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- 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/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)/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.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Calculus-Based_Physics_(Schnick)/Volume_B%3A_Electricity_Magnetism_and_Optics/B07%3A_Equipotential_Surfaces_Conductors_and_VoltageConsider a region of space in which there exists an electric field. Focus your attention on a specific point in that electric field, call it point A.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Calculus-Based_Physics_(Schnick)/Volume_A%3A_Kinetics_Statics_and_Thermodynamics/15A%3A_Newtons_Laws__2%3A_Kinds_of_Forces_Creating_Free_Body_DiagramsThere is no “force of motion” acting on an object. Once you have the force or forces exerted on the object by everything (including any force-per-mass field at the location of the object) that is touc...There is no “force of motion” acting on an object. Once you have the force or forces exerted on the object by everything (including any force-per-mass field at the location of the object) that is touching the object, you have all the forces. Do not add a bogus “force of motion” to your free body diagram. It is especially tempting to add a bogus force when there are no actual forces in the direction in which an object is going. Keep in mind, however, that an object does not need a force on it to
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Calculus-Based_Physics_(Schnick)/Volume_B%3A_Electricity_Magnetism_and_Optics/B30%3A_The_Electric_Field_Due_to_a_Continuous_Distribution_of_Charge_on_a_LineRecall that Coulomb’s Law for the Electric Field gives an expression for the electric field, at an empty point in space, due to a charged particle. You have had practice at finding the electric field ...Recall that Coulomb’s Law for the Electric Field gives an expression for the electric field, at an empty point in space, due to a charged particle. You have had practice at finding the electric field at an empty point in space due to a single charged particle and due to several charged particles. In the latter case, you simply calculated the contribution to the electric field at the one empty point in space due to each charged particle, and then added the individual contributions.
