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

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