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Comprehensive Study Notes: Foundations of College Physics

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Introduction to Units

Unit Conversions

Counting Significant Figures

Operations with Significant Figures

Vectors, Scalars, & Displacement

Average Velocity

Intro to Acceleration

Position-Time Graphs & Velocity

Velocity-Time Graphs & Acceleration

Kinematics Equations

Vertical Motion and Free Fall

Intro to Motion in 2D: Position & Displacement

Velocity in 2D

Intro to Projectile Motion: Horizontal Launch

Newton's First & Second Laws

Types Of Forces & Free Body Diagrams

Newton's Third Law & Action-Reaction Pairs

Vertical Forces & Acceleration

Kinetic Friction

Static Friction

Inclined Planes

Uniform Circular Motion

Centripetal Forces

Rotational Position & Displacement

Rotational Velocity & Acceleration

Equations of Rotational Motion

Intro to Torque

Net Torque & Sign of Torque

Intro to Moment of Inertia

Torque & Acceleration (Rotational Dynamics)

Rotational Dynamics with Two Motions

Torque & Equilibrium

Intro to Impulse

Intro to Momentum

Intro to Conservation of Momentum

Completely Inelastic Collisions

Intro to Energy Types

Intro to Calculating Work

Intro to Energy & Kinetic Energy

Net Work & Work-Energy Theorem

Gravitational Potential Energy

Springs & Elastic Potential Energy

Work By Springs

Intro to Conservation of Energy

Temperature

First Law of Thermodynamics

Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

The Carnot Cycle

Refrigerators

Heat Engines & PV Diagrams

Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Moles and Avogadro's Number

Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Gases

Average Kinetic Energy of Gases

Internal Energy of Gases

Root-Mean-Square Velocity of Gases

Speed Distribution of Ideal Gases

The Ideal Gas Law

PV Diagrams & Work

Work Done Through Multiple Processes

Heat Equations for Special Processes & Molar Specific Heats

Cyclic Thermodynamic Processes

Linear Thermal Expansion

Volume Thermal Expansion

Specific Heat & Temperature Changes

Latent Heat & Phase Changes

Intro to Calorimetry

Calorimetry with Temperature and Phase Changes

Advanced Calorimetry: Equilibrium Temperature with Phase Changes

Heat Transfer

Density

Intro to Pressure

Pressure Gauge: Barometer

Pressure Gauge: Manometer

Pressure Gauge: U-shaped Tube

Pascal's Law & Hydraulic Lift

Buoyancy & Buoyant Force

Fluid Flow & Continuity Equation

Ideal vs Real Fluids

Spring Force (Hooke's Law)

Intro to Simple Harmonic Motion (Horizontal Springs)

Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion

Simple Harmonic Motion of Vertical Springs

Simple Harmonic Motion of Pendulums

Energy in Pendulums

Intro to Waves

Velocity of Transverse Waves

Wave Functions

Wave Intensity

Sound Intensity

The Doppler Effect

Standing Waves

Wave Interference

Beats

Index of Refraction

Diffraction

Young's Double Slit Experiment

Ray Nature Of Light

Reflection of Light

Refraction of Light & Snell's Law

Electric Charge

Charging Objects

Coulomb's Law (Electric Force)

Electric Field

Electric Potential Energy

Electric Potential

Work From Electric Force

Equipotential Surfaces

Capacitors & Capacitance

Intro to Current

Resistors and Ohm's Law

Power in Circuits

Kirchhoff's Junction Rule

Kirchhoff's Loop Rule

Magnets and Magnetic Fields

Magnetic Field Produced by Straight Currents

Force on Moving Charges & Right Hand Rule

Intro to Induction

Lenz's Law

Faraday's Law

Intro to Electromagnetic (EM) Waves

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Alternating Voltages and Currents

RMS Current and Voltage

Phasors

Resistors in AC Circuits

Power in AC Circuits

Transformers

Inertial Reference Frames

Special Vs. Galilean Relativity

Consequences of Relativity

Lorentz Transformations