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Physics for Scientists and Engineers With Modern Physics With Infotrac Volume 2

9780534408466

Physics for Scientists and Engineers With Modern Physics With Infotrac Volume 2

  • ISBN 13:

    9780534408466

  • ISBN 10:

    053440846X

  • Edition: 6th
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 09/24/2003
  • Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Part IV: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM. 23. Electric Fields. Properties of Electric Charges. Charging Objects by Induction. Coulomb''s Law. The Electric Field. Electric Field of a Continuous Charge Distribution. Electric Field Lines. Motion of Charged Particles in a Uniform Electric Field. 24. Gauss''s Law. Electric Flux. Gauss''s Law. Application of Gauss''s Law to Various Charge Distributions. Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium.. Formal Derivation of Gauss''s Law. 25. Electric Potential. Potential Difference and Electric Potential. Potential Differences in a Uniform Electric Field. Electric Potential and Potential Energy Due to Point Charges. Obtaining the Value of the Electric Field from the Electric Potential. Electric Potential Due to Continuous Charge Distributions. Electric Potential Due to a Charged Conductor. The Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment. Applications of Electrostatics. 26. Capacitance and Dielectrics. Definition of Capacitance. Calculating Capacitance. Combinations of Capacitors. Energy Stored in a Charged Capacitor. Capacitors with Dielectrics. Electric Dipole in an Electric Field. An Atomic Description of Dielectrics. 27. Current and Resistance. Electric Current. Resistance. A Model for Electrical Conduction. Resistance and Temperature. Superconductors. Electrical Power. 28. Direct Current Circuits. Electromotive Force. Resistors in Series and Parallel. Kirchhoff''s Rules. RC Circuits. Electrical Meters. Household Wiring and Electrical Safety. 29. Magnetic Fields. Magnetic Field and Forces. Magnetic Force Acting on a Current-Carrying Conductor. Torque on a Current Loop in a Uniform Magnetic Field. Motion of a Charged Particle in a Uniform Magnetic Field. Applications Involving Charged Particles Moving in a Magnetic Field. The Hall Effect. 30. Sources of Magnetic Field. The Biot-Savart Law. The Magnetic Force Between Two Parallel Conductors. Ampère''s Law. The Magnetic Field of a Solenoid. Magnetic Flux. Gauss''s Law in Magnetism. Displacement Current and the General Form of Ampère''s Law. Magnetism in Matter. The Magnetic Field of the Earth. 31. Faraday''s Law. Faraday''s Law of Induction. Motional emf. Lenz''s Law. Induced emf and Electric Fields. Generators and Motors/ Eddy Currents. Maxwell''s Equations. 32. Inductance. Self-Inductance. RL Circuits. Energy in a Magnetic Field. Mutual Inductance. Oscillations in an LC Circuit. The RLC Circuit. 33. Alternating Current Circuits. AC Sources. Resistors in an AC Circuit. Inductors in an AC Circuit. Capacitors in an AC Circuit. The RLC Series Circuit. Power in an AC Circuit. Resonance in a Series RLC Circuit. The Transformer and Power Transmission. Rectifiers and Filters. 34. Electromagnetic Waves. Maxwell''s Equations and Hertz''s Discoveries. Plane Electromagnetic Waves. Energy Carried by Electromagnetic Waves. Momentum and Radiation Pressure. Production of Electromagnetic Waves by an Antenna. Part V: LIGHT AND OPTICS. 35. The Nature of Light and the Laws of Geometric Optics. The Nature of Light. Measurements of the Speed of Light. The Ray Approximation in Geometric Optics. Reflection. Refraction. Huygens''s Principle. Dispersion and Prisms. Total Internal Reflection. Fermat''s Principle. 36. Image Formation. Images Formed by Flat Mirrors. Images Formed by Spherical Mirrors. Images Formed by Refraction. Thin Lenses. Lens Aberrations. The Camera. The Eye. The Simple Magnifier. The Compound Microscope. The Telescope. 37. Interference of Light Waves. Conditions for Interference. Young''s Double-Slit Experiment. Intensity Distribution of the Double-Slit Interference Pattern. Phasor Addition of Waves. Change of Phase Due to Reflection. Interference in Thin Films. The Michelson Interferometer. 38. Diffraction Patterns and Polarization. Introduction to Diffraction Patterns. Diffraction Patterns from Narrow Slits. Resolution of Single-Slit and Circular Apertures. The Diffraction Grating. Diffraction of X-rays by Crystals. Polarization of Light Waves. Part VI: MODERN PHYSICS. 39. Relativi

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