Contents of PHYSICS,
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- Ch. 1 Measurement and Uncertainty.
1.1 Introduction – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 1 or page 1 on this file
1.2 Significant figures – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 1 or page 1 on this file
1.3 Uncertainties – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 2 or page 2 on this file
1.4 Mean and Deviation – – – – – – – – – – – – page 4 or page 4 on this file
1.5 Units – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 5 or page 5 on this file
1.6 Graphical Representation – – – – – – – – – – page 5 or page 5 on this file
1.7 Estimations – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 7 or page 7 on this file
Problems for chapter 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – page 9 or page 9 on this file
- Ch. 2 Vectors
2.1 Distance and Displacement – – – – – – – – – page 12 or page 1 on this file
2.2 Vectors – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 12 or page 1 on this file
2.3 Adding vectors – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 13 or page 2 on this file
2.4 Zero sums – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 14 or page 3 on this file
2.5 Relative quantities – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 16 or page 5 on this file
Problems for chapter 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – page 17 or page 6 on this file
- Ch. 3 Describing Motion
3.1 Speed and velocity – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 20 or page 1 on this file
3.2 Acceleration – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 21 or page 2 on this file
3.3 Motion with constant acceleration – – – – – – page 22 or page 3 on this file
3.4 Rotation and oscillation – – – – – – – – – – – page 23 or page 4 on this file
3.5 Harmonic motion – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 25 or page 6 on this file
3.6 Numerical integration – – – – – – – – – – – – page 26 or page 7 on this file
Problems for chapter 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – page 29 or page 10 on this file
- Ch. 4 Centre of Mass and Newton's Laws
4.1 Mass and momentum – – – – – – – – – – – – page 32 or page 1 on this file
4.2 The centre of mass – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 33 or page 2 on this file
4.3 Motion caused by forces – – – – – – – – – – page 34 or page 3 on this file
4.4 Static equilbirum – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 36 or page 5 on this file
4.5 Balance and moments – – – – – – – – – – – – page 37 or page 6 on this file
Problems for chapter 4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 40 or page 9 on this file
- Ch. 5 Force Energy and Power
5.1 Accelerated motion – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 45 or page 1 on this file
5.2 Analysis of acceleration caused by forces – – page 45 or page 1 on this file
5.3 Motion and energy – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 48 or page 4 on this file
5.4 Kinetic and potential energy – – – – – – – – – page 49 or page 5 on this file
5.5 Kinetic energy and collisions – – – – – – – – – page 50 or page 6 on this file
5.6 Power – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 51 or page 7 on this file
Problems for chapter 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – page 52 or page 8 on this file
- Ch. 6 Gravity and the Electric Force
6.1 Gravity and the elctric force – – – – – – – – – page 56 or page 1 on this file
6.2 Gravity – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 56 or page 1 on this file
6.3 Electron orbits – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 58 or page 3 on this file
6.4 Three charges and electric forces – – – – – – page 59 or page 4 on this file
6.5 Field lines – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 60 or page 5 on this file
Problems for chapter 6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 62 or page 7 on this file
- Ch. 7 Voltage and Current
7.1 Movement of charge in a vacuum – – – – – – – page 65 or page 1 on this file
7.2 Flow of charge through a metal – – – – – – – – page 67 or page 3 on this file
7.3 Flow of charge through resistive material – – – page 69 or page 5 on this file
7.4 Circuit conventions – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 70 or page 6 on this file
Problems for chapter 7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 72 or page 8 on this file
- Ch. 8 Circuits
8.1 Series resistance – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 75 or page 1 on this file
8.2 Parallel resistance – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 76 or page 2 on this file
8.3 Voltage division – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 77 or page 3 on this file
8.4 Current division – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 77 or page 3 on this file
8.5 Voltmeters – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 78 or page 4 on this file
8.6 Ammeters – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 79 or page 5 on this file
Problems for chapter 8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 80 or page 6 on this file
- Ch. 9 Magnetic Force
9.1 The magnetic field – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 83 or page 1 on this file
9.2 The magnetic force – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 85 or page 3 on this file
9.3 The force between two conductors – – – – – page 86 or page 4 on this file
9.4 The force on a moving charge – – – – – – – – page 87 or page 5 on this file
9.5 The forces on a current loop – – – – – – – – – page 88 or page 6 on this file
Problems for chapter 9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 91 or page 9 on this file
- Ch. 10 Magnetic Induction
10.1 Magnetic induction – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 94 or page 1 on this file
10.2 Magnetic flux – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 95 or page 2 on this file
10.3 The law of induction – – – – – – – – – – – – page 96 or page 3 on this file
10.4 Induction with relative motion – – – – – – – – page 96 or page 3 on this file
10.5 Induction – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 97 or page 4 on this file
10.6 The generator or alternator – – – – – – – – – page 99 or page 6 on this file
Problems for chapter 10 – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 101 or page 8 on this file
- Ch. 11 Waves and Oscillations
11.1 Springs – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 103 or page 1 on this file
11.2 Movement in waves – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 105 or page 3 on this file
11.3 Moving waves – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 106 or page 4 on this file
11.4 The standing wave in a string – – – – – – – – – page 107 or page 5 on this file
11.5 The standing wave in a pipe – – – – – – – – – page 108 or page 6 on this file
Problems for chapter 11 – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 111 or page 9 on this file
- Ch. 12 Propagation of Light
12.1 The nature of light – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 114 or page 1 on this file
12.2 Rays – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 115 or page 2 on this file
12.3 Reflection – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 116 or page 3 on this file
12.4 Refraction with relative motion – – – – – – – – page 116 or page 3 on this file
12.5 Polarisation – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 118 or page 5 on this file
12.6 Interference – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 119 or page 6 on this file
Problems for chapter 12 – – – – – – – – – – – – – page 122 or page 9 on this file
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