Fundamentals of Physics, 6th Edition, Instructor Lab Manual with CD, 6th Edition

by David Halliday (Univ. of Pittsburgh); Robert Resnick (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute); Jearl Walker (Cleveland State Univ.)

• ISBN13: 9780471297505
• ISBN10: 047129750X
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

No other book on the market today can match the success of Halliday, Resnick and Walker's Fundamentals of Physics! In a breezy, easy-to-understand style the book offers a solid understanding of fundamental physics concepts, and helps readers apply this conceptual understanding to quantitative problem solving.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Letter to Instructor	iv
Introduction	v
Acknowledgements	vii
Saving Student Files	viii
Equipment List	ix
Activities List
Mechanics
Motion in One Dimension	1	(8)
Position, Velocity, and Acceleration	9	(6)
Projectile Motion Part 1--Change Initial Speed	15	(6)
Projectile Motion Part 2--Change Launch Angle	21	(6)
Newton's Second Law Part 1--Constant Mass	27	(6)
Newton's Second Law Part 2--Constant Net Force	33	(6)
Newton's Third Law Part 1--Collisions	39	(6)
Newton's Third Law Part 2--Tug-of-War	45	(6)
Work and Energy	51	(6)
Hooke's Law Part 1--Find the Spring Constant	57	(6)
Hooke's Law Part 2--Work Done by a Spring	63	(6)
Conservation of Energy	69	(6)
Impulse v. Change in Momentum	75	(8)
Conservation of Momentum Part 1--Inelastic Collision	83	(6)
Conservation of Momentum Part 2--Elastic Collision	89	(6)
Rotational Motion	95	(6)
Buoyant Force	101	(6)
Simple Harmonic Motion--Mass on a Spring	107	(6)
Simple Harmonic Motion--Simple Pendulum	113	(8)
Waves and Thermodynamics
Superposition	121	(8)
Interference in Sound-Beats	129	(6)
Temperature and Heat	135	(6)
Specific Heat	141	(6)
Ideal Gas Law	147	(6)
Electricity and Magnetism
Ohm's Law	153	(6)
Resistances in Series	159	(6)
Resistances in Parallel	165	(6)
RC Circuits	171	(8)
Magnetic Field Around a Wire	179	(6)
Magnetic Field of a Solenoid	185	(6)
Faraday's Law	191	(6)
Optics
Polarization	197	(6)
Diffraction of Light	203	(8)
Modern
Spectral Lines	211	(8)
Photoelectric Effect--Planck's Constant	219