Physics. Volume 1

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Title Contents Introduction 1.1 Why Study Physics? 1.2 Talking Physics 1.3 The Use of Mathematics 1.4 Scientific Notation and Significant Figures 1.5 Units 1.6 Dimensional Analysis 1.7 Problem-Solving Techniques 1.8 Approximation 1.9 Graphs PART ONE Mechanics Chapter 2 Motion Along a Line 2.1 Position and Displacement 2.2 Velocity: Rate of Change of Position 2.3 Acceleration: Rate of Change of Velocity 2.4 Motion Along a Line with Constant Acceleration 2.5 Visualizing Motion Along a Line with Constant Acceleration 2.6 Free Fall Chapter 3 Motion in a Plane 3.1 Graphical Addition and Subtraction of Vectors 3.2 Vector Addition and Subtraction Using Components 3.3 Velocity 3.4 Acceleration 3.5 Motion in a Plane with Constant Acceleration 3.6 Velocity Is Relative; Reference Frames Chapter 4 Force and Newton’s Laws of Motion 4.1 Force 4.2 Inertia and Equilibrium: Newton’s First Law of Motion 4.3 Net Force, Mass, and Acceleration: Newtons’s Second Law of Motion 4.4 Interaction Pairs: Newton’s Third Law of Motion 4.5 Gravitational Forces 4.6 Contact Forces 4.7 Tension 4.8 Applying Newton’s Second Law 4.9 Reference Frames 4.10 Apparent Weight 4.11 Air Resistance 4.12 Fundamental Forces Chapter 5 Circular Motion 5.1 Description of Uniform Circular Motion 5.2 Radial Acceleration 5.3 Unbanked and Banked Curves 5.4 Circular Orbits of Satellites and Planets 5.5 Nonuniform Circular Motion 5.6 Tangential and Angular Acceleration 5.7 Apparent Weight and Artificial Gravity Review & Synthesis: Chapters 1–5 Chapter 6 Conservation of Energy 6.1 The Law of Conservation of Energy 6.2 Work Done by a Constant Force 6.3 Kinetic Energy 6.4 Gravitational Potential Energy (1) 6.5 Gravitational Potential Energy (2) 6.6 Work Done by Variable Forces: Hooke’s Law 6.7 Elastic Potential Energy 6.8 Power Chapter 7 Linear Momentum 7.1 Conservation Law for a Vector Quantity 7.2 Momentum 7.3 The Impulse-Momentum Theorem 7.4 Conservation of Momentum 7.5 Center of Mass 7.6 Motion of the Center of Mass 7.7 Collisions in One Dimension 7.8 Collisions in Two Dimensions Chapter 8 Torque and Angular Momentum 8.1 Rotational Kinetic Energy and Rotational Inertia 8.2 Torque 8.3 Calculating Work Done from a Torque 8.4 Rotational Equilibrium 8.5 Equilibrium in the Human Body 8.6 Rotational Form of Newton’s Second Law 8.7 The Motion of Rolling Objects 8.8 Angular Momentum 8.9 The Vector Nature of Angular Momentum Review & Synthesis: Chapters 6–8 Chapter 9 Fluids 9.1 States of Matter 9.2 Pressure 9.3 Pascal’s Principle 9.4 The Effect of Gravity on Fluid Pressure 9.5 Measuring Pressure 9.6 The Buoyant Force 9.7 Fluid Flow 9.8 Bernoulli’s Equation 9.9 Viscosity 9.10 Viscous Drag 9.11 Surface Tension Chapter 10 Elasticity and Oscillations 10.1 Elastic Deformations of Solids 10.2 Hooke’s Law for Tensile and Compressive Forces 10.3 Beyond Hooke’s Law 10.4 Shear and Volume Deformations 10.5 Simple Harmonic Motion 10.6 The Period and Frequency for SHM 10.7 Graphical Analysis of SHM 10.8 The Pendulum 10.9 Damped Oscillations 10.10 Forced Oscillations and Resonance Chapter 11 Waves 11.1 Waves and Energy Transport 11.2 Transverse and Longitudinal Waves 11.3 Speed of Transverse Waves on a String 11.4 Periodic Waves 11.5 Mathematical Description of a Wave 11.6 Graphing Waves 11.7 Principle of Superposition 11.8 Reflection and Refraction 11.9 Interference and Diffraction 11.10 Standing Waves Chapter 12 Sound 12.1 Sound Waves 12.2 The Speed of Sound Waves 12.3 Amplitude and Intensity of Sound Waves 12.4 Standing Sound Waves 12.5 Timbre 12.6 The Human Ear 12.7 Beats 12.8 The Doppler Effect 12.9 Echolocation and Medical Imaging Review & Synthesis: Chapters 9–12 PART TWO Thermal Physics Chapter 13 Temperature and the Ideal Gas 13.1 Temperature and Thermal Equilibrium 13.2 Temperature Scales 13.3 Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids 13.4 Molecular Picture of a Gas 13.5 Absolute Temperature and the Ideal Gas Law 13.6 Kinetic Theory of the Ideal Gas 13.7 Temperature and Reaction Rates 13.8 Diffusion Chapter 14 Heat 14.1 Internal Energy 14.2 Heat 14.3 Heat Capacity and Specific Heat 14.4 Specific Heat of Ideal Gases 14.5 Phase Transitions 14.6 Thermal Conduction 14.7 Thermal Convection 14.8 Thermal Radiation Chapter 15 Thermodynamics 15.1 The First Law of Thermodynamics 15.2 Thermodynamic Processes 15.3 Thermodynamic Processes for an Ideal Gas 15.4 Reversible and Irreversible Processes 15.5 Heat Engines 15.6 Refrigerators and Heat Pumps 15.7 Reversible Engines and Heat Pumps 15.8 Entropy 15.9 The Third Law of Thermodynamics Review & Synthesis: Chapters 13–15 Appendix A Mathematics Review Appendix B Table of Selected Nuclides Answers to Selected Questions and Problems Credits Index