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311Electrodes / Electricity / Electrodynamics / Electrical resistivity and conductivity / Electrolytic cell / Electric current / Electromotive force / Cathode / Electrical resistance and conductance / Physics / Electromagnetism / Physical quantities

1 CHAPTER 4 BATTERIES, RESISTORS AND OHM’S LAW 4.1 Introduction An electric cell consists of two different metals, or carbon and a metal, called the poles,

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Language: English - Date: 2015-01-26 18:23:55
312Damping / Introductory physics / Terminal velocity / Differential equation / Minkowski spacetime / Momentum / Hagen–Poiseuille equation / Physics / Ordinary differential equations / Control theory

1 CHAPTER 6 MOTION IN A RESISTING MEDIUM 6.1 Introduction In studying the motion of a body in a resisting medium, we assume that the resistive force on a body, and hence its deceleration, is some function of its speed. S

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Language: English - Date: 2012-11-25 19:00:47
313Fluid mechanics / Surface chemistry / Fluid dynamics / Liquids / Condensed matter physics / Surface tension / Wetting / Surface energy / Capillary action / Soft matter / Matter / Physics

1 CHAPTER 20 MISCELLANEA 20.1 Introduction This chapter is a miscellany of diverse and unrelated topics – namely surface tension, shear modulus and viscosity – discussed only for the purpose of presenting a few more

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Language: English - Date: 2010-05-02 20:41:50
314Astrodynamics / Gravitation / Introductory physics / Forms of energy / Electric potential / Dimensional analysis / Potential energy / Electron / Physics / Electromagnetism / Electrostatics

1 CHAPTER 2 ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL 2.1 Introduction Imagine that some region of space, such as the room you are sitting in, is permeated by

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Language: English - Date: 2012-11-25 19:02:46
315Electrostatics / Introductory physics / Electricity / Electroscope / Permittivity / Electric charge / Electric field / Vacuum permittivity / Electron / Physics / Electromagnetism / Physical quantities

1 CHAPTER 1 ELECTRIC FIELDS 1.1 Introduction

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Language: English - Date: 2013-01-10 12:37:09
316Geometry / Conic sections / Space / Orbits / Analytic geometry / Elliptic orbit / Orbital eccentricity / Orbit / Comet / Astrodynamics / Celestial mechanics / Astrology

1 Celestial Mechanics A Miscellaneous Problems 1. A comet, whose mass m is negligible compared with that of the Sun, is moving around the Sun in a parabolic orbit. When at an end of its latus rectum it collides with and

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Language: English - Date: 2015-02-09 14:43:35
317Temperature / State functions / Physical quantities / Phase transitions / Scale of temperature / Thermometer / Thermodynamic temperature / International Temperature Scale / Celsius / Thermodynamics / Measurement / Physics

1 CHAPTER 3 TEMPERATURE 3.1 Introduction During our studies of heat and thermodynamics, we shall come across a number of simple, easy-tounderstand terms such as entropy, enthalpy, Gibbs free energy, chemical potential an

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Language: English - Date: 2011-09-07 14:15:19
318Centimetre gram second system of units / Physical quantities / Magnetism / Systems of units / Fundamental constants / Centimetre–gram–second system of units / Statcoulomb / Abcoulomb / Vacuum permittivity / Electromagnetism / Measurement / Physics

1 -CHAPTER 16 CGS ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM 16.1 Introduction We are accustomed to using MKS (metre-kilogram-second) units. A second, at one time defined as a fractionof a day, is now defined asti

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Language: English - Date: 2011-04-29 14:48:15
319Ordinary differential equations / Mathematical physics / Simple harmonic motion / Normal mode / Harmonic oscillator / Equations of motion / Vibration / Double pendulum / Physics / Classical mechanics / Pendulums

1 CHAPTER 17 VIBRATING SYSTEMS 17.1 Introduction A mass m is attached to an elastic spring of force constant k, the other end of which is attached to a fixed point. The spring is supposed to obey Hooke’s law, namely th

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Language: English - Date: 2010-05-02 20:41:27
320Trigonometry / Triangle geometry / Spherical trigonometry / Angle / Spherical coordinate system / Trigonometric functions / Cylindrical coordinate system / Polar coordinate system / Sine / Geometry / Mathematics / Coordinate systems

1 CHAPTER 3 PLANE AND SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY 3.1 Introduction It is assumed in this chapter that readers are familiar with the usual elementary formulas encountered in introductory trigonometry. We start the chapter with

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Language: English - Date: 2012-06-11 15:10:54
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