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Physics Study Guide: Fundamental Concepts, Mechanics, Waves, Electricity, Magnetism, Thermodynamics

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Review of Vectors vs. Scalars

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    Review of Vectors vs. Scalars
    01:55

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

Static Friction

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

Kinetic Friction

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

Intro to Momentum

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

Intro to Impulse

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

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

Completely Inelastic Collisions

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

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

Power

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    Power
    06:00
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    Power of Pushing a Box
    04:27
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    Power of a Winch on an Incline
    06:14

Gravitational Potential Energy

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    Gravitational Potential Energy
    06:35
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    Gravitational Potential Energy is "Relative"
    04:06

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
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    Calculating Net Work
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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

Uniform Circular Motion

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    Intro to Circular Motion
    03:48
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    Circular Orbit of the Moon
    01:50

Centripetal Forces

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    Intro to Centripetal Forces
    06:48
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    Conical Pendulum
    05:22

Intro to Torque

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    Example 3
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    Intro to Torque
    15:04
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    Torque of fish pulling on pole
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Net Torque & Sign of Torque

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    Net Torque & Sign of Torque
    08:55

Intro to Center of Mass

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    Center of Mass on Y Axis
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    Intro to Center of Mass
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    Coordinates of Center of Mass of 4 objects
    05:17

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
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    Landing and moving on a disc
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    Conservation of Angular Momentum
    12:12

Newton's Law of Gravity

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    Find force between spheres with radii
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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

Satellite Motion: Intro

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    Intro to Satellite Motion
    05:36

Satellite Motion: Speed & Period

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    Find speed of second satellite, given speed of first
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    Satellite Period
    06:28
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    Satellite Speed
    06:24

Overview of Kepler's Laws

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    Overview of Kepler's Laws
    05:43

Kepler's First Law

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    Kepler's First Law
    07:12

Kepler's Third Law

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    Jupiter & Neptune's orbits
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    Kepler's Third Law
    08:32

Kepler's Third Law for Elliptical Orbits

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    Kepler's Third Law for Elliptical Orbits
    4:42
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    Distant Star orbiting Black Hole
    4:40

Energy of Circular Orbits

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    Energy of Circular Orbits
    9:11

Energy of Elliptical Orbits

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    Energy Conservation in Changing Elliptical Orbits
    8:09
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    Changing from a Elliptical to Circular Orbit
    6:51
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    Speed and Energy of Elliptical Orbits
    6:03

Escape Velocity

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    Jumping Off an Asteroid
    7:46
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    Escape Velocity
    7:27

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 Springs (Hooke's Law)

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    Intro to Springs
    15:52

Intro to Pressure

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    Calculating Pressure in Liquids
    13:11
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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
    06:55
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    Comparing Buoyant Forces
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    Is Crown Made of Gold? (Buoyancy)
    08:41

Pascal's Law & Hydraulic Lift

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    Hydraulic Lift / Proportional Reasoning
    05:13
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    Pascal's Law and Hydraulic Lift
    17:41
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    Force to Lift a Car
    05:13

Ideal vs Real Fluids

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    Ideal vs Real Fluids
    03:41

Fluid Flow & Continuity Equation

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    Flow Continuity
    11:08
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    Continuity / Proportional Reasoning
    04:06
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    Fluid Speed & Volume Flow Rate
    6:34

Temperature

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    Introduction To Temperature Scales
    04:54
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    Converting Between Celsius and Fahrenheit
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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
    04:45
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    Expansion of a Hemispherical Dome
    04:22
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    Volume Thermal Expansion
    05:21

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

Specific Heat & Temperature Changes

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

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
    08:49
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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

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

Heat Equations for Special Processes & Molar Specific Heats

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    Calculating Temperature Changes
    05:42
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    Heat Equations for Isobaric & Isovolumetric Processes
    06:44

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

The Otto Cycle

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    The Otto Cycle
    10:59
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    Finding the Compression Ratio
    17:42

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
    06:20
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    Entropy Increase When Braking
    03:40

Entropy Equations for Special Processes

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    Entropy Equations for Special Thermodynamic Processes
    08:39
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    Entropy & Ideal Gas Processes
    06:13
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    Entropy & Calorimetry
    06:12

Intro to Waves

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    Example 1
    03:02
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    Intro to Waves and Wave Speed
    07:19

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

Velocity of Longitudinal Waves

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    Speed of Longitudinal Waves (Fluids & Solids)
    05:40
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    Example 1
    02:53

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
    06:28
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    Example 1
    05:28
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    Intro to Transverse Standing Waves
    07:58

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

Conservation of Charge

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    Conservation of Charge
    05:43

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

Charging Objects

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    Charging Objects
    06:36

Charging By Induction

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    Charging By Induction
    03:59

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

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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

Electric Potential Energy

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    Electric Potential Energy
    07:51

Work From Electric Force

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    Work due to Electric Force
    14:21
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    Speed of Electron in Electric Field
    05:32
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    Work to Bring Two Charges From Infinity
    04:39

Relationships Between Force, Field, Energy, Potential

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    Relationships Between Force, Field, Energy, Potential
    03:43
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    Distance to Stop a Point Charge
    07:12
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    Potential at Center of Charges in a Square
    03:56

Capacitors & Capacitance

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    Capacitors & Capacitance (Intro)
    08:02

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

Alternating Voltages and Currents

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

Microscopic View of Current

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    Microscopic View of Current
    08:17

Power in Circuits

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    Power in Circuits
    06:18

Combining Resistors in Series & Parallel

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    Weird Arrangement (Re-Drawing Resistors)
    06:22
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    Combining Resistors in Series & Parallel
    12:42
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    Shortcut Equations for Resistors Parallel
    07:09

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

Magnetic Field Produced by Straight Currents

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    Find Zero Magnetic Field
    07:55
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    Magnetic Field Produced by Straight Currents
    12:33
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    Find Field due to Two Perpendicular Currents
    06:51

Magnetic Field Produced by Loops and Solenoids

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    Magnetic Field Produced by Loops and Solenoids
    13:54
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    Designing a Solenoid (Total Length of Wire)
    03:50
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    Find How Many Loops in a Solenoid
    01:48

Magnetic Force on Current-Carrying Wire

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    Magnetic Force on Current-Carrying Wire
    09:57
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    Find Force on Current-Carrying Wire at an Angle
    08:48

Force and Torque on Current Loops

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    Torque on a Loop at an Angle
    05:03
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    Force and Torque on Current Loops
    12:54

Force on Moving Charges & Right Hand Rule

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    Force on Moving Charges & Right Hand Rule
    19:11
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    Force on Charge Moving at an Angle
    06:21

Circular Motion of Charges in Magnetic Fields

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    Circular Motion of Charges in Magnetic Fields
    11:33

Intro to Induction

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    Introduction to Induction
    05:42

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

Transformers

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    Transformers
    03:00
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    Example
    02:12

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