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Unit 1 – The Nature of Science and Physics

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1.1

Physics: An Introduction

3 min read

1.2

Physical Quantities and Units

4 min read

1.3

Accuracy, Precision, and Significant Figures

3 min read

1.4

Approximation

3 min read

Unit 2 – Kinematics

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2.1

Displacement

3 min read

2.2

Vectors, Scalars, and Coordinate Systems

2 min read

2.3

Time, Velocity, and Speed

3 min read

2.4

Acceleration

3 min read

2.5

Motion Equations for Constant Acceleration in One Dimension

2 min read

2.6

Problem-Solving Basics for One-Dimensional Kinematics

3 min read

2.7

Falling Objects

3 min read

2.8

Graphical Analysis of One-Dimensional Motion

3 min read

Unit 3 – Two–Dimensional Kinematics

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3.1

Kinematics in Two Dimensions: An Introduction

2 min read

3.2

Vector Addition and Subtraction: Graphical Methods

3 min read

3.3

Vector Addition and Subtraction: Analytical Methods

3 min read

3.4

Projectile Motion

3 min read

3.5

Addition of Velocities

3 min read

Unit 4 – Force and Newton's Laws of Motion

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4.1

Development of Force Concept

3 min read

4.2

Newton’s First Law of Motion: Inertia

3 min read

4.3

Newton’s Second Law of Motion: Concept of a System

3 min read

4.4

Newton’s Third Law of Motion: Symmetry in Forces

3 min read

4.5

Normal, Tension, and Other Examples of Forces

2 min read

4.6

Problem-Solving Strategies

3 min read

4.7

Further Applications of Newton’s Laws of Motion

3 min read

4.8

Extended Topic: The Four Basic Forces—An Introduction

3 min read

Unit 5 – Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, and Elasticity

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5.1

Friction

2 min read

5.2

Drag Forces

3 min read

5.3

Elasticity: Stress and Strain

3 min read

Unit 6 – Circular Motion and Gravity

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6.1

Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity

4 min read

6.2

Centripetal Acceleration

3 min read

6.3

Centripetal Force

3 min read

6.4

Fictitious Forces and Non-inertial Frames: The Coriolis Force

3 min read

6.5

Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation

3 min read

6.6

Satellites and Kepler’s Laws: An Argument for Simplicity

4 min read

Unit 7 – Work and Energy in Physics

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7.1

Work: The Scientific Definition

3 min read

7.2

Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem

4 min read

7.3

Gravitational Potential Energy

3 min read

7.4

Conservative Forces and Potential Energy

3 min read

7.5

Nonconservative Forces

3 min read

7.6

Conservation of Energy

3 min read

7.7

Power

3 min read

7.8

Work, Energy, and Power in Humans

3 min read

7.9

World Energy Use

3 min read

Unit 8 – Linear Momentum and Collisions

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8.1

Linear Momentum and Force

3 min read

8.2

Impulse

3 min read

8.3

Conservation of Momentum

3 min read

8.4

Elastic Collisions in One Dimension

3 min read

8.5

Inelastic Collisions in One Dimension

3 min read

8.6

Collisions of Point Masses in Two Dimensions

3 min read

8.7

Introduction to Rocket Propulsion

2 min read

Unit 9 – Statics and Torque

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9.1

The First Condition for Equilibrium

3 min read

9.2

The Second Condition for Equilibrium

2 min read

9.3

Stability

3 min read

9.4

Applications of Statics, Including Problem-Solving Strategies

3 min read

9.5

Simple Machines

3 min read

9.6

Forces and Torques in Muscles and Joints

3 min read

Unit 10 – Rotational Motion & Angular Momentum

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10.1

Angular Acceleration

3 min read

10.2

Kinematics of Rotational Motion

4 min read

10.3

Dynamics of Rotational Motion: Rotational Inertia

3 min read

10.4

Rotational Kinetic Energy: Work and Energy Revisited

3 min read

10.5

Angular Momentum and Its Conservation

3 min read

10.6

Collisions of Extended Bodies in Two Dimensions

3 min read

10.7

Gyroscopic Effects: Vector Aspects of Angular Momentum

2 min read

Unit 11 – Fluid Statics

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11.1

What Is a Fluid?

2 min read

11.2

Density

2 min read

11.3

Pressure

3 min read

11.4

Variation of Pressure with Depth in a Fluid

3 min read

11.5

Pascal’s Principle

2 min read

11.6

Gauge Pressure, Absolute Pressure, and Pressure Measurement

3 min read

11.7

Archimedes’ Principle

3 min read

11.8

Cohesion and Adhesion in Liquids: Surface Tension and Capillary Action

2 min read

11.9

Pressures in the Body

3 min read

Unit 12 – Fluid Dynamics: Biological & Medical Uses

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12.1

Flow Rate and Its Relation to Velocity

3 min read

12.2

Bernoulli’s Equation

4 min read

12.3

The Most General Applications of Bernoulli’s Equation

4 min read

12.4

Viscosity and Laminar Flow; Poiseuille’s Law

3 min read

12.5

The Onset of Turbulence

3 min read

12.6

Motion of an Object in a Viscous Fluid

3 min read

12.7

Molecular Transport Phenomena: Diffusion, Osmosis, and Related Processes

3 min read

Unit 13 – Temperature and Gas Laws

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13.1

Temperature

3 min read

13.2

Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids

3 min read

13.3

The Ideal Gas Law

3 min read

13.4

Kinetic Theory: Atomic and Molecular Explanation of Pressure and Temperature

3 min read

13.5

Phase Changes

3 min read

13.6

Humidity, Evaporation, and Boiling

5 min read

Unit 14 – Heat and Heat Transfer Methods

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14.1

Heat

3 min read

14.2

Temperature Change and Heat Capacity

3 min read

14.3

Phase Change and Latent Heat

2 min read

14.4

Heat Transfer Methods

3 min read

14.5

Conduction

2 min read

14.6

Convection

3 min read

14.7

Radiation

3 min read

Unit 15 – Thermodynamics

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15.1

The First Law of Thermodynamics

3 min read

15.2

The First Law of Thermodynamics and Some Simple Processes

3 min read

15.3

Introduction to the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Heat Engines and Their Efficiency

3 min read

15.4

Carnot’s Perfect Heat Engine: The Second Law of Thermodynamics Restated

3 min read

15.5

Applications of Thermodynamics: Heat Pumps and Refrigerators

3 min read

15.6

Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Disorder and the Unavailability of Energy

3 min read

15.7

Statistical Interpretation of Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: The Underlying Explanation

3 min read

Unit 16 – Oscillatory Motion and Waves

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16.1

Hooke’s Law: Stress and Strain Revisited

2 min read

16.2

Period and Frequency in Oscillations

2 min read

16.3

Simple Harmonic Motion: A Special Periodic Motion

3 min read

16.4

The Simple Pendulum

3 min read

16.5

Energy and the Simple Harmonic Oscillator

3 min read

16.6

Uniform Circular Motion and Simple Harmonic Motion

3 min read

16.7

Damped Harmonic Motion

3 min read

16.8

Forced Oscillations and Resonance

3 min read

16.9

Waves

3 min read

16.10

Superposition and Interference

3 min read

16.11

Energy in Waves: Intensity

3 min read

Unit 17 – Physics of Hearing

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17.1

Sound

3 min read

17.2

Speed of Sound, Frequency, and Wavelength

3 min read

17.3

Sound Intensity and Sound Level

3 min read

17.4

Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms

3 min read

17.5

Sound Interference and Resonance: Standing Waves in Air Columns

3 min read

17.6

Hearing

3 min read

17.7

Ultrasound

3 min read

Unit 18 – Electric Charge and Fields

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18.1

Static Electricity and Charge: Conservation of Charge

3 min read

18.2

Conductors and Insulators

3 min read

18.3

Coulomb’s Law

3 min read

18.4

Electric Field: Concept of a Field Revisited

3 min read

18.5

Electric Field Lines: Multiple Charges

3 min read

18.6

Electric Forces in Biology

3 min read

18.7

Conductors and Electric Fields in Static Equilibrium

4 min read

18.8

Applications of Electrostatics

3 min read

Unit 19 – Electric Potential & Field

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19.1

Electric Potential Energy: Potential Difference

2 min read

19.2

Electric Potential in a Uniform Electric Field

2 min read

19.3

Electrical Potential Due to a Point Charge

2 min read

19.4

Equipotential Lines

3 min read

19.5

Capacitors and Dielectrics

3 min read

19.6

Capacitors in Series and Parallel

3 min read

19.7

Energy Stored in Capacitors

3 min read

Unit 20 – Electric Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law

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20.1

Current

2 min read

20.2

Ohm’s Law: Resistance and Simple Circuits

3 min read

20.3

Resistance and Resistivity

3 min read

20.4

Electric Power and Energy

3 min read

20.5

Alternating Current versus Direct Current

3 min read

20.6

Electric Hazards and the Human Body

3 min read

20.7

Nerve Conduction–Electrocardiograms

3 min read

Unit 21 – Circuits and DC Instruments

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21.1

Resistors in Series and Parallel

3 min read

21.2

Electromotive Force: Terminal Voltage

3 min read

21.3

Kirchhoff’s Rules

3 min read

21.4

DC Voltmeters and Ammeters

3 min read

21.5

Null Measurements

2 min read

21.6

DC Circuits Containing Resistors and Capacitors

3 min read

Unit 22 – Magnetism

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22.1

Magnets

3 min read

22.2

Ferromagnets and Electromagnets

3 min read

22.3

Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Field Lines

5 min read

22.4

Magnetic Field Strength: Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field

3 min read

22.5

Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field: Examples and Applications

3 min read

22.6

The Hall Effect

3 min read

22.7

Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor

3 min read

22.8

Torque on a Current Loop: Motors and Meters

3 min read

22.9

Magnetic Fields Produced by Currents: Ampere’s Law

3 min read

22.10

Magnetic Force between Two Parallel Conductors

2 min read

22.11

More Applications of Magnetism

3 min read

Unit 23 – Electromagnetic Induction & AC Circuits

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23.1

Induced Emf and Magnetic Flux

3 min read

23.2

Faraday’s Law of Induction: Lenz’s Law

3 min read

23.3

Motional Emf

2 min read

23.4

Eddy Currents and Magnetic Damping

4 min read

23.5

Electric Generators

3 min read

23.6

Back Emf

4 min read

23.7

Transformers

2 min read

23.8

Electrical Safety: Systems and Devices

3 min read

23.9

Inductance

3 min read

23.10

RL Circuits

3 min read

23.11

Reactance, Inductive and Capacitive

2 min read

23.12

RLC Series AC Circuits

3 min read

Unit 24 – Electromagnetic Waves

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24.1

Maxwell’s Equations: Electromagnetic Waves Predicted and Observed

3 min read

24.2

Production of Electromagnetic Waves

3 min read

24.3

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

3 min read

24.4

Energy in Electromagnetic Waves

3 min read

Unit 25 – Geometric Optics

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25.1

The Ray Aspect of Light

3 min read

25.2

The Law of Reflection

2 min read

25.3

The Law of Refraction

3 min read

25.4

Total Internal Reflection

3 min read

25.5

Dispersion: The Rainbow and Prisms

2 min read

25.6

Image Formation by Lenses

3 min read

25.7

Image Formation by Mirrors

3 min read

Unit 26 – Vision and Optical Instruments

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26.1

Physics of the Eye

3 min read

26.2

Vision Correction

3 min read

26.3

Color and Color Vision

3 min read

26.4

Microscopes

3 min read

26.5

Telescopes

4 min read

26.6

Aberrations

2 min read

Unit 27 – Wave Optics

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27.1

The Wave Aspect of Light: Interference

3 min read

27.2

Huygens's Principle: Diffraction

3 min read

27.3

Young’s Double Slit Experiment

3 min read

27.4

Multiple Slit Diffraction

3 min read

27.5

Single Slit Diffraction

3 min read

27.6

Limits of Resolution: The Rayleigh Criterion

3 min read

27.7

Thin Film Interference

3 min read

27.8

Polarization

3 min read

27.9

*Extended Topic* Microscopy Enhanced by the Wave Characteristics of Light

3 min read

Unit 28 – Special Relativity

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28.1

Einstein’s Postulates

3 min read

28.2

Simultaneity And Time Dilation

3 min read

28.3

Length Contraction

3 min read

28.4

Relativistic Addition of Velocities

3 min read

28.5

Relativistic Momentum

3 min read

28.6

Relativistic Energy

3 min read

Unit 29 – Quantum Physics

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29.1

Quantization of Energy

3 min read

29.2

The Photoelectric Effect

3 min read

29.3

Photon Energies and the Electromagnetic Spectrum

3 min read

29.4

Photon Momentum

3 min read

29.5

The Particle-Wave Duality

4 min read

29.6

The Wave Nature of Matter

3 min read

29.7

Probability: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

3 min read

29.8

The Particle-Wave Duality Reviewed

3 min read

Unit 30 – Atomic Physics

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30.1

Discovery of the Atom

3 min read

30.2

Discovery of the Parts of the Atom: Electrons and Nuclei

3 min read

30.3

Bohr’s Theory of the Hydrogen Atom

3 min read

30.4

X Rays: Atomic Origins and Applications

4 min read

30.5

Applications of Atomic Excitations and De-Excitations

3 min read

30.6

The Wave Nature of Matter Causes Quantization

2 min read

30.7

Patterns in Spectra Reveal More Quantization

3 min read

30.8

Quantum Numbers and Rules

4 min read

30.9

The Pauli Exclusion Principle

3 min read

Unit 31 – Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics

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31.1

Nuclear Radioactivity

3 min read

31.2

Radiation Detection and Detectors

2 min read

31.3

Substructure of the Nucleus

3 min read

31.4

Nuclear Decay and Conservation Laws

3 min read

31.5

Half-Life and Activity

3 min read

31.6

Binding Energy

3 min read

31.7

Tunneling

3 min read

Unit 32 – Nuclear Physics in Medicine

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32.1

Diagnostics and Medical Imaging

3 min read

32.2

Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation

3 min read

32.3

Therapeutic Uses of Ionizing Radiation

3 min read

32.4

Food Irradiation

3 min read

32.5

Fusion

3 min read

32.6

Fission

3 min read

32.7

Nuclear Weapons

2 min read

Unit 33 – Particle Physics

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33.1

The Yukawa Particle and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Revisited

3 min read

33.2

The Four Basic Forces

3 min read

33.3

Accelerators Create Matter from Energy

3 min read

33.4

Particles, Patterns, and Conservation Laws

2 min read

33.5

Quarks: Is That All There Is?

3 min read

33.6

GUTs: The Unification of Forces

3 min read

Unit 34 – Frontiers of Physics

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34.1

Cosmology and Particle Physics

2 min read

34.2

General Relativity and Quantum Gravity

4 min read

34.3

Superstrings

3 min read

34.4

Dark Matter and Closure

3 min read

34.5

Complexity and Chaos

3 min read

34.6

High-temperature Superconductors

4 min read

34.7

Some Questions We Know to Ask

4 min read
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