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| The Laws of Motion, Part I | |
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| Experiment: Removing a Tablecloth from a Table | |
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| Skating | |
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| Inertia | |
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| Force | |
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| Velocity | |
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| Acceleration | |
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| Mass | |
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| Newton's first and second laws | |
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| Inertial frames of reference | |
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| Units | |
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| Falling Balls | |
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| Weight | |
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| Projectile motion | |
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| Vector components | |
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| Ramps | |
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| Net force | |
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| Newton's third law | |
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| Energy | |
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| Work | |
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| Energy conservation | |
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| Potential energy | |
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| Ramps | |
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| Mechanical advantage | |
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| The Laws of Motion, Part II | |
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| Experiment: A Spinning Pie Dish | |
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| Seesaws | |
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| Rotational inertia | |
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| Torque | |
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| Angular velocity | |
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| Angular acceleration | |
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| Rotational mass | |
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| Newton's first and second laws of rotation | |
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| Center of mass | |
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| Levers | |
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| Wheels | |
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| Friction | |
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| Thermal energy | |
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| Wheels | |
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| Bearings | |
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| Kinetic energy | |
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| Bumper Cars | |
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| Momentum | |
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| Impulse | |
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| Momentum conservation | |
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| Angular momentum | |
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| Angular impulse | |
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| Angular momentum conservation | |
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| Newton's third law of rotation | |
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| Potential energy and acceleration | |
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| Mechanical Objects, Part I | |
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| Experiment: Swinging Water Overhead | |
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| Spring Scales | |
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| Equilibrium | |
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| Stable equilibrium | |
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| Hooke's law | |
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| Oscillation | |
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| Calibration | |
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| Center of gravity | |
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| Bouncing Balls | |
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| Collisions | |
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| Energy transfers | |
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| Vibration | |
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| Elastic and inelastic collisions | |
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| Carousels and Roller Coasters | |
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| Feeling of acceleration | |
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| Uniform circular motion | |
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| Centripetal acceleration | |
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| Mechanical Objects, Part II | |
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| Experiment: High Flying Balls | |
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| Bicycles | |
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| Unstable equilibrium | |
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| Static and dynamic stability | |
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| Precession | |
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| Rockets and Space Travel | |
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| Reaction forces | |
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| Newton's law of gravitation | |
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| Elliptical orbits | |
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| Kepler's laws | |
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| Special and general relativity | |
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| Equivalence principle | |
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| Fluids | |
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| Experiment: A Cartesian Diver | |
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| Balloons | |
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| Pressure | |
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| Density | |
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| Temperature | |
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| Archimedes' principle | |
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| Buoyant force | |
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| Ideal gas law | |
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| Water Distribution | |
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| Hydrostatics | |
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| Pascal's principle | |
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| Hydraulics | |
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| Hydrodynamics | |
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| Steady state flow | |
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| Bernoulli's equation | |
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| Fluids and Motion | |
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| Experiment: A Vortex Cannon | |
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| Garden Watering | |
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| Viscous forces | |
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| Laminar and turbulent flows | |
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| Speed and pressure in a fluid | |
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| Reynolds number | |
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| Chaos | |
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| Momentum in a fluid | |
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| Balls and Air | |
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| Aerodynamic lift and drag | |
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| Viscous drag | |
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| Pressure drag | |
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| Boundary layers | |
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| Magnus and wake deflection forces | |
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| Airplanes | |
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| Streamlining | |
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| Lifting wing | |
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| Angle of attack | |
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| Induced drag | |
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| Stalled wing | |
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| Thrust | |
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| Heat and Phase Transitions | |
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| Experiment: A Ruler Thermometer | |
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| Woodstoves | |
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| Thermal energy | |
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| Heat | |
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| Temperature | |
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| Chemical bonds and reactions | |
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| Conduction | |
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| Thermal conductivity | |
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| Convection | |
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| Radiation | |
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| Heat capacity | |
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| Water, Steam, and Ice | |
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| Phases of matter | |
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| Phase transitions | |
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| Melting | |
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| Freezing | |
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| Condensation | |
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| Evaporation | |
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| Relative humidity | |
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| Latent heats of melting and evporation | |
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| Sublimation | |
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| Deposition | |
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| Boiling | |
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| Nucleation | |
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| Superheating | |
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| Incandescent Lightbulbs | |
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| Electromagnetic spectrum | |
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| Light | |
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| Blackbody spectrum | |
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| Emissivity | |
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| Stefan-Boltzmann law | |
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| Thermal expansion | |
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| Thermodynamics | |
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| Experiment: Making Fog in a Bottle | |
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| Air Conditioners | |
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| Laws of thermodynamics | |
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| Temperature | |
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| Heat | |
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| Entropy | |
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| Heat pumps and thermodynamic efficiency | |
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| Automobiles | |
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| Heat engines and thermodynamic efficiency | |
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| Resonance and Mechanical Waves | |
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| Experiment: A Singing Wineglass | |
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| Clocks | |
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| Time and space | |
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| Natural resonance | |
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| Harmonic oscillators | |
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| Simple harmonic motion | |
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| Frequency | |
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| Musical Instruments | |
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| Sound | |
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| Music | |
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| Vibrations in strings | |
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| Air | |
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| Surfaces | |
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| Higher-order modes | |
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| Harmonic and non-harmonic overtones | |
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| Sympathetic vibration | |
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| Standing and traveling waves | |
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| Transverse and longitudinal waves | |
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| Velocity | |
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| Frequency | |
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| Wavelength in mechanical waves | |
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| Superposition | |
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| Doppler effect | |
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| The Sea | |
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| Tidal forces | |
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| Surface waves | |
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| Dispersion | |
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| Refraction | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Interference in mechanical waves | |
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| Electricity | |
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| Experiment: Moving Water Without Touching It | |
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| Static Electricity | |
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| Electric charge | |
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| Electrostatic forces | |
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| Coulomb's law | |
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| Electrostatic potential energy | |
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| Voltage | |
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| Charging by contact | |
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| Electric polarization | |
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| Electrical conductors and insulators | |
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| Xerographic Copiers | |
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| Electric fields and voltage gradients | |
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| Relationships between shape and field | |
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| Discharges | |
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| Electric current | |
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| Direction of current flow | |
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| Charging by induction | |
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| Flashlights | |
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| Electric circuits | |
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| Electrical resistance | |
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| Voltage rises | |
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| Voltage drops | |
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| Relationship between current | |
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| Voltage | |
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| Power | |
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| Ohm's law | |
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| Magnetism and Electrodynamics | |
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| Experiment: A Nail and Wire Electromagnet | |
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| Household Magnets | |
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| Magnetic pole | |
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| Magnetostatic forces | |
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| Coulomb's law for magnetism | |
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| Magnetic fields | |
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| Ferromagnetism | |
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| Magnetic polarization | |
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| Magnetic domains | |
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| Magnetic materials | |
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| Magnetic flux lines | |
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| Relationship between currents and magnetic fields | |
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| Electric Power Distribution | |
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| Superconductivity | |
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| Direct and alternating currents | |
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| Induction | |
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| Transformers | |
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| Magnetic field energy | |
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| Relationship between changing magnetic fields and electric fields | |
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| Induced emf | |
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| Lenz's law | |
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| Electrical safety | |
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| Electric Generators and Motors | |
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| Electromagnetic forces | |
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| Energy | |
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| Work | |
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| Lorenz force | |
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| Electronics | |
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| Experiment: Building an Electronic Kit | |
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| Power Adapters | |
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| Quantum physics | |
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| Wave-particle duality | |
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| Pauli exclusion principle | |
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| Band structure | |
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| Fermi level | |
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| Metals | |
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| Insulators | |
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| Semiconductors | |
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| P-n junction | |
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| Diodes | |
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| Capacitors | |
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| Audio Players | |
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| Analog vs. digital representations | |
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| Resistors | |
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| MOSFETs | |
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| Logic elements | |
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| Series and parallel circuits | |
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| Amplifiers | |
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| Electromagnetic Waves | |
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| Experiment: Boiling Water in an Ice Cup | |
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| Radio | |
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| Electric field energy | |
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| Relationship between changing electric fields and magnetic fields | |
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| Tank circuits | |
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| Speed of light | |
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| Wave polarization | |
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| Amplitude modulation | |
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| Frequency modulation | |
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| Bandwidth | |
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| Microwave Ovens | |
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| Speed | |
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| Frequency | |
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| Wavelength in electromagnetic waves | |
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| Polar and nonpolar molecules | |
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| Cyclotron motion | |
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| Light | |
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| Experiment: Splitting the Colors of Sunlight | |
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| Sunlight | |
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| Rayleigh scattering | |
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| Impedance | |
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| Refraction | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Dispersion | |
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| Interference in electromagnetic waves | |
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| Index of refraction | |
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| Polarized reflection | |
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| Discharge Lamps | |
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| Color vision | |
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| Primary colors of light and pigment | |
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| Gas discharges | |
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| Periodic chart | |
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| Atomic structure and emission | |
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| Radiative transitions | |
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| Planck's constant | |
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| Fluorescence | |
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| Radiation trapping | |
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| Lasers and LEDs | |
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| Incoherent and coherent light | |
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| Spontaneous and stimulated emission | |
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| Population inversion | |
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| Laser amplification and oscillation | |
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| Diffraction | |
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| Laser safety | |
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| Optics | |
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| Experiment: Focusing Sunlight | |
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| Cameras | |
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| Refracting optics | |
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| Converging lenses | |
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| Real images | |
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| Focus | |
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| Focal lengths | |
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| F-numbers | |
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| The lens equation | |
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| Diverging lenses | |
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| Virtual images | |
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| Light sensors | |
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| Vision and vision correction | |
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| Optical Recording and Communication | |
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| Diffraction limit | |
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| Plane and circular polarization | |
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| Total internal reflection | |
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| Modern Physics | |
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| Experiment: Radiation Damaged Paper | |
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| Nuclear Weapons | |
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| Nuclear structure | |
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| Isotopes | |
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| Radioactivity | |
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| Uncertainty principle | |
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| Tunneling | |
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| Half-life | |
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| Alpha decay | |
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| Fission | |
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| Chain reaction | |
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| Fusion | |
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| Transmutation of elements | |
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| Fallout | |
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| Medical Imaging and Radiation | |
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| X rays | |
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| Gamma rays | |
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| X-ray fluorescence | |
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| Bremsstrahlung | |
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| Photoelectric effect | |
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| Compton scattering | |
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| Beta decay | |
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| Anitimatter | |
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| Accelerators | |
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| Magnetic resonance | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Vectors | |
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| Units, Conversion of Units | |