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- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Calculus-Based_Physics_(Schnick)/Volume_B%3A_Electricity_Magnetism_and_Optics/B03%3A_The_Electric_Field_Due_to_one_or_more_Point_ChargesA charged particle (a.k.a. a point charge, a.k.a. a source charge) causes an electric field to exist in the region of space around itself. This is Coulomb’s Law for the Electric Field in conceptual fo...A charged particle (a.k.a. a point charge, a.k.a. a source charge) causes an electric field to exist in the region of space around itself. This is Coulomb’s Law for the Electric Field in conceptual form.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Calculus-Based_Physics_(Schnick)/Volume_B%3A_Electricity_Magnetism_and_Optics/B34%3A_Gausss_Law_ExampleWe finished off the last chapter by using Gauss’s Law to find the electric field due to a point charge.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Calculus-Based_Physics_(Schnick)/Volume_B%3A_Electricity_Magnetism_and_Optics/B23%3A_Single-Slit_DiffractionSingle-slit diffraction is another interference phenomenon. If, instead of creating a mask with two slits, we create a mask with one slit, and then illuminate it, we find, under certain conditions, th...Single-slit diffraction is another interference phenomenon. If, instead of creating a mask with two slits, we create a mask with one slit, and then illuminate it, we find, under certain conditions, that we again get a pattern of light and dark bands.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Calculus-Based_Physics_(Schnick)/Volume_A%3A_Kinetics_Statics_and_Thermodynamics/05A%3A_Conservation_of_Angular_MomentumThe angular momentum of an object is a measure of how difficult it is to stop that object from spinning. For an object rotating about a fixed axis, the angular momentum depends on how fast the object ...The angular momentum of an object is a measure of how difficult it is to stop that object from spinning. For an object rotating about a fixed axis, the angular momentum depends on how fast the object is spinning, and on the object's rotational inertia (also known as moment of inertia) with respect to that axis.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Calculus-Based_Physics_(Schnick)/Volume_A%3A_Kinetics_Statics_and_Thermodynamics/03A%3A_Conservation_of_Mechanical_Energy_II%3A_Springs_Rotational_Kinetic_EnergyA common mistake involving springs is using the length of a stretched spring when the amount of stretch is called for. Given the length of a stretched spring, you have to subtract off the length of th...A common mistake involving springs is using the length of a stretched spring when the amount of stretch is called for. Given the length of a stretched spring, you have to subtract off the length of that same spring when it is neither stretched nor compressed to get the amount of stretch.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Calculus-Based_Physics_(Schnick)/Volume_A%3A_Kinetics_Statics_and_Thermodynamics/36A%3A_Heat%3A_Phase_ChangesAs mentioned in the preceding chapter, there are times when you bring a hot object into contact with a cooler sample, that heat flows from the hot object to the cooler sample, but the temperature of t...As mentioned in the preceding chapter, there are times when you bring a hot object into contact with a cooler sample, that heat flows from the hot object to the cooler sample, but the temperature of the cooler sample does not increase, even though no heat flows out of the cooler sample (e.g. into an even colder object).
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Calculus-Based_Physics_(Schnick)/00%3A_Front_Matter/Why_Write_the_Book_and_Why_Release_it_for_FreeIn trying to create the kind of reading assignments (in textbooks in existence before I wrote mine) that I think that I the student would have been most likely to actually carry out on time, I kept ru...In trying to create the kind of reading assignments (in textbooks in existence before I wrote mine) that I think that I the student would have been most likely to actually carry out on time, I kept running into a conflict with one of the most important goals of the course as a whole, namely, “to maximize the students’ understanding of a selected set of physics concepts and the capability of the students to apply those concepts to answer thoughtprovoking questions and to solve physics problems.”…
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Calculus-Based_Physics_(Schnick)/Volume_B%3A_Electricity_Magnetism_and_Optics/B27%3A_Refraction_Dispersion_Internal_ReflectionWhen we talked about thin film interference, we said that when light encounters a smooth interface between two transparent media, some of the light gets through, and some bounces off.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Calculus-Based_Physics_(Schnick)/Volume_B%3A_Electricity_Magnetism_and_Optics/B22%3A_Huygenss_Principle_and_2-Slit_InterferenceConsider a professor standing in front of the room holding one end of a piece of rope that extends, except for sag, horizontally away from her in what we’ll call the forward direction.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Calculus-Based_Physics_(Schnick)/Volume_A%3A_Kinetics_Statics_and_Thermodynamics/06A%3A_One-Dimensional_Motion_(Motion_Along_a_Line)%3A_Definitions_and_MathematicsA mistake that is often made in linear motion problems involving acceleration, is using the velocity at the end of a time interval as if it was valid for the entire time interval. The mistake crops up...A mistake that is often made in linear motion problems involving acceleration, is using the velocity at the end of a time interval as if it was valid for the entire time interval. The mistake crops up in constant acceleration problems when folks try to use the definition of average velocity in the solution. Unless you are asked specifically about average velocity, you will never need to use this equation to solve a physics problem. Avoid using this equation—it will only get you
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Calculus-Based_Physics_(Schnick)/Volume_A%3A_Kinetics_Statics_and_Thermodynamics/27A%3A_Oscillations%3A_Introduction_Mass_on_a_SpringWhen something goes back and forth we say it vibrates or oscillates. In many cases oscillations involve an object whose position as a function of time is well characterized by the sine or cosine funct...When something goes back and forth we say it vibrates or oscillates. In many cases oscillations involve an object whose position as a function of time is well characterized by the sine or cosine function of the product of a constant and elapsed time. Such motion is referred to as sinusoidal oscillation. It is also referred to as simple harmonic motion.
