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Equations and Concepts for Mechanical Waves, Sound, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermodynamics (Chapters 12-15)

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Intro to Waves

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    Example 1
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    Intro to Waves and Wave Speed
    07:19

Wave Functions

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    Intro to Wave Functions
    08:30
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    Example 1
    03:48
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    Example 2
    02:50

Velocity of Transverse Waves

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    Example 1
    03:07
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    Velocity of Waves on a String
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    Solving Problems with Waves on Strings
    05:51

Wave Interference

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    Wave Interference & Superposition
    03:47
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    Example 1
    04:49

Standing Waves

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    Equations for Transverse Standing Waves
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    Example 1
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    Intro to Transverse Standing Waves
    07:58

Standing Sound Waves

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    Standing Sound Waves
    05:17
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    Example 1
    03:24

Sound Intensity

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    Example 1
    06:43
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    Sound Intensity Level and the Decibel Scale
    04:25

The Doppler Effect

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    The Doppler Effect
    07:40

Beats

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    Beats
    08:46

Density

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    Density Values & Conversions
    8:42
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    Intro to Density
    8:13
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    Specific Gravity
    4:58

Intro to Pressure

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    Calculating Pressure in Liquids
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    Pressure In Air and In Liquids
    15:27
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    Pressure and Atmospheric Pressure
    17:04

Buoyancy & Buoyant Force

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    Maximum Load on Floating Board
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    Comparing Buoyant Forces
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    Is Crown Made of Gold? (Buoyancy)
    08:41

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
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Volume Thermal Expansion

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

Specific Heat & Temperature Changes

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    Specific Heat & Temperature Changes
    06:50
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    Heating Cup of Water
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Latent Heat & Phase Changes

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

Intro to Calorimetry

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

Calorimetry with Temperature and Phase Changes

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    Calorimetry Problems with Temperature and Phase Changes
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    Cooling a Chunk of Iron
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Advanced Calorimetry: Equilibrium Temperature with Phase Changes

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    Calculating Equilibrium Temperature in Calorimetry Problems with Phase Changes
    09:55

Heat Transfer

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    Radiation
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    Overview of Heat Transfer
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    Conduction
    10:01

Moles and Avogadro's Number

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    Calculating number of water molecules in a bottle
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    Moles & Avogadro's Number
    07:19

The Ideal Gas Law

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    Doubling Pressure & Temperature
    08:10
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    Solving Ideal Gas Problems With Changing States
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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
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Average Kinetic Energy of Gases

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    Gas in a Balloon
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    Introduction to Kinetic Theory of Gasses
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Internal Energy of Gases

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    Internal Energy of Ideal Monoatomic Gases
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    Total Internal Energy
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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

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
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    Calculating Work Done on Monoatomic Gas
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PV Diagrams & Work

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

Work Done Through Multiple Processes

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    Calculating Works For Multiple Thermodynamic Processes
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Heat Equations for Special Processes & Molar Specific Heats

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    Calculating Temperature Changes
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    Heat Equations for Isobaric & Isovolumetric Processes
    06:44

Cyclic Thermodynamic Processes

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    Heat Added Over Complete Cycle
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    Signs in a Three-Step Cyclic Process
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    Properties of Cyclic Thermodynamic Processes
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The Otto Cycle

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    The Otto Cycle
    10:59
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    Finding the Compression Ratio
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The Carnot Cycle

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    Lifting Mass with a Heat Engine
    06:25
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    The Carnot Cycle and Maximum Theoretical Efficiency
    06:28

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
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    Entropy Increase When Braking
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