Physics, Chapters 17-32, 8th Edition

by John D. Cutnell (Southern Illinois Univ. at Carbondale); Kenneth W. Johnson (Southern Illinois Univ. at Carbondale)

• ISBN13: 9780470379257
• ISBN10: 0470379251
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Table of Contents

The Principle Of Linear Superposition And Interference Phenomena

The Principle of Linear Superposition

Constructive and Destructive Interference of Sound Waves

Diffraction

Beats

Transverse Standing Waves

Longitudinal Standing Waves

Complex Sound Waves

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Electric Forces And Electric Fields

The Origin of Electricity

Charged Objects and The Electric Force

Conductors and Insulators

Charging by Contact and by Induction

Coulomb's Law

The Electric Field

Electric Field Lines

The Electric Field Inside a Conductor: Shielding

Gauss' Law

Copiers and Computer Printers

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Electric Potential Energy And The Electric Potential

Potential Energy

The Electric Potential Difference

The Electric Potential Difference Created by Point Charges

Equipotential Surfaces and Their Reaction to the Electric Field

Capacitors and Dielectrics

Biomedical Applications of Electric Potential Differences

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Electric Circuits

Electromotive Force and Current

Ohm's Law

Resistance and Resistivity

Electric Power

Alternating Circuit

Series Writing

Parallel Writing

Circuits Wired Partially in Series and Partially in Parallel

Internal Resistance

Kirchhoff's Rules

The Measurement of Current and Voltage

Capacitors in Series and in Parallel

RC Circuits

Safety and the Physiological Effects of Current

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Magnetic Forces And Magnetic Fields

Magnetic Fields

The Force That a Magnetic Field Exerts on a Moving Charge

The Motion of a Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field

The Mass Spectrometer

The Force on a Current in a magnetic Field

The Torque on a Current-carrying Coil

Magnetic Fields Produced by Currents

Ampère's law

Magnetic Materials

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Electromagnetic Induction

Induced Emf and Induced Current

Motional Emf

Magnetic Flux

Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction

Lenz's Law

Applications of Electromagnetic Induction to the Reproduction of Sound

The Electric Generator

Mutual Inductance and Self-Inductance

Transformers

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Alternating Current Circuits

Capacitors and Capacitive Reactance

Inductors and Inductive Reactance

Circuits Containing Resistance, Capacitance, and Inductance

Resonance in Electric Circuits

Semiconductor Devices

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Electromagnetic Waves

The Nature of Electromagnetic Waves

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

The Speed of Light

The Energy Carried by Electromagnetic Waves

The Doppler Effect and Electromagnetic Waves

Polarization

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

The Reflection Of Light: Mirrors

Wave Fronts and Rays

The Reflection of Light

The Formation of Images by a Plane Mirror

Spherical Mirrors

The Formation of Images by Spherical Mirrors

The Mirror Equation and the Magnification Equation

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

The Refraction Of Light: Lenses And Optical Instruments

The Index of Refraction

Snell's law and the Refraction of Light

Total Internal Reflection

Polarization and the reflection and Refraction of Light

The Dispersion of Light: Prisms and Rainbows

Lenses

The Formation of Images by Lenses

The Thin-Lens Equation and the magnification Equation

Lenses in Combination

The Human Eye

Angular Magnification and The Magnifying Glass

The Compound Microscope

The Telescope

Lens Aberrations

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Inference And The Wave Nature Of Light

The Principle of Linear Superposition

Young's Double-Slit Experiment

Thin-Film Interference

The Michelson Interferometer

Diffraction

Resolving Power

The Diffraction Grating

Compact Discs, Digital Video Discs, and the Use of Interferences

X-Ray Diffraction

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Special Relativity

Event and Inertial Reference Frames

The Postulates of Special Relativity

The Relativity of Time: Time Dilation

The Relativity of Length: Length Contraction

Relativistic Momentum

The Equivalence of Mass and Energy

The Relativistic Addition of Velocities

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

Particles And Waves

The wav -Particle Duality

Blackbody Radiation and Planck's Constant

Photons and The Photoelectric Effect

The Momentum of a Photon and the Compton Effect

The de Brogile Wavelength and the Wave Nature of Matter

The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

Concepts & Calculations

Concept Summary

The Nature Of The Atom

Rutherford Scattering and the Nuclear Atom

Line Spectra

The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom

De Broglie's Explanation of Bohr's Assumption

The Quantum Mechanical Picture of the Hydrogen Atom

The Pauli Exclusion Principle and the Periodic Table of the Elements

X-Rays

The Laser

Medical Applications of the Laser

Holography

Concepts & Applications

Concept Summary

Nuclear Physics And Radioactivity

Nuclear Structure

The Strong Nuclear Force and the Stability of the Nucleus

The Mass Defect of the Nucleus and Nuclear Binging Energy

Radioactivity

The Neutrino

Radioactive Decay and Activity

Radioactive Dating

Radioactive Decay Series

Radiation Detectors

Concepts & Applications

Concept Summary

Ionizing Radiation, Nuclear Energy, And Elementary Particles

Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation

Induced Nuclear Reactions

Nuclear Fission

Nuclear Reactors

Nuclear Fusion

Elementary Particles

Cosmology

Concepts & Applications

Concept Summary

Appendixes

Powers of Ten and Scientific Notation

Significant Figures

Algebra

Exponents and Logarithms

Geometry and Trigonometry

Selected Isotopes

Answers To Check Your Understanding

Answers To Odd-Numbered Problems

Index

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