Schaum's Outline of Physics for Engineering and Science, Fourth Edition

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• Dedication Preface Contents CHAPTER 1 REVIEW OF MATHEMATICS 1.1 Symbols, Scientific Notation, and Significant Figures 1.2 Algebra 1.3 Geometry and Trigonometry 1.4 Vectors 1.5 Series and Approximations 1.6 Calculus CHAPTER 2 MEASUREMENT AND PHYSICS 2.1 Units 2.2 Unit Conversion 2.3 Order-of-Magnitude Estimates Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 3 MOTION IN ONE DIMENSION 3.1 Displacement and Velocity 3.2 Instantaneous Velocity and Acceleration 3.3 Constant Acceleration 3.4 Freely Falling Bodies 3.5 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 4 MOTION IN A PLANE 4.1 Position, Velocity, and Acceleration 4.2 Constant Acceleration 4.3 Projectiles 4.4 Uniform Circular Motion 4.5 Relative Motion 4.6 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 5 NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION 5.1 Newton’s Third Law of Motion 5.2 Newton’s First Law of Motion 5.3 Newton’s Second Law of Motion 5.4 Applications of Newton’s Laws 5.5 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 6 CIRCULAR MOTION 6.1 Centripetal Force 6.2 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 7 WORK AND ENERGY 7.1 Work 7.2 Kinetic Energy 7.3 Power 7.4 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 8 POTENTIAL ENERGY AND CONSERVATION OF ENERGY 8.1 Potential Energy 8.2 Energy Conservation and Friction 8.3 Potential Energy of a Spring 8.4 Machines 8.5 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 9 LINEAR MOMENTUM AND COLLISIONS 9.1 Linear Momentum 9.2 Impulse 9.3 Collisions in One Dimension 9.4 The Center of Mass 9.5 Rockets 9.6 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 10 ROTATIONAL MOTION 10.1 Angular Variables 10.2 Rotational Kinetic Energy 10.3 Moment of Inertia Calculations 10.4 Torque 10.5 Rolling 10.6 Rotational Work and Power 10.7 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 11 ANGULAR MOMENTUM 11.1 Angular Momentum and Torque 11.2 Precession Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 12 STATICS AND ELASTICITY 12.1 Rotational Equilibrium 12.2 Elasticity 12.3 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 13 OSCILLATIONS 13.1 Simple Harmonic Motion 13.2 Energy and SHM 13.3 SHM and Circular Motion 13.4 Pendulum 13.5 Damped Oscillations and Forced Oscillations 13.6 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 14 GRAVITY 14.1 The Law of Gravity 14.2 Gravitational Potential Energy 14.3 The Motion of Planets 14.4 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 15 FLUIDS 15.1 Pressure in a Fluid 15.2 Buoyancy 15.3 Fluid Flow 15.4 Bernoulli’s Equation 15.5 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 16 WAVES AND SOUNDS 16.1 Transverse Mechanical Waves 16.2 Speed and Energy Transfer for String Waves 16.3 Superposition of Waves 16.4 Standing Waves 16.5 Sound Waves 16.6 Standing Sound Waves 16.7 Beats 16.8 The Doppler Effect 16.9 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 17 TEMPERATURE, HEAT, AND HEAT TRANSFER 17.1 Temperature 17.2 Thermal Expansion 17.3 Heat and Thermal Energy 17.4 Heat Capacity and Latent Heat 17.5 Heat Transfer 17.6 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 18 THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES 18.1 The Ideal Gas Law 18.2 Molecular Basis of Pressure and Temperature 18.3 The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution 18.4 Molar Specific Heat and Adiabatic Processes 18.5 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 19 THE FIRST AND SECOND LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS 19.1 The First Law of Thermodynamics 19.2 The Second Law of Thermodynamics 19.3 The Carnot Engine 19.4 The Gasoline Engine 19.5 Refrigerators and Heat Pumps 19.6 Entropy 19.7 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 20 ELECTRIC FIELDS 20.1 Properties of Electric Charge 20.2 The Electric Field 20.3 Motion of a Charged Particle in a Uniform Electric Field 20.4 Electric Field of a Continuous Charge Distribution 20.5 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 21 GAUSS’ LAW 21.1 Electric Flux and Gauss’ Law 21.2 Applications of Gauss’ Law 21.3 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 22 ELECTRIC POTENTIAL 22.1 Electric Potential and Potential Energy 22.2 Electric Potential of a Point Charge 22.3 Finding the Field from the Potential 22.4 Potential of Continuous Charge Distributions 22.5 Potential of a Charged Conductor 22.6 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 23 CAPACITANCE 23.1 Calculation of Capacitance 23.2 Combinations of Capacitors 23.3 Energy Storage in Capacitors 23.4 Dielectrics 23.5 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 24 CURRENT AND RESISTANCE 24.1 Electric Current 24.2 Resistance, Resistivity, and Ohm’s Law 24.3 Electric Power and Joule Heating 24.4 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 25 DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUITS 25.1 Resistors in Series and Parallel 25.2 Multiloop Circuits 25.3 RC Circuits 25.4 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 26 MAGNETIC FIELDS 26.1 The Magnetic Field 26.2 Motion of a Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field 26.3 Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Wire 26.4 Torque on a Current Loop 26.5 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 27 SOURCES OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD 27.1 Magnetic Fields due to Currents 27.2 Ampere’s Law 27.3 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 28 ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION AND INDUCTANCE 28.1 Faraday’s Law 28.2 Motional EMF 28.3 Inductance 28.4 Energy Storage in a Magnetic Field 28.5 Magnetic Materials 28.6 RLC Circuits 28.7 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 29 ALTERNATING CURRENT CIRCUITS 29.1 Transformers 29.2 Single Elements in ac Circuits 29.3 The Series RLC Circuit and Phasors 29.4 Power in ac Circuits 29.5 Resonance in ac Circuits 29.6 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 30 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES 30.1 Maxwell’s Equations and the Wave Equation 30.2 Energy and Radiation Pressure 30.3 Polarization 30.4 Reflection and Refraction of Light 30.5 Total Internal Reflection 30.6 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 31 MIRRORS AND LENSES 31.1 Plane Mirrors 31.2 Spherical Mirrors 31.3 Thin Lenses 31.4 Optical Instruments 31.5 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 32 INTERFERENCE 32.1 Double Slit Interference 32.2 Multiple Slit Interference and Phasors 32.3 Interference in Thin Films 32.4 The Michelson Interferometer 32.5 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 33 DIFFRACTION 33.1 Single Slit Diffraction 33.2 Resolution and Diffraction 33.3 The Diffraction Grating 33.4 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 34 SPECIAL RELATIVITY 34.1 The Basic Postulates 34.2 Simultaneity 34.3 The Lorentz Transformation Equations 34.4 Time Dilation 34.5 Length Contraction 34.6 Relativistic Velocity Transformation 34.7 Relativistic Momentum and Force 34.8 Relativistic Energy 34.9 The Doppler Effect for Light 34.10 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 35 ATOMS AND PHOTONS 35.1 Atoms and Photons 35.2 The Photoelectric Effect 35.3 The Compton Effect 35.4 Atomic Spectra and Bohr’s Model of the Atom 35.5 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 36 QUANTUM MECHANICS 36.1 de Broglie Waves 36.2 Electron Diffraction 36.3 The Schrödinger Equation 36.4 A Particle in a Box 36.5 A Particle in a Finite Well and Tunneling 36.6 The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle 36.7 Spin Angular Momentum 36.8 The Quantum Theory of Hydrogen 36.9 The Pauli Exclusion Principle 36.10 The Periodic Table 36.11 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems CHAPTER 37 NUCLEAR PHYSICS 37.1 Properties of the Nucleus 37.2 Nuclear Stability and Binding Energy 37.3 Radioactivity 37.4 Radioactive Decay Processes 37.5 Nuclear Reactions 37.6 Fission 37.7 Nuclear Fusion 37.8 Summary of Key Equations Supplementary Problems APPENDIX INDEX

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