauss's Law
    • 15: Additional Problems
    • 15: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 15: Conceptual Questions
    • 15: Active Examples
    • 15: Active Figures
    • 15: Training Tutorials
    • 15: Quick Quizzes
    • 15: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 16: Electrical Energy and Capacitance
    • 16.1: Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential
    • 16.2: Electric Potential and Potential Energy Due to Point Charges
    • 16.3: Potentials and Charged Conductors
    • 16.4: Equipotential Surfaces
    • 16.5: Applications
    • 16.6: Capacitance
    • 16.7: The Parallel-Plate Capacitor
    • 16.8: Combinations of Capacitors
    • 16.9: Energy Stored in a Charged Capacitor
    • 16.10: Capacitors with Dielectrics
    • 16: Additional Problems
    • 16: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 16: Conceptual Questions
    • 16: Active Examples
    • 16: Active Figures
    • 16: Training Tutorials
    • 16: Quick Quizzes
    • 16: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 17: Current and Resistance
    • 17.1: Electric Current
    • 17.2: A Microscopic View: Current and Drift Speed
    • 17.3: Current and Voltage Measurements In Circuits
    • 17.4: Resistance, Resistivity, and Ohm's Law
    • 17.5: Temperature Variation of Resistance
    • 17.6: Electrical Energy and Power
    • 17.7: Superconductors
    • 17.8: Electrical Activity in the Heart
    • 17: Additional Problems
    • 17: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 17: Conceptual Questions
    • 17: Active Examples
    • 17: Active Figures
    • 17: Training Tutorials
    • 17: Quick Quizzes
    • 17: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 18: Direct-Current Circuits
    • 18.1: Sources of emf
    • 18.2: Resistors in Series
    • 18.3: Resistors in Parallel
    • 18.4: Kirchhoff's Rules and Complex DC Circuits
    • 18.5: RC Circuits
    • 18.6: Household Circuits
    • 18.7: Electrical Safety
    • 18.8: Conduction of Electrical Signals by Neurons
    • 18: Additional Problems
    • 18: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 18: Conceptual Questions
    • 18: Active Examples
    • 18: Active Figures
    • 18: Training Tutorials
    • 18: Quick Quizzes
    • 18: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 19: Magnetism
    • 19.1: Magnets
    • 19.2: Earth's Magnetic Field
    • 19.3: Magnetic Fields
    • 19.4: Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor
    • 19.5: Torque on a Current Loop and Electric Motors
    • 19.6: Motion of a Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field
    • 19.7: Magnetic Field of a Long, Straight Wire and Ampère's Law
    • 19.8: Magnetic Force Between Two Parallel Conductors
    • 19.9: Magnetic Fields of Current Loops and Solenoids
    • 19.10: Magnetic Domains
    • 19: Additional Problems
    • 19: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 19: Conceptual Questions
    • 19: Active Examples
    • 19: Active Figures
    • 19: Training Tutorials
    • 19: Quick Quizzes
    • 19: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 20: Induced Voltages and Inductance
    • 20.1: Induced emf and Magnetic Flux
    • 20.2: Faraday's Law of Induction and Lenz's Law
    • 20.3: Motional emf
    • 20.4: Generators
    • 20.5: Self-Inductance
    • 20.6: RL Circuits
    • 20.7: Energy Stored in a Magnetic Field
    • 20: Additional Problems
    • 20: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 20: Conceptual Questions
    • 20: Active Examples
    • 20: Active Figures
    • 20: Training Tutorials
    • 20: Quick Quizzes
    • 20: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 21: Alternating-Current Circuits and Electromagnetic Waves
    • 21.1: Resistors in an AC Circuit
    • 21.2: Capacitors in an AC Circuit
    • 21.3: Inductors in an AC Circuit
    • 21.4: The RLC Series Circuit
    • 21.5: Power in an AC Circuit
    • 21.6: Resonance in a Series RLC Circuit
    • 21.7: The Transformer
    • 21.8: Maxwell's Predictions
    • 21.9: Hertz's Confirmation of Maxwell's Predictions
    • 21.10: Production of Electromagnetic Waves by an Antenna
    • 21.11: Properties of Electromagnetic Waves
    • 21.12: The Spectrum of Electromagnetic Waves
    • 21.13: The Doppler Effect for Electromagnetic Waves
    • 21: Additional Problems
    • 21: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 21: Conceptual Questions
    • 21: Active Examples
    • 21: Active Figures
    • 21: Training Tutorials
    • 21: Quick Quizzes
    • 21: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 22: Reflection and Refraction of Light
    • 22.1: The Nature of Light
    • 22.2: Reflection and Refraction
    • 22.3: The Law of Refraction
    • 22.4: Dispersion and Prisms
    • 22.5: The Rainbow
    • 22.6: Huygens' Principle
    • 22.7: Total Internal Reflection
    • 22: Additional Problems
    • 22: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 22: Conceptual Questions
    • 22: Active Examples
    • 22: Active Figures
    • 22: Training Tutorials
    • 22: Quick Quizzes
    • 22: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 23: Mirrors and Lenses
    • 23.1: Flat Mirrors
    • 23.2: Images Formed by Concave Mirrors
    • 23.3: Convex Mirrors and Sign Conventions
    • 23.4: Images Formed by Refraction
    • 23.5: Atmospheric Refraction
    • 23.6: Thin Lenses
    • 23.7: Lens and Mirror Aberrations
    • 23: Additional Problems
    • 23: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 23: Conceptual Questions
    • 23: Active Examples
    • 23: Active Figures
    • 23: Training Tutorials
    • 23: Quick Quizzes
    • 23: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 24: Wave Optics
    • 24.1: Conditions for Interference
    • 24.2: Young's Double-Slit Experiment
    • 24.3: Change of Phase Due to Reflection
    • 24.4: Interference in Thin Films
    • 24.5: Using Interference to Read CDs and DVDs
    • 24.6: Diffraction
    • 24.7: Single-Slit Diffraction
    • 24.8: The Diffraction Grating
    • 24.9: Polarization of Light Waves
    • 24: Additional Problems
    • 24: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 24: Conceptual Questions
    • 24: Active Examples
    • 24: Active Figures
    • 24: Training Tutorials
    • 24: Quick Quizzes
    • 24: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 25: Optical Instruments
    • 25.1: The Camera
    • 25.2: The Eye
    • 25.3: The Simple Magnifier
    • 25.4: The Compound Microscope
    • 25.5: The Telescope
    • 25.6: Resolution of Single-Slit and Circular Apertures
    • 25.7: The Michelson Interferometer
    • 25: Additional Problems
    • 25: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 25: Conceptual Questions
    • 25: Active Examples
    • 25: Active Figures
    • 25: Training Tutorials
    • 25: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 26: Relativity
    • 26.1: Galilean Relativity
    • 26.2: The Speed of Light
    • 26.3: Einstein's Principle of Relativity
    • 26.4: Consequences of Special Relativity
    • 26.5: Relativistic Momentum
    • 26.6: Relative Velocity in Special Relativity
    • 26.7: Relativistic Energy and the Equivalence of Mass and Energy
    • 26.8: General Relativity
    • 26: Additional Problems
    • 26: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 26: Conceptual Questions
    • 26: Active Examples
    • 26: Active Figures
    • 26: Training Tutorials
    • 26: Quick Quizzes
    • 26: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 27: Quantum Physics
    • 27.1: Blackbody Radiation and Planck's Hypothesis
    • 27.2: The Photoelectric Effect and the Particle Theory of Light
    • 27.3: X-Rays
    • 27.4: Diffraction of X-Rays by Crystals
    • 27.5: The Compton Effect
    • 27.6: The Dual Nature of Light and Matter
    • 27.7: The Wave Function
    • 27.8: The Uncertainty Principle
    • 27: Additional Problems
    • 27: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 27: Conceptual Questions
    • 27: Active Examples
    • 27: Active Figures
    • 27: Training Tutorials
    • 27: Quick Quizzes
    • 27: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 28: Atomic Physics
    • 28.1: Early Models of the Atom
    • 28.2: Atomic Spectra
    • 28.3: The Bohr Model
    • 28.4: Quantum Mechanics and the Hydrogen Atom
    • 28.5: The Exclusion Principle and the Periodic Table
    • 28.6: Characteristic X-Rays
    • 28.7: Atomic Transitions and Lasers
    • 28: Additional Problems
    • 28: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 28: Conceptual Questions
    • 28: Active Examples
    • 28: Active Figures
    • 28: Training Tutorials
    • 28: Quick Quizzes
    • 28: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 29: Nuclear Physics
    • 29.1: Some Properties of Nuclei
    • 29.2: Binding Energy
    • 29.3: Radioactivity
    • 29.4: The Decay Processes
    • 29.5: Natural Radioactivity
    • 29.6: Nuclear Reactions
    • 29.7: Medical Applications of Radiation
    • 29: Additional Problems
    • 29: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 29: Conceptual Questions
    • 29: Active Examples
    • 29: Active Figures
    • 29: Training Tutorials
    • 29: Quick Quizzes
    • 29: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter 30: Nuclear Energy and Elementary Particles
    • 30.1: Nuclear Fission
    • 30.2: Nuclear Fusion
    • 30.3: Elementary Particles and the Fundamental Forces
    • 30.4: Positrons and Other Antiparticles
    • 30.5: Classification of Particles
    • 30.6: Conservation Laws
    • 30.7: The Eightfold Way
    • 30.8: Quarks and Color
    • 30.9: Electroweak Theory and the Standard Model
    • 30.10: The Cosmic Connection
    • 30.11: Unanswered Questions in Cosmology
    • 30.12: Problems and Perspectives
    • 30: Additional Problems
    • 30: Warm-Up Exercises
    • 30: Conceptual Questions
    • 30: Active Examples
    • 30: Active Figures
    • 30: Training Tutorials
    • 30: Quick Quizzes
    • 30: PreLecture Explorations

  • Chapter Q1: Quick Prep: Keeping It in the Ballpark
    • Q1: Problems
    • Q1: Tutorials

  • Chapter Q2: Quick Prep: The Motion of Objects Along a Line
    • Q2: Problems
    • Q2: Tutorials

  • Chapter Q3: Quick Prep: Those Special Functions
    • Q3: Problems
    • Q3: Tutorials

  • Chapter Q4: Quick Prep: Elements of Approximation and Graphing
    • Q4: Problems
    • Q4: Tutorials

  • Chapter Q5: Quick Prep: Probability and Error
    • Q5: Problems
    • Q5: Tutorials

  • Chapter Q6: Quick Prep: Return to Lineland
    • Q6: Problems
    • Q6: Tutorials

  • Chapter Q7: Quick Prep: Vectors, Displacement, and Velocity
    • Q7: Problems
    • Q7: Tutorials

  • Chapter Q8: Quick Prep: Life on a Sphere
    • Q8: Problems
    • Q8: Tutorials

  • Chapter Q9: Quick Prep: Force
    • Q9: Problems
    • Q9: Tutorials

  • Chapter Q10: Quick Prep: Vector Projections
    • Q10: Problems
    • Q10: Tutorials

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