College Physics 2e

• Preface
• 1. Introduction: The Nature of Science and Physics
  • 1.1 Physics: An Introduction
  • 1.2 Physical Quantities and Units
  • 1.3 Accuracy, Precision, and Significant Figures
  • 1.4 Approximation
• 2. Kinematics
  • 2.1 Displacement
  • 2.2 Vectors, Scalars, and Coordinate Systems
  • 2.3 Time, Velocity, and Speed
  • 2.4 Acceleration
  • 2.5 Motion Equations for Constant Acceleration in One Dimension
  • 2.6 Problem-Solving Basics for One-Dimensional Kinematics
  • 2.7 Falling Objects
  • 2.8 Graphical Analysis of One-Dimensional Motion
• 3. Two-Dimensional Kinematics
  • 3.1 Kinematics in Two Dimensions: An Introduction
  • 3.2 Vector Addition and Subtraction: Graphical Methods
  • 3.3 Vector Addition and Subtraction: Analytical Methods
  • 3.4 Projectile Motion
  • 3.5 Addition of Velocities
• 4. Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion
  • 4.1 Development of Force Concept
  • 4.2 Newton’s First Law of Motion: Inertia
  • 4.3 Newton’s Second Law of Motion: Concept of a System
  • 4.4 Newton’s Third Law of Motion: Symmetry in Forces
  • 4.5 Normal, Tension, and Other Examples of Forces
  • 4.6 Problem-Solving Strategies
  • 4.7 Further Applications of Newton’s Laws of Motion
  • 4.8 Extended Topic: The Four Basic Forces—An Introduction
• 5. Further Applications of Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, and Elasticity
  • 5.1 Friction
  • 5.2 Drag Forces
  • 5.3 Elasticity: Stress and Strain
• 6. Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation
  • 6.1 Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity
  • 6.2 Centripetal Acceleration
  • 6.3 Centripetal Force
  • 6.4 Fictitious Forces and Non-inertial Frames: The Coriolis Force
  • 6.5 Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
  • 6.6 Satellites and Kepler’s Laws: An Argument for Simplicity
• 7. Work, Energy, and Energy Resources
  • 7.1 Work: The Scientific Definition
  • 7.2 Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem
  • 7.3 Gravitational Potential Energy
  • 7.4 Conservative Forces and Potential Energy
  • 7.5 Nonconservative Forces
  • 7.6 Conservation of Energy
  • 7.7 Power
  • 7.8 Work, Energy, and Power in Humans
  • 7.9 World Energy Use
• 8. Linear Momentum and Collisions
  • 8.1 Linear Momentum and Force
  • 8.2 Impulse
  • 8.3 Conservation of Momentum
  • 8.4 Elastic Collisions in One Dimension
  • 8.5 Inelastic Collisions in One Dimension
  • 8.6 Collisions of Point Masses in Two Dimensions
  • 8.7 Introduction to Rocket Propulsion
• 9. Statics and Torque
  • 9.1 The First Condition for Equilibrium
  • 9.2 The Second Condition for Equilibrium
  • 9.3 Stability
  • 9.4 Applications of Statics, Including Problem-Solving Strategies
  • 9.5 Simple Machines
  • 9.6 Forces and Torques in Muscles and Joints
• 10. Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum
  • 10.1 Angular Acceleration
  • 10.2 Kinematics of Rotational Motion
  • 10.3 Dynamics of Rotational Motion: Rotational Inertia
  • 10.4 Rotational Kinetic Energy: Work and Energy Revisited
  • 10.5 Angular Momentum and Its Conservation
  • 10.6 Collisions of Extended Bodies in Two Dimensions
  • 10.7 Gyroscopic Effects: Vector Aspects of Angular Momentum
• 11. Fluid Statics
  • 11.1 What Is a Fluid?
  • 11.2 Density
  • 11.3 Pressure
  • 11.4 Variation of Pressure with Depth in a Fluid
  • 11.5 Pascal’s Principle
  • 11.6 Gauge Pressure, Absolute Pressure, and Pressure Measurement
  • 11.7 Archimedes’ Principle
  • 11.8 Cohesion and Adhesion in Liquids: Surface Tension and Capillary Action
  • 11.9 Pressures in the Body
• 12. Fluid Dynamics and Its Biological and Medical Applications
  • 12.1 Flow Rate and Its Relation to Velocity
  • 12.2 Bernoulli’s Equation
  • 12.3 The Most General Applications of Bernoulli’s Equation
  • 12.4 Viscosity and Laminar Flow; Poiseuille’s Law
  • 12.5 The Onset of Turbulence
  • 12.6 Motion of an Object in a Viscous Fluid
  • 12.7 Molecular Transport Phenomena: Diffusion, Osmosis, and Related Processes
• 13. Temperature, Kinetic Theory, and the Gas Laws
  • 13.1 Temperature
  • 13.2 Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids
  • 13.3 The Ideal Gas Law
  • 13.4 Kinetic Theory: Atomic and Molecular Explanation of Pressure and Temperature
  • 13.5 Phase Changes
  • 13.6 Humidity, Evaporation, and Boiling
• 14. Heat and Heat Transfer Methods
  • 14.1 Heat
  • 14.2 Temperature Change and Heat Capacity
  • 14.3 Phase Change and Latent Heat
  • 14.4 Heat Transfer Methods
  • 14.5 Conduction
  • 14.6 Convection
  • 14.7 Radiation
• 15. Thermodynamics
  • 15.1 The First Law of Thermodynamics
  • 15.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics and Some Simple Processes
  • 15.3 Introduction to the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Heat Engines and Their Efficiency
  • 15.4 Carnot’s Perfect Heat Engine: The Second Law of Thermodynamics Restated
  • 15.5 Applications of Thermodynamics: Heat Pumps and Refrigerators
  • 15.6 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Disorder and the Unavailability of Energy
  • 15.7 Statistical Interpretation of Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: The Underlying Explanation
• 16. Oscillatory Motion and Waves
  • 16.1 Hooke’s Law: Stress and Strain Revisited
  • 16.2 Period and Frequency in Oscillations
  • 16.3 Simple Harmonic Motion: A Special Periodic Motion
  • 16.4 The Simple Pendulum
  • 16.5 Energy and the Simple Harmonic Oscillator
  • 16.6 Uniform Circular Motion and Simple Harmonic Motion
  • 16.7 Damped Harmonic Motion
  • 16.8 Forced Oscillations and Resonance
  • 16.9 Waves
  • 16.10 Superposition and Interference
  • 16.11 Energy in Waves: Intensity
• 17. Physics of Hearing
  • 17.1 Sound
  • 17.2 Speed of Sound, Frequency, and Wavelength
  • 17.3 Sound Intensity and Sound Level
  • 17.4 Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms
  • 17.5 Sound Interference and Resonance: Standing Waves in Air Columns
  • 17.6 Hearing
  • 17.7 Ultrasound
• 18. Electric Charge and Electric Field
  • 18.1 Static Electricity and Charge: Conservation of Charge
  • 18.2 Conductors and Insulators
  • 18.3 Coulomb’s Law
  • 18.4 Electric Field: Concept of a Field Revisited
  • 18.5 Electric Field Lines: Multiple Charges
  • 18.6 Electric Forces in Biology
  • 18.7 Conductors and Electric Fields in Static Equilibrium
  • 18.8 Applications of Electrostatics
• 19. Electric Potential and Electric Field
  • 19.1 Electric Potential Energy: Potential Difference
  • 19.2 Electric Potential in a Uniform Electric Field
  • 19.3 Electrical Potential Due to a Point Charge
  • 19.4 Equipotential Lines
  • 19.5 Capacitors and Dielectrics
  • 19.6 Capacitors in Series and Parallel
  • 19.7 Energy Stored in Capacitors
• 20. Electric Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law
  • 20.1 Current
  • 20.2 Ohm’s Law: Resistance and Simple Circuits
  • 20.3 Resistance and Resistivity
  • 20.4 Electric Power and Energy
  • 20.5 Alternating Current versus Direct Current
  • 20.6 Electric Hazards and the Human Body
  • 20.7 Nerve Conduction–Electrocardiograms
• 21. Circuits and DC Instruments
  • 21.1 Resistors in Series and Parallel
  • 21.2 Electromotive Force: Terminal Voltage
  • 21.3 Kirchhoff’s Rules
  • 21.4 DC Voltmeters and Ammeters
  • 21.5 Null Measurements
  • 21.6 DC Circuits Containing Resistors and Capacitors
• 22. Magnetism
  • 22.1 Magnets
  • 22.2 Ferromagnets and Electromagnets
  • 22.3 Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Field Lines
  • 22.4 Magnetic Field Strength: Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field
  • 22.5 Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field: Examples and Applications
  • 22.6 The Hall Effect
  • 22.7 Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor
  • 22.8 Torque on a Current Loop: Motors and Meters
  • 22.9 Magnetic Fields Produced by Currents: Ampere’s Law
  • 22.10 Magnetic Force between Two Parallel Conductors
  • 22.11 More Applications of Magnetism
• 23. Electromagnetic Induction, AC Circuits, and Electrical Technologies
  • 23.1 Induced Emf and Magnetic Flux
  • 23.2 Faraday’s Law of Induction: Lenz’s Law
  • 23.3 Motional Emf
  • 23.4 Eddy Currents and Magnetic Damping
  • 23.5 Electric Generators
  • 23.6 Back Emf
  • 23.7 Transformers
  • 23.8 Electrical Safety: Systems and Devices
  • 23.9 Inductance
  • 23.10 RL Circuits
  • 23.11 Reactance, Inductive and Capacitive
  • 23.12 RLC Series AC Circuits
• 24. Electromagnetic Waves
  • 24.1 Maxwell’s Equations: Electromagnetic Waves Predicted and Observed
  • 24.2 Production of Electromagnetic Waves
  • 24.3 The Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • 24.4 Energy in Electromagnetic Waves
• 25. Geometric Optics
  • 25.1 The Ray Aspect of Light
  • 25.2 The Law of Reflection
  • 25.3 The Law of Refraction
  • 25.4 Total Internal Reflection
  • 25.5 Dispersion: The Rainbow and Prisms
  • 25.6 Image Formation by Lenses
  • 25.7 Image Formation by Mirrors
• 26. Vision and Optical Instruments
  • 26.1 Physics of the Eye
  • 26.2 Vision Correction
  • 26.3 Color and Color Vision
  • 26.4 Microscopes
  • 26.5 Telescopes
  • 26.6 Aberrations
• 27. Wave Optics
  • 27.1 The Wave Aspect of Light: Interference
  • 27.2 Huygens's Principle: Diffraction
  • 27.3 Young’s Double Slit Experiment
  • 27.4 Multiple Slit Diffraction
  • 27.5 Single Slit Diffraction
  • 27.6 Limits of Resolution: The Rayleigh Criterion
  • 27.7 Thin Film Interference
  • 27.8 Polarization
  • 27.9 *Extended Topic* Microscopy Enhanced by the Wave Characteristics of Light
• 28. Special Relativity
  • 28.1 Einstein’s Postulates
  • 28.2 Simultaneity And Time Dilation
  • 28.3 Length Contraction
  • 28.4 Relativistic Addition of Velocities
  • 28.5 Relativistic Momentum
  • 28.6 Relativistic Energy
• 29. Quantum Physics
  • 29.1 Quantization of Energy
  • 29.2 The Photoelectric Effect
  • 29.3 Photon Energies and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • 29.4 Photon Momentum
  • 29.5 The Particle-Wave Duality
  • 29.6 The Wave Nature of Matter
  • 29.7 Probability: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
  • 29.8 The Particle-Wave Duality Reviewed
• 30. Atomic Physics
  • 30.1 Discovery of the Atom
  • 30.2 Discovery of the Parts of the Atom: Electrons and Nuclei
  • 30.3 Bohr’s Theory of the Hydrogen Atom
  • 30.4 X Rays: Atomic Origins and Applications
  • 30.5 Applications of Atomic Excitations and De-Excitations
  • 30.6 The Wave Nature of Matter Causes Quantization
  • 30.7 Patterns in Spectra Reveal More Quantization
  • 30.8 Quantum Numbers and Rules
  • 30.9 The Pauli Exclusion Principle
• 31. Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics
  • 31.1 Nuclear Radioactivity
  • 31.2 Radiation Detection and Detectors
  • 31.3 Substructure of the Nucleus
  • 31.4 Nuclear Decay and Conservation Laws
  • 31.5 Half-Life and Activity
  • 31.6 Binding Energy
  • 31.7 Tunneling
• 32. Medical Applications of Nuclear Physics
  • 32.1 Diagnostics and Medical Imaging
  • 32.2 Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
  • 32.3 Therapeutic Uses of Ionizing Radiation
  • 32.4 Food Irradiation
  • 32.5 Fusion
  • 32.6 Fission
  • 32.7 Nuclear Weapons
• 33. Particle Physics
  • 33.1 The Yukawa Particle and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Revisited
  • 33.2 The Four Basic Forces
  • 33.3 Accelerators Create Matter from Energy
  • 33.4 Particles, Patterns, and Conservation Laws
  • 33.5 Quarks: Is That All There Is?
  • 33.6 GUTs: The Unification of Forces
• 34. Frontiers of Physics
  • 34.1 Cosmology and Particle Physics
  • 34.2 General Relativity and Quantum Gravity
  • 34.3 Superstrings
  • 34.4 Dark Matter and Closure
  • 34.5 Complexity and Chaos
  • 34.6 High-temperature Superconductors
  • 34.7 Some Questions We Know to Ask
• Appendix A: Atomic Masses
• Appendix B: Selected Radioactive Isotopes
• Appendix C: Useful Information
• Appendix D: Glossary of Key Symbols and Notation