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Engineering Physics 1A Study Guide: Syllabus, Structure, and Academic Procedures

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Introduction to Units

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    Metric Prefixes
    06:06
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    Rewriting in Scientific Notation
    02:55
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    Introduction to Units & the SI System
    03:18

Dimensional Analysis

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    Dimensional Analysis
    05:00

Vectors, Scalars, & Displacement

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    Displacement vs. Distance
    06:13
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    Introduction to Vectors and Scalars
    04:06

Average Velocity

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    Constant Velocity with Multiple Parts
    07:33
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    Intro to Velocity and Speed
    05:35
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    Baseball Pitch
    01:21

Intro to Acceleration

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    Intro to Acceleration
    05:47

Position-Time Graphs & Velocity

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    Intro to Position-Time Graphs & Velocity
    07:41
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    Curved Position-Time Graphs & Acceleration
    03:04
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    Position-Time Graphs and Instantaneous Velocity
    06:28

Velocity-Time Graphs & Acceleration

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    Velocity-Time Graphs & Acceleration
    05:59

Kinematics Equations

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    Acceleration Signs
    09:00
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    Acceleration with Multiple Parts
    08:35
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    Subway Train
    10:06

Vertical Motion and Free Fall

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    Vertical Motion & Free Fall
    08:36

Intro to Relative Velocity

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    Solving Relative Velocity Problems in 1D
    06:27
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    Intro to Relative Motion (Relative Velocity)
    04:27
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    Flying in the Wind
    06:56

Newton's First & Second Laws

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    Newton's 1st Law
    04:46
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    Solving for Forces Using Newton's Second Law
    04:58
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    Intro to Forces & Newton's Second Law
    06:54

Newton's Third Law & Action-Reaction Pairs

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    Newton's Third Law & Action-Reaction Pairs
    08:01

Types Of Forces & Free Body Diagrams

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    Drawing a FBD
    02:06
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    Types of Forces
    06:18
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    Free-Body Diagrams
    08:42

Vertical Forces & Acceleration

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    Lowering a Load of Bricks
    05:07
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    Vertical Forces And Acceleration in the Y-axis
    06:28
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    Weight Force & Gravitational Acceleration
    07:32

Vertical Equilibrium & The Normal Force

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    Multiple Cables on a Loudspeaker
    03:25
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    Equilibrium
    05:10
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    The Normal Force
    08:17

Forces in 2D

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    2D Forces in Horizontal Plane
    08:21
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    Solving an Unknown 2D Force
    06:03
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    2D Forces in Horizontal and Vertical Planes
    06:58

Equilibrium in 2D

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    Traffic Signal
    08:45
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    2D Equilibrium Problems
    06:11

Inclined Planes

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    Runaway Ramp
    04:59
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    Intro to Inclined Planes
    06:59
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    Connected Block on a Ramp
    05:06

Kinetic Friction

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    Pushing Down on a Block with Friction
    03:51
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    Kinetic Friction Problems
    06:18

Static Friction

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    Static Friction & Equilibrium
    08:11
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    Preventing a Block From Moving
    04:33
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    Static & Kinetic Friction
    04:05

Systems of Objects with Friction

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    Connected Objects With Friction
    06:21

Inclined Planes with Friction

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    Incline with Friction & Critical Angle
    08:27
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    Force Not Parallel To Ramp
    06:39
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    Pushing A Box Up A Ramp
    06:43

Systems of Objects on Inclined Planes with Friction

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    Blocks on a Wedge
    06:55
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    Connected Objects On Inclined Planes With Friction
    06:15

Newton's Law of Gravity

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    Find force between spheres with radii
    01:54
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    Center of Mass Distance
    07:45
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    Where is Net Force on middle object zero?
    05:40

Acceleration Due to Gravity

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    Acceleration Due to Gravity
    05:20
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    Find mass of planet in free fall
    03:53

Intro to Calculating Work

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    Work by a 2D Push/Pull
    04:41
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    Work Done on Curvy (Not straight) Paths
    02:30
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    Work Done By Friction
    04:29

Intro to Energy & Kinetic Energy

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    Intro to Energy & Types of Energy
    04:10

Net Work & Work-Energy Theorem

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    The Work-Energy Theorem
    04:10
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    Calculating Net Work
    06:58
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    Net Work & Constant Speed
    03:01

Intro to Conservation of Energy

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    Conservation Of Total Energy & Isolated Systems
    05:42
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    Systems & Conservative vs. Non-Conservative Forces
    08:25
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    Conservation Of Mechanical Energy
    06:24

Energy with Non-Conservative Forces

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    Energy Conservation with Air Resistance
    05:06
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    Box Sliding on Rough Patch
    04:33
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    Energy Conservation with Non-Conservative Forces
    06:43

Intro to Momentum

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    Intro to Momentum
    05:17
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    Momentum in 2D
    04:15

Intro to Conservation of Momentum

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    Conservation Of Momentum
    05:58
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    Total Momentum of a System of Objects
    03:18

Intro to Impulse

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    Car Colliding with Wall
    05:12
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    Impulse & Impulse-Momentum Theorem
    06:00
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    Impulse between Bouncy Ball & Wall
    03:32

Types of Collisions

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    Overview of Collision Types
    04:47

Elastic Collisions

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    Intro To Elastic Collisions
    08:56
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    Head-On Elastic Collision
    07:05
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    Special Equations in Elastic Collisions
    08:24

Completely Inelastic Collisions

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    Bullet Fired Into Block
    05:48
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    Completely Inelastic Collisions
    04:18
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    Three-Body Collisions
    08:22

Rotational Position & Displacement

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    Rotational Position & Displacement
    14:03
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    Displacement in Multiple Revolutions
    05:58

Rotational Velocity & Acceleration

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    Rotational Velocity & Acceleration
    11:21
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    Rotational velocity of Earth
    04:03

Equations of Rotational Motion

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    Rotational velocity of disc
    05:48
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    Equations of Rotational Motion
    07:18

Intro to Torque

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    Example 3
    02:59
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    Intro to Torque
    15:04
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    Torque of fish pulling on pole
    04:26

Torque & Acceleration (Rotational Dynamics)

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    Torque & Acceleration (Rotational Dynamics)
    08:12
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    Torque & Acceleration of a Point Mass
    03:42

Intro to Moment of Inertia

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    Moment of inertia of Earth
    05:06
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    Intro to Moment of Inertia
    11:47
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    Inertia of planet of known density
    04:58

Moment of Inertia of Systems

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    Inertia of disc with point masses
    04:12

Moment of Inertia & Mass Distribution

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    Moment of Inertia & Mass Distribution
    03:42

Intro to Rotational Kinetic Energy

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    Mass of re-designed flywheel
    03:21
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    Intro to Rotational Kinetic Energy
    06:07

Conservation of Energy with Rotation

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    Cylinders racing down:rolling vs. sliding
    06:20
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    Work to accelerate cylinder
    03:53
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    Conservation of Energy with Rotation
    13:08

Intro to Angular Momentum

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    Intro to Angular Momentum
    06:18

Conservation of Angular Momentum

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    Ice skater closes her arms
    06:58
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    Landing and moving on a disc
    13:39
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    Conservation of Angular Momentum
    12:12

Temperature

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    Introduction To Temperature Scales
    04:54
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    Converting Between Celsius and Fahrenheit
    03:33
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    How To Convert Between Temperature Units
    05:01

Linear Thermal Expansion

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    Linear Thermal Expansion
    07:31
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    Expanding Steel Measuring Tape
    03:47

Volume Thermal Expansion

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    Overflowing Mercury
    04:45
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    Expansion of a Hemispherical Dome
    04:22
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    Volume Thermal Expansion
    05:21

The Ideal Gas Law

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    Doubling Pressure & Temperature
    08:10
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    Solving Ideal Gas Problems With Changing States
    06:27
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    Ideal Gases and the Ideal Gas Law
    07:21

Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Gases

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    Introduction to Kinetic-Molecular Theory
    01:50

Average Kinetic Energy of Gases

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    Gas in a Balloon
    03:40
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    Introduction to Kinetic Theory of Gasses
    03:27

Root-Mean-Square Velocity of Gases

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    Finding Pressure from RMS Speed
    06:08
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    Root-Mean-Square Speed of Ideal Gases
    05:21

Speed Distribution of Ideal Gases

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    Speed Distribution & Special Speeds of Ideal Gases
    07:59
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    Probability Distribution Graph
    04:03

Specific Heat & Temperature Changes

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    Specific Heat & Temperature Changes
    06:50
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    Heating Cup of Water
    03:36

Intro to Calorimetry

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    Pouring Hot Water in an Aluminum Cup
    04:06
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    Solving Calorimetry Problems
    06:53
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    Equilibrium Temperature Equation in Calorimetry Problems
    06:20

Latent Heat & Phase Changes

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    Finding Amount of Water Vaporized
    05:00
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    Latent Heat & Phase Changes
    10:40

Calorimetry with Temperature and Phase Changes

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    Calorimetry Problems with Temperature AND Phase Changes
    08:49
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    Cooling a Chunk of Iron
    06:46

First Law of Thermodynamics

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    The First Law of Thermodynamics
    08:04
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    Alternate Equation of the First Law of Thermodynamics
    05:37
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    Calculating Work Done on Monoatomic Gas
    03:47

PV Diagrams & Work

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    Finding Value of V on Axis
    04:07
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    Work and PV Diagrams
    08:07

Heat Transfer

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    Radiation
    13:08
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    Overview of Heat Transfer
    05:14
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    Conduction
    10:01

Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

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    Introduction to Heat Engines
    07:35
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    Efficiency of a Nuclear Power Plant
    03:55
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    Power Output of a Gasoline Engine
    06:58

Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

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    Intro to Entropy
    07:50
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    Calculating Entropy Changes for Systems of Objects
    06:20
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    Entropy Increase When Braking
    03:40

Electric Charge

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    Charge of Atom
    01:06
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    Electric Charge
    05:37
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    Electrons In Water (Using Density)
    04:32

Coulomb's Law (Electric Force)

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    Electroscope (Find Charge)
    07:09
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    Coulomb's Law
    09:52
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    Exploiting Symmetry
    03:49

Electric Field

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    Balancing a Pendulum in Electric Field
    05:23
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    Electric Field Above Two Charges (Triangle)
    04:49
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    Zero Electric Field due to Two Charges
    06:55

Electric Potential Energy

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    Electric Potential Energy
    07:51

Electric Potential

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    Potential Due To Point Charges
    07:31
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    Electric Potential
    07:33
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    Potential Difference Between Two Charges
    07:04

Capacitors & Capacitance

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    Capacitors & Capacitance (Intro)
    08:02

Intro To Dielectrics

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    Partial Dielectrics
    04:59
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    Intro To Dielectrics
    06:25

Intro to Current

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    Intro to Current
    05:38

Resistors and Ohm's Law

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    Current Through Unknown Resistor
    02:33
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    Resistance and Ohm's Law
    03:07
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    Resistivity & Resistors in Circuits
    05:25

Kirchhoff's Junction Rule

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    Kirchhoff's Junction Rule
    04:08

Kirchhoff's Loop Rule

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    How to Check Your Work (Kirchhoff's Rules)
    6:58
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    Direction of Current in Loop Equations
    09:49
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    Solving Circuits with Multiple Sources
    12:35

Magnets and Magnetic Fields

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    Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Dipoles
    05:30
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    Compasses and Earth's Magnetic Field
    11:32
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    How Magnets Work
    04:20

Faraday's Law

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    Current in a Circuit with a Changing Magnetic Field
    09:10
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    Faraday's Law
    09:26

Lenz's Law

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    Lenz's Law
    11:07
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    Lenz's Law for a Long Straight Wire
    06:36

Intro to Induction

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    Introduction to Induction
    05:42

LR Circuits

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    Unknown Resistance in an LR Circuit
    03:07
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    LR Circuits
    07:50

LC Circuits

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    Energy in an LC Circuit
    10:07
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    Oscillations in an LC Circuit
    04:26
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    LC Circuits
    11:31

LRC Circuits

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    LRC Circuits
    09:40
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    Amplitude Decay in an LRC Circuit
    04:24

Alternating Voltages and Currents

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    AC Circuit Graphs
    04:35
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    Alternating Voltages and Currents
    07:49

Phasors

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    Phasors
    08:32
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    Converting Between a Function and a Phasor
    03:16

Resonance in Series LRC Circuits

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    Resonance in Series LRC Circuits
    05:23

Intro to Electromagnetic (EM) Waves

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    Introduction to Electromagnetic (EM) Waves
    05:22
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    Intro to EM waves Example 1
    02:14
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    Introduction to Electromagnetic (EM) Waves - Speed of Light
    06:57

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

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    The Electromagnetic Spectrum
    06:06

Reflection of Light

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    Law of Reflection
    06:25

Index of Refraction

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    Example 1
    06:06
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    Index of Refraction
    03:46

Refraction of Light & Snell's Law

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    Snell's Law
    07:59
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    Example 1
    06:15

Total Internal Reflection

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    Total Internal Reflection
    05:29

Ray Diagrams For Lenses

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    Ray Diagrams for Diverging Lenses
    06:12
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    Ray Diagrams for Converging Lenses
    06:37

Thin Lens And Lens Maker Equations

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    Example 2
    04:53
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    Lens Maker Equation
    05:38
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    Example 1
    03:25

Diffraction

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    Diffraction
    08:44

Young's Double Slit Experiment

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    Young's Double Slit Experiment
    12:00
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    Unknown Wavelength of Laser through Double Slit
    05:42

The Doppler Effect

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    The Doppler Effect
    07:40