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16 Mechanical Waves 435
16.1 Waves 436
16.2 Speed of a Wave on a String 440
16.3 Sound Waves 443
16.4 The Doppler Effect 446
16.5 Intensity and Intensity Level 454
16.6 The Mathematical Description of Harmonic Waves 459
17 Interference and Standing Waves 464
17.1 Superposition and Interference 465
17.2 Standing Waves on a String 471
17.3 Standing Sound Waves 474
17.4 Beats 479
18 Electric Forces and Fields 485
18.1 Electric Charge 486
18.2 Coulomb’s Law 491
18.3 The Electric Field 496
18.4 Electric Field Lines and Conductors 503
18.5 Gauss’ Law 506
19 Electric Potential 513
19.1 Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential in a Uniform Electric Field 514
19.2 Electric Potential Energy of Point Charges 521
19.3 Electric Potential of Point Charges 524
19.4 Capacitors 529
20 DC Circuits 538
20.1 Electric Current and Electromotive Force 539
20.2 Ohm’s Law and Electrical Resistance 543
20.3 Electrical Power and Energy 548
20.4 Resistors in Series and Parallel 550
20.5 Kirchhoff’s Rules 557
20.6 Capacitors in Series and Parallel 561
20.7 RC Circuits 566
21 Magnetic Forces and Fields 572
21.1 Magnetic Fields 573
21.2 The Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field 576
21.3 The Motion of Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field 581
21.4 The Force on a Current in a Magnetic Field 585
21.5 The Production of Magnetic Fields by Electric Current 589
21.6 Ampere’s Law 598
22 Electromagnetic Induction 603
22.1 Induced Emf and Motional Emf 604
22.2 Magnetic Flux 610
22.3 Faraday’s Law 613
22.4 Lenz’s Law 616
22.5 Generators and Motors 622
22.6 Mutual Inductance and Transformers 625
22.7 Self Inductance and RL Circuits 628
23 AC Circuits 635
23.1 Alternating Current and Voltage 636
23.2 AC Circuits with Capacitance 639
23.3 AC Circuits with Inductance 643
23.4 RLC Circuits 645
23.5 Resonance in AC Circuits 650
24 Electromagnetic Waves 656
24.1 Light and Electromagnetic Waves 657
24.2 The Electromagnetic Spectrum 662
24.3 Energy in Electromagnetic Waves 664
24.4 The Doppler Effect 668
24.5 Polarization 671
25 Reflection and Mirrors 680
25.1 Wave Fronts, Rays, and Reflection 681
25.2 Plane Mirrors and Optical Images 683
25.3 Spherical Mirrors 690
25.4 Ray Tracing and Images 693
25.5 The Mirror Equation and Magnification 698
26 Refraction and Lenses 708
26.1 Refraction and Snell’s Law 709
26.2 Total Internal Reflection 716
26.3 Dispersion 721
26.4 Thin Lenses and Ray Diagrams 724
26.5 The Thin Lens Equation and Magnification 728
26.6 Lenses in Combination and the Human Eye 734
26.7 Optical Instruments 740
27 Interference and Diffraction 749
27.1 The Interference of Light 750
27.2 The Double-Slit Experiment 752
27.3 Single Slit Diffraction 759
27.4 Resolution 764
27.5 Diffraction Gratings 767
27.6 Thin-Film Interference 772
28 Relativity 781
28.1 Postulates of Special Relativity 782
28.2 Time Dilation 784
28.3 Length Contraction 789
28.4 Relativistic Momentum 791
28.5 Relativistic Energy 793
28.6 Relativistic Addition of Velocities 796
29 Quantum Mechanics 802
29.1 Blackbody Radiation and Quantization 803
29.2 The Photon and the Photoelectric Effect 804
29.3 Photon Momentum and the Compton Effect 809
29.4 Wave Particle Duality 812
29.5 The Uncertainty Principle 814
30 Atomic Physics 820
30.1 The Nuclear Atom 821
30.2 The Spectrum of Hydrogen 823
30.3 The Bohr Model 825
30.4 The Quantum-Mechanical Atom 832
30.5 Pauli’s Exclusion Principle and Multielectron Atoms 837
30.6 Light Emission: Fluorescence, X-Rays, and Lasers 840
31 Nuclear Physics 850
31.1 Nuclear Structure 851
31.2 Binding Energy and the Strong Force 852
31.3 Radioactive Decay 856
31.4 Half-life and Radioactive Dating 860
31.5 The Biological Effects of Radiation 866
31.6 Induced Nuclear Reactions and Fission 869
31.7 Nuclear Fusion 873
Appendix A: Fundamental Constants*
Appendix B: Useful Physical Data*
Appendix C: Astronomical Data*
Appendix D: Conversion Factors*
Appendix E: Conversions (British)*
Appendix F: Metric Prefixes*
Appendix G: Periodic Table of Elements*
Appendix H: Unit Combinations and Derived Units*
Appendix I: Table of Isotopes*
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