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• Chapter 1: Introduction and Vectors
  • 1.1: Physics: An Introduction
  • 1.2: Problem Solving in Physics
  • 1.3: Units
  • 1.4: Unit Conversion
  • 1.5: Significant Digits
  • 1.6: Estimation
  • 1.7: Vectors
  • 1.8: Vector Components
  • 1.9: Unit Vectors
  • 1.10: Vector Dot Products and Cross Products
  • 1: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 2: One Dimensional Kinematics
  • 2.1: Displacement and Average Velocity
  • 2.2: Instantaneous Velocity
  • 2.3: Acceleration
  • 2.4: Constant Acceleration Motion
  • 2.5: Free Fall Motion
  • 2.6: Deriving Kinematics Equations Using Calculus
  • 2: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 3: Two and Three Dimensional Kinematics
  • 3.1: Using Vectors for Position and Velocity
  • 3.2: Acceleration as a Vector
  • 3.3: Projectile Motion
  • 3.4: Circular Motion
  • 3.5: Relative Motion
  • 3: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 4: Newton's Laws
  • 4.1: Force
  • 4.2: Newton's First Law
  • 4.3: Newton's Second Law
  • 4.4: Mass, Gravitational Force, Weight
  • 4.5: Newton's Third Law
  • 4.6: Using Free-Body Diagrams in Problem Solving
  • 4: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 5: Applications of Newton's Laws
  • 5.1: Applying Newton's First Law
  • 5.2: Applying Newton's Second Law
  • 5.3: Friction
  • 5.4: Uniform Circular Motion and Newton's Laws
  • 5.5: The Four Fundamental Interactions
  • 5: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 6: Energy and Work
  • 6.1: Work
  • 6.2: Kinetic Energy and Its Relation to Work
  • 6.3: Work by a Non-Constant Force
  • 6.4: Power
  • 6: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 7: Potential Energy; Conservation of Energy
  • 7.1: Gravitational Potential Energy (Near Earth's Surface)
  • 7.2: Potential Energy of Springs
  • 7.3: Conservative and Nonconservative Forces
  • 7.4: Potential Energy and Its Relation to Force
  • 7.5: Potential Energy Diagrams
  • 7: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 8: Momentum and Collisions
  • 8.1: Impulse and Momentum
  • 8.2: Momentum Conservation
  • 8.3: Collisions and Momentum Conservation
  • 8.4: Elastic Collisions
  • 8.5: Center of Mass
  • 8.6: Rockets
  • 8: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 9: Rigid Body Rotation
  • 9.1: Angular Position, Angular Velocity, and Angular Acceleration
  • 9.2: Constant Angular Acceleration Motion
  • 9.3: Comparing Angular and Translational Quantities
  • 9.4: Rotational Kinetic Energy
  • 9.5: The Parallel-Axis Theorem
  • 9.6: Calculating Moment of Inertia
  • 9: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 10: Rotational Dynamics
  • 10.1: Torque
  • 10.2: Relating Torque and Angular Acceleration
  • 10.3: Combined Translational and Rotational Motion
  • 10.4: Applying Work and Power to Rotational Motion
  • 10.5: Angular Momentum
  • 10.6: Angular Momentum Conservation
  • 10.7: Gyroscopic Motion
  • 10: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 11: Static Equilibrium and Elastic Matter
  • 11.1: Static Equilibrium Conditions
  • 11.2: Center of Gravity
  • 11.3: Problem Solving: Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
  • 11.4: Elastic Materials
  • 11.5: Elastic Behavior vs. Plastic Behavior of Solids
  • 11: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 12: Fluids
  • 12.1: Density of Fluids
  • 12.2: Pressure
  • 12.3: The Buoyant Force
  • 12.4: Flow of Fluids
  • 12.5: The Bernoulli Equation
  • 12.6: Viscosity of Fluids; Turbulence in Fluid Flow
  • 12: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 13: Gravitation
  • 13.1: Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
  • 13.2: Weight: Gravitational Force
  • 13.3: Gravitational Potential Energy (General)
  • 13.4: Satellite Motion
  • 13.5: Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
  • 13.6: Gravitational Properties of Spherically Symmetric Mass Distributions
  • 13.7: Apparent Weight
  • 13.8: Black Holes and their Properties
  • 13: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 14: Oscillations
  • 14.1: Amplitude, Period, and Frequency of Oscillations
  • 14.2: Simple Harmonic Motion
  • 14.3: Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
  • 14.4: Simple Harmonic Motion: Applications
  • 14.5: Simple Pendulums
  • 14.6: Physical Pendulums
  • 14.7: Damped Oscillation
  • 14.8: Resonance and Forced Oscillation
  • 14: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 15: Waves
  • 15.1: Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
  • 15.2: Periodicity in Waves
  • 15.3: Wave Functions and the Wave Equation
  • 15.4: Wave Speed
  • 15.5: Energy in Waves
  • 15.6: Superposition and Interference of Waves
  • 15.7: Standing Waves
  • 15.8: Normal Modes
  • 15: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 16: Sound
  • 16.1: Sound Waves
  • 16.2: Speed of Sound
  • 16.3: Intensity of Sound
  • 16.4: Standing Waves and Normal Modes: Sound
  • 16.5: Sound and Resonance
  • 16.6: Sound Wave Interference
  • 16.7: Beats
  • 16.8: The Doppler Effect
  • 16.9: Sonic Booms and Shock Waves
  • 16: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 17: Heat and Temperature
  • 17.1: Temperature
  • 17.2: Temperature Scales
  • 17.3: Absolute Temperature Scale
  • 17.4: Thermal Expansion of Matter
  • 17.5: Heat
  • 17.6: Phase Changes and Latent Heat
  • 17.7: Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • 17: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 18: Thermal Physics of Matter
  • 18.1: Equations of State and Ideal Gas Law
  • 18.2: Molecules, Molecular Forces, Moles
  • 18.3: Ideal Gas: Molecular Model
  • 18.4: Heat Capacity and Specific Heat
  • 18.5: Molecular Speed Distribution
  • 18.6: Phases of Matter and Phase Diagrams
  • 18: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 19: The First Law of Thermodynamics
  • 19.1: Thermodynamic Systems and Processes
  • 19.2: Work in Thermodynamic Systems
  • 19.3: Thermodynamic Paths and Diagrams
  • 19.4: Internal Energy
  • 19.5: Types of Thermodynamic Processes
  • 19.6: Ideal Gasses and Internal Energy
  • 19.7: Ideal Gasses and Heat Capacity
  • 19.8: Ideal Gasses and Adiabatic Processes
  • 19: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 20: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
  • 20.1: Reversible and Irreversible Processes
  • 20.2: Heat Engines
  • 20.3: Thermodynamics of the Internal Combustion Engine
  • 20.4: Thermodynamics of the Refrigerator
  • 20.5: The Second Law of Thermodynamics; Different Ways to State It
  • 20.6: Thermodynamics of the Carnot Cycle
  • 20.7: Entropy
  • 20.8: Statistical Mechanics
  • 20: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 21: Electric Charge, Electric Force, and Electric Field
  • 21.1: Electric Charge
  • 21.2: Conductors and Insulators; Charging by Induction
  • 21.3: Electric Force and Coulomb's Law
  • 21.4: Electric Field
  • 21.5: Calculating Electric Field
  • 21.6: Electric Field Lines
  • 21.7: The Electric Dipole
  • 21: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 22: Gauss's Law
  • 22.1: Electric Flux
  • 22.2: Electric Flux Calculations
  • 22.3: Gauss's Law & Electric Flux
  • 22.4: Applying Gauss's Law to Distributions of Charge
  • 22.5: Applying Gauss's Law to Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium
  • 22: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 23: Electric Potential
  • 23.1: Work and Electric Potential Energy
  • 23.2: Electric Potential: Relation to Charge and to Field
  • 23.3: Calculating Electric Potential from Charge Distributions or Fields
  • 23.4: Equipotential Surfaces and Charged Conductors
  • 23.5: Calculating Electric Field from Electric Potential
  • 23: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 24: Capacitors and Dielectric Materials
  • 24.1: Capacitance
  • 24.2: Series and Parallel Capacitors
  • 24.3: Energy in Capacitors
  • 24.4: Dielectrics in Capacitors
  • 24.5: Dielectrics: a Molecular Model
  • 24.6: Applying Gauss's Law in Dielectrics
  • 24: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 25: Current and Resistance
  • 25.1: Electric Current
  • 25.2: Resistivity
  • 25.3: Resistance
  • 25.4: EMF
  • 25.5: Power and Energy in Circuits
  • 25.6: Microscopic Model of Current
  • 25: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 26: DC Circuits
  • 26.1: Series and Parallel Resistors
  • 26.2: Kirchhoff's Laws: Node (Current) Rule and Loop (Voltage) Rule
  • 26.3: Meters
  • 26.4: RC Circuits
  • 26.5: Application: Household Electricity and Power
  • 26: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 27: Magnetic Forces and Magnetic Fields
  • 27.1: Introduction to Magnetism
  • 27.2: Magnetic Fields and Forces
  • 27.3: Magnetic Flux
  • 27.4: Charge Particles Moving in Magnetic Fields
  • 27.5: Applications: Electric and Magnetic Forces on Moving Charged Particles
  • 27.6: Magnetic Forces on Current-Carrying Conductors
  • 27.7: Magnetic Torque on Current Loops
  • 27.8: Application: Motors
  • 27.9: The Hall Effect
  • 27: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 28: Magnetic Fields and their Sources
  • 28.1: Magnetic Field Due to a Moving Point Charge
  • 28.2: The Biot-Savart Law
  • 28.3: Magnetic Field Due to a Long Straight Wire
  • 28.4: Magnetic Forces Between Two Parallel Current-Carrying Wires
  • 28.5: Magnetic Field of a Current Loop
  • 28.6: Ampere's Law
  • 28.7: Ampere's Law: Applications
  • 28.8: Paramagnetism, Diamagnetism, and Ferromagnetism
  • 28: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 29: Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law
  • 29.1: Induction
  • 29.2: Faraday's Law
  • 29.3: Lenz's Rule
  • 29.4: Motional EMF
  • 29.5: Induced Electric Fields
  • 29.6: Application: Eddy Currents
  • 29.7: Correcting Ampere's Law; Maxwell's Equations
  • 29.8: Superconductivity and Superconductors
  • 29: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 30: Inductance and Inductor Circuits
  • 30.1: Mutual Inductance
  • 30.2: Self Inductance
  • 30.3: Energy Stored in Magnetic Fields
  • 30.4: RL Circuits
  • 30.5: LC Circuits and Current Oscillation
  • 30.6: RLC Circuits and Damped Oscillation
  • 30: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 31: AC Circuits
  • 31.1: Phasors
  • 31.2: AC Circuits and Reactance
  • 31.3: RLC Circuits with AC Voltage Sources
  • 31.4: Power in AC Circuits
  • 31.5: Resonance in AC Circuits
  • 31.6: Transformers
  • 31: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 32: Electromagnetic Radiation
  • 32.1: Maxwell's Equations
  • 32.2: Electromagnetic Plane Waves
  • 32.3: Sinusoidal Waves
  • 32.4: Electromagnetic Waves Carry Energy and Momentum
  • 32.5: Reflection and Electromagnetic Standing Waves
  • 32: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 33: Light
  • 33.1: Modeling Light as Waves and Rays
  • 33.2: Reflection and Refraction of Light Rays
  • 33.3: Total Internal Reflection
  • 33.4: Dispersion of Light
  • 33.5: Polarization of Light
  • 33.6: Scattering
  • 33.7: Huygens's Principle and Wave Fronts
  • 33: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 34: Geometric Optics
  • 34.1: Flat Mirrors; Reflection and Refraction on Planes
  • 34.2: Spherical Mirrors
  • 34.3: Spherical Refraction
  • 34.4: Thin Lenses
  • 34.5: Cameras
  • 34.6: Eyes
  • 34.7: Magnifying Lenses
  • 34.8: Optics of Microscopes and Telescopes
  • 34: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 35: Waves Optics: Interference
  • 35.1: Interference of Light
  • 35.2: The Double-Slit Experiment
  • 35.3: Intensity in the Double-Slit Experiment
  • 35.4: Thin Film Interference
  • 35.5: Application: Michelson Interferometer
  • 35: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 36: Wave Optics: Diffraction
  • 36.1: Types of Diffraction
  • 36.2: Single-Slit Diffraction
  • 36.3: Single-Slit Diffraction Intensity
  • 36.4: Multiple-Slit Diffraction
  • 36.5: Diffraction Gratings
  • 36.6: X-Ray Diffraction
  • 36.7: Resolution and the Rayleigh Criterion
  • 36.8: Holography and Holograms
  • 36: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 37: Relativity
  • 37.1: Invariance
  • 37.2: Simultaneity
  • 37.3: Time Dilation
  • 37.4: Length Contraction
  • 37.5: Lorentz Transformations
  • 37.6: Relativistic Doppler Effect
  • 37.7: Momentum and Relativity
  • 37.8: Energy and Relativity
  • 37.9: Relating Newtonian Physics to Relativity; General Relativity
  • 37: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 38: Photons
  • 38.1: The Photoelectric Effect and Photons
  • 38.2: X-Ray Production and Bremsstrahlung
  • 38.3: The Compton Effect and Photon Scattering
  • 38.4: Wave Particle Duality
  • 38: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 39: Quantum Physics of Matter Waves
  • 39.1: DeBroglie Wavelength and Electron Diffraction
  • 39.2: The Rutherford Experiment; Atomic Spectra
  • 39.3: The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom
  • 39.4: Application: Lasers
  • 39.5: Blackbody Radiation
  • 39.6: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
  • 39: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 40: Quantum Mechanics
  • 40.1: The Schrodinger Equation
  • 40.2: The Quantum Particle in a Box
  • 40.3: The Quantum Particle in a Finite Potential Well
  • 40.4: Quantum Tunneling through a Barrier
  • 40.5: The Quantum Simple Harmonic Oscillator
  • 40.6: Measurement and Wave Function Collapse
  • 40: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 41: Atomic Physics
  • 41.1: The Three-Dimensional Schrodinger Equation
  • 41.2: The Quantum Particle in a 3D Box
  • 41.3: Quantum Mechanics and the Hydrogen Atom
  • 41.4: The Zeeman Effect: Magnetic Fields and Spectral Lines
  • 41.5: Spin
  • 41.6: The Pauli Exclusion Principle
  • 41.7: Characteristic X-Ray Spectra
  • 41.8: Identical Particles and Entanglement
  • 41: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 42: Physics of Molecules and Solids
  • 42.1: Molecular Bonds
  • 42.2: Spectra of Molecules
  • 42.3: Crystal Structure
  • 42.4: Band Theory
  • 42.5: Electrons in Metals
  • 42.6: Semiconductors: Microscopic Model
  • 42.7: Semiconductor Devices
  • 42.8: Superconductivity and Energy Bands
  • 42: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 43: Nuclear Physics
  • 43.1: Nuclear Properties
  • 43.2: Nuclear Structure; Binding Energy
  • 43.3: Radioactive Decay
  • 43.4: Rate of Radioactive Decay
  • 43.5: Nuclear Radiation and the Human Body
  • 43.6: Nuclear Reactions
  • 43.7: Fission
  • 43.8: Fusion
  • 43: Problems
  
  
• Chapter 44: Particle Physics and Cosmology
  • 44.1: Brief History of Particle Physics
  • 44.2: Experiments in Particle Physics: Accelerators and Detectors
  • 44.3: Subatomic Particles and the Fundamental Interactions
  • 44.4: Quarks
  • 44.5: The Standard Model of Particle Physics
  • 44.6: The Big Bang and the Expansion of the Universe
  • 44.7: The Standard Model of Cosmology
  • 44: Problems