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Physics, Chapters 17-32

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ISBN-10: 0470379251

ISBN-13: 9780470379257

Edition: 8th 2010

Authors: Kenneth W. Johnson, John D. Cutnell

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List price: $151.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/5/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 578
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English

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
Amp�re'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