Physics for Scientists and Engineers 5th edition

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• Chapter 1: Systems of Measurement
  • 1: Conceptual Problems (7)
  • 1: Estimation and Approximation
  • 1.1: Units (2)
  • 1.2: Conversion of Units (7)
  • 1.3: Dimensions of Physical Quantities (1)
  • 1.4: Scientific Notation (3)
  • 1.5: Significant Figures and Orders of Magnitude
  • 1: General Problems (2)
  
  
• Chapter 2: Motion in One Dimension
  • 2: Conceptual Problems (22)
  • 2: Estimation and Approximation
  • 2.1: Displacement, Velocity, and Speed (9)
  • 2.2: Acceleration (1)
  • 2.3: Motion with Constant Acceleration (10)
  • 2.4: Integration
  • 2: General Problems
  
  
• Chapter 3: Motion in Two and Three Dimensions (1)
  • 3: Conceptual Problems (14)
  • 3: Estimation and Approximation
  • 3.1: The Displacement Vector (5)
  • 3.2: General Properties of Vectors (5)
  • 3.3: Position, Velocity, and Acceleration (12)
  • 3.4: Special Case 1: Projectile Motion (6)
  • 3.5: Special Case 2: Circular Motion
  • 3: General Problems
  
  
• Chapter 4: Newton's Law
  • 4: Conceptual Problems (12)
  • 4: Estimation and Approximation
  • 4.1: Newton's First Law: The Law of Inertia (5)
  • 4.2: Force, Mass, and Newton's Second Law (8)
  • 4.3: The Force Due to Gravity
  • 4.4: Forces in Nature
  • 4.5: Problem Solving: Free Body Diagrams (23)
  • 4.6: Newton's Third Law
  • 4.7: Problems with Two or More Objects
  • 4: General Problems (2)
  
  
• Chapter 5: Applications of Newton's Law
  • 5: Conceptual Problems (8)
  • 5: Estimation and Approximation
  • 5.1: Friction (25)
  • 5.2: Motion Along a Curved Path (14)
  • 5.3: Drag Forces (1)
  • 5.4: Numerical Integration: Euler's Method
  • 5: General Problems (7)
  
  
• Chapter 6: Work and Energy
  • 6: Conceptual Problems (8)
  • 6: Estimation and Approximation
  • 6.1: Work and Kinetic Energy (10)
  • 6.2: The Dot Product (4)
  • 6.3: Work and Energy in Three Dimensions (5)
  • 6.4: Potential Energy (5)
  • 6: General Problems (6)
  
  
• Chapter 7: Conservation of Energy
  • 7: Conceptual Problems (3)
  • 7: Estimation and Approximation (1)
  • 7.1: The Conservation of Mechanical Energy (17)
  • 7.2: The Conservation of Energy (6)
  • 7.3: Mass and Energy (3)
  • 7.4: Quantization of Energy
  • 7: General Problems (9)
  
  
• Chapter 8: Systems of Particles and Conservation of Linear Momentum
  • 8: Conceptual Problems (4)
  • 8: Estimation and Approximation
  • 8.1: The Center of Mass (1)
  • 8.2: Finding the Center of Mass by Integration
  • 8.3: Motion of the Center of Mass (2)
  • 8.4: Conservation of Linear Momentum (4)
  • 8.5: Kinetic Energy of a System (3)
  • 8.6: Collisions (18)
  • 8.7: The Center-of-Mass Reference Frame
  • 8.8: Systems with Continuously Varying Mass: Rocket Propulsion (2)
  • 8: General Problems (10)
  
  
• Chapter 9: Rotation
  • 9: Conceptual Problems (12)
  • 9: Estimation and Approximation (1)
  • 9.1: Rotational Kinematics: Angular Velocity and Angular Acceleration (10)
  • 9.2: Rotational Kinetic Energy (3)
  • 9.3: Calculating the Moment of Inertia (3)
  • 9.4: Newton's Second Law for Rotation (5)
  • 9.5: Applications of Newton's Second Law for Rotation (5)
  • 9.6: Rolling Objects (9)
  • 9: General Problems (6)
  
  
• Chapter 10: Conservation of Angular Momentum
  • 10: Conceptual Problems (13)
  • 10: Estimation and Approximation (3)
  • 10.1: The Vector Nature of Rotation (2)
  • 10.2: Torque and Angular Momentum (3)
  • 10.3: Conservation of Angular Momentum (3)
  • 10.4: Quantization of Angular Momentum (8)
  • 10: General Problems (5)
  
  
• Chapter R: Special Chapter on Relatively
  • R: Conceptual Problems (1)
  • R: Estimation and Approximation (1)
  • R-1: The Principle of Relativity and the Constancy of the Speed of Light
  • R-2: Moving Sticks
  • R-3: Moving Clocks
  • R-4: Moving Sticks Again
  • R: Lenth Contraction and Time Dilation (4)
  • R-5: Distant Clocks and Simultaneity (1)
  • R-6: Applying the Rules
  • R-7: Relativistic Momentum, Mass, and Energy (2)
  • R: General Problems (1)
  
  
• Chapter 11: Gravity
  • 11: Conceptual Problems (4)
  • 11: Estimation and Approximation
  • 11.1: Kepler's Laws (1)
  • 11.2: Newton's Law of Gravity (10)
  • 11.3: Gravitational Potential Energy (10)
  • 11.4: The Gravitational Field (3)
  • 11.5: Finding the Gravitational Field of a Spherical Shell by Integration (5)
  • 11: General Problems (2)
  
  
• Chapter 12: Static Equilibrium and Elasticity
  • 12: Conceptual Problems (2)
  • 12: Estimation and Approximation
  • 12.1: Conditions for Equilibrium (3)
  • 12.2: The Center of Gravity
  • 12.3: Some Examples of Static Equilibrium (9)
  • 12.4: Couples
  • 12.5: Static Equilibrium in an Accelerated Frame
  • 12.6: Stability of Rotational Equilibrium
  • 12.7: Indeterminate Problems
  • 12.8: Stress and Strain (8)
  • 12: General Problems (10)
  
  
• Chapter 13: Fluids
  • 13: Conceptual Problems (6)
  • 13: Estimation and Approximation
  • 13.1: Density (3)
  • 13.2: Pressure in a Fluid (7)
  • 13.3: Buoyancy and Archimedes' Principle (17)
  • 13.4: Fluids in Motion (1)
  • 13: General Problems (14)
  
  
• Chapter 14: Oscillations
  • 14: Conceptual Problems (4)
  • 14: Estimation and Approximation
  • 14.1: Simple Harmonic Motion (6)
  • 14.2: Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion (6)
  • 14.3: Some Oscillating Systems (22)
  • 14.4: Damped Oscillations (3)
  • 14.5: Driven Oscillations and Resonance (2)
  • 14: General Problems (5)
  
  
• Chapter 15: Traveling Waves
  • 15: Conceptual Problems (3)
  • 15: Estimation and Approximation (1)
  • 15.1: Simple Wave Motion (5)
  • 15.2: Periodic Waves (8)
  • 15.3: Waves in Three Dimensions (3)
  • 15.4: Waves Encountering Barriers (2)
  • 15.5: The Doppler Effect (16)
  • 15: General Problems (7)
  
  
• Chapter 16: Superposition and Standing Waves
  • 16: Conceptual Problems (4)
  • 16: Estimation and Approximation
  • 16.1: Superposition of Waves (7)
  • 16.2: Standing Waves (16)
  • 16.3: The Superposition of Standing Waves
  • 16.4: Harmonic Analysis and Synthesis
  • 16.5: Wave Packets and Dispersion
  • 16: General Problems (9)
  
  
• Chapter 17: Temperature and the Kinetic Theory of Gases
  • 17: Conceptual Problems (16)
  • 17: Estimation and Approximation (1)
  • 17.1: Thermal Equilibrium and Temperature
  • 17.2: The Celsius and Fahrenheit Temperature Scales (11)
  • 17.3: Gas Thermometers and the Absolute Temperature Scale
  • 17.4: The Ideal-Gas Law (9)
  • 17.5: The Kinetic Theory of Gases (4)
  • 17: General Problems (5)
  
  
• Chapter 18: Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics
  • 18: Conceptual Problems (5)
  • 18: Estimation and Approximation (1)
  • 18.1: Heat Capacity and Specific Heat (3)
  • 18.2: Change of Phase and Latent Heat (4)
  • 18.3: Joule's Experiment and the First Law of Thermodynamics (14)
  • 18.4: The Internal Energy of an Ideal Gas
  • 18.5: Work and the PV Diagram for a Gas (3)
  • 18.6: Heat Capacities of Gases (1)
  • 18.7: Heat Capacities of Solids
  • 18.8: Failure of Equipartition Theorem (2)
  • 18.9: The Quasi-Static Adiabatic Compression of a Gas (3)
  • 18: General Problems (13)
  
  
• Chapter 19: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
  • 19: Conceptual Problems (4)
  • 19: Estimation and Approximation
  • 19.1: Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics (5)
  • 19.2: Refrigerators and the Second Law of Thermodynamics (2)
  • 19.3: Equivalence of the Heat-Engine and Refrigerator Statements
  • 19.4: The Carnot Engine (5)
  • 19.5: Heat Pumps (2)
  • 19.6: Irreversibility and Disorder
  • 19.7: Entropy (9)
  • 19.8: Entropy and the Availability of Energy (1)
  • 19.9: Entropy and Probability
  • 19: General Problems (10)
  
  
• Chapter 20: Thermal Properties and Processes
  • 20: Conceptual Problems (7)
  • 20: Estimation and Approximation (1)
  • 20.1: Thermal Expansion (12)
  • 20.2: The Van der Waals Equation and Liquid Vapor Isotherms (1)
  • 20.3: Phase Diagrams (1)
  • 20.4: The Transfer of Thermal Energy (10)
  • 20: General Problems (6)
  
  
• Chapter 21: The Electric Field I: Discrete Charge Distributions
  • 21: Conceptual Problems (9)
  • 21: Estimation and Approximation
  • 21.1: Electric Charge (3)
  • 21.2: Conductors and Insulators
  • 21.3: Coulomb's Law (8)
  • 21.4: The Electric Field (7)
  • 21.5: Electric Field Lines
  • 21.6: Motion of Point Charges in Electric Fields (10)
  • 21.7: Electric Dipoles in Electric Fields
  • 21: General Problems (14)
  
  
• Chapter 22: The Electric Field II: Continuous Charge Distributions
  • 22: Conceptual Problems (10)
  • 22: Estimation and Approximation (1)
  • 22.1: Calculating E from Coulomb's Law (4)
  • 22.2: Gauss's Law (13)
  • 22.3: Calculating E from Gauss's Law
  • 22.4: Discontinuity of E
  • 22.5: Charge and Field at Conductor Surfaces (8)
  • 22.6: Derivation of Gauss's Law From Coulomb's Law
  • 22: General Problems (11)
  
  
• Chapter 23: Electric Potential
  • 23: Conceptual Problems (11)
  • 23: Estimation and Approximation
  • 23.1: Potential Difference (6)
  • 23.2: Potential Due to a System of Point Charges (4)
  • 23.3: Computing the Electric Field from the Potential (6)
  • 23.4: Calculations of V for Continuous Charge Distributions (8)
  • 23.5: Equipotential Surfaces
  • 23: General Problems (9)
  
  
• Chapter 24: Electrostatic Energy and Capacitance
  • 24: Conceptual Problems (6)
  • 24: Estimation and Approximation
  • 24.1: Electrostatic Potential Energy (2)
  • 24.2: Capacitance (1)
  • 24.3: The Storage of Electrical Energy (4)
  • 24.4: Capacitors, Batteries, and Circuits (19)
  • 24.5: Dielectrics (5)
  • 24.6: Molecular View of a Dielectric
  • 24: General Problems (8)
  
  
• Chapter 25: Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits
  • 25: Conceptual Problems (10)
  • 25: Estimation and Approximation
  • 25.1: Current and the Motion of Charges (6)
  • 25.2: Resistance and Ohm's Law (18)
  • 25.3: Energy in Electric Circuits (9)
  • 25.4: Combinations of Resistors (7)
  • 25.5: Kirchhoff's Rules (4)
  • 25.6: RC Circuits (5)
  • 25: General Problems (1)
  
  
• Chapter 26: The Magnetic Field
  • 26: Conceptual Problems (7)
  • 26: Estimation and Approximation
  • 26.1: The Force Exerted by a Magnetic Field (8)
  • 26.2: Motion of a Point Charge in a Magnetic Field (13)
  • 26.3: Torques on Current Loops and Magnets (5)
  • 26.4: The Hall Effect (4)
  • 26: General Problems (4)
  
  
• Chapter 27: Sources of the Magnetic Field
  • 27: Conceptual Problems (6)
  • 27: Estimation and Approximation (1)
  • 27.1: The Magnetic Field of Moving Point Charges (2)
  • 27.2: The Magnetic Field of Currents: The Biot-Savart Law (13)
  • 27.3: Gauss's Law for Magnetism
  • 27.4: Ampère's Law (3)
  • 27.5: Magnetism in Matter (11)
  • 27: General Problems (11)
  
  
• Chapter 28: Magnetic Induction
  • 28: Conceptual Problems (4)
  • 28: Estimation and Approximation
  • 28.1: Magnetic Flux (5)
  • 28.2: Induced EMF and Faraday's Law (6)
  • 28.3: Lenz's Law
  • 28.4: Motional EMF (6)
  • 28.5: Eddy Currents
  • 28.6: Inductance (5)
  • 28.7: Magnetic Energy (3)
  • 28.8: RL Circuits (7)
  • 28.9: Magnetic Properties of Superconductors
  • 28: General Problems (4)
  
  
• Chapter 29: Alternating Current Generators
  • 29: Conceptual Problems (4)
  • 29: Estimation and Approximation
  • 29.1: Alternating Current Generators (2)
  • 29.2: Alternating Current in a Resistor (2)
  • 29.3: Alternating-Current Circuits (2)
  • 29.4: Phasors
  • 29.5: LC and RLC Circuits Without a Generator (9)
  • 29.6: Driven RLC Circuit (12)
  • 29.7: The Transformer (4)
  • 29: General Problems (5)
  
  
• Chapter 30: Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
  • 30: Conceptual Problems (3)
  • 30: Estimation and Approximation (1)
  • 30.1: Maxwell's Displacement Current (4)
  • 30.2: Maxwell's Equations (3)
  • 30.3: Electromagnetic Waves (17)
  • 30.4: The Wave Equation for Electromagnetic Waves
  • 30: General Problems (4)
  
  
• Chapter 31: Properties of Light
  • 31: Conceptual Problems (6)
  • 31: Estimation and Approximation
  • 31.1: Wave-Particle Duality
  • 31.2: Light Spectra
  • 31.3: Sources of Light (4)
  • 31.4: The Speed of Light (3)
  • 31.5: The Propagation of Light
  • 31.6: Reflection and Refraction (8)
  • 31.7: Polarization (3)
  • 31.8: Derivation of the Laws of Reflection and Refraction
  • 31: General Problems (7)
  
  
• Chapter 32: Optical Images
  • 32: Conceptual Problems (6)
  • 32: Estimation and Approximation
  • 32.1: Mirrors (11)
  • 32.2: Lenses (1)
  • 32.3: Aberrations
  • 32.4: Optical Instruments (10)
  • 32: General Problems (4)
  
  
• Chapter 33: Interference and Diffraction
  • 33: Conceptual Problems (1)
  • 33: Estimation and Approximation
  • 33.1: Phase Differences and Coherence (3)
  • 33.2: Interference in Thin Films (6)
  • 33.3: Two-Slit Interference Pattern (3)
  • 33.4: Diffraction Pattern of a Single Slit (4)
  • 33.5: Using Phasors to Add Harmonic Waves
  • 33.6: Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
  • 33.7: Diffraction and Resolution (6)
  • 33.8: Diffraction Gratings (6)
  • 33: General Problems (4)
  
  
• Chapter 34: Wave-Particle Duality and Quantum Physics (1)
  • 34: Conceptual Problems (6)
  • 34: Estimation and Approximation
  • 34.1: Light
  • 34.2: The Particle Nature of Light: Photons (7)
  • 34.3: Energy Quantization in Atoms (4)
  • 34.4: Electrons and Matter Waves (6)
  • 34.5: The Interpretation of the Wave Function
  • 34.6: Wave-Particle Duality
  • 34.7: A Particle in a Box (1)
  • 34.8: Expectation Values (2)
  • 34.9: Energy Quantization in Other Systems
  • 34: General Problems (7)
  
  
• Chapter 35: Applications of the Schrödinger Equation
  • 35: Conceptual Problems (1)
  • 35: Estimation and Approximation
  • 35.1: The Schrödinger Equation
  • 35.2: A Particle in a Finite Square Well Potential
  • 35.3: The Harmonic Oscillator (1)
  • 35.4: Reflection and Transmission of Electron Waves: Barrier Penetration (4)
  • 35.5: The Schrödinger Equation in Three Dimensions (1)
  • 35.6: The Schrödinger Equation for Two Identical Particles (2)
  • 35: General Problems (2)
  
  
• Chapter 36: Atoms
  • 36: Conceptual Problems (4)
  • 36: Estimation and Approximation
  • 36.1: The Nuclear Atom
  • 36.2: The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom (2)
  • 36.3: Quantum Theory of Atoms (2)
  • 36.4: Quantum Theory of the Hydrogen Atom (2)
  • 36.5: The Spin-Orbit Effect and Fine Structure (2)
  • 36.6: The Periodic Table (3)
  • 36.7: Optical Spectra and X-Ray Spectra (3)
  • 36: General Problems (2)
  
  
• Chapter 37: Molecules
  • 37: Conceptual Problems (2)
  • 37: Estimation and Approximation (1)
  • 37.1: Molecular Bonding (7)
  • 37.2: Polyatomic Molecules
  • 37.3: Energy Levels and Spectra of Diatomic Molecules (6)
  • 37: General Problems (1)
  
  
• Chapter 38: Solids
  • 38: Conceptual Problems (9)
  • 38: Estimation and Approximation (1)
  • 38.1: The Structure of Solids (3)
  • 38.2: Polyatomic Molecules (1)
  • 38.3: The Fermi Electron Gas (11)
  • 38.4: Quantum Theory of Electrical Conduction (1)
  • 38.5: Band Theory of Solids (1)
  • 38.6: Semiconductors (3)
  • 38.7: Semiconductor Junctions and Devices (5)
  • 38.8: Superconductivity
  • 38.9: The Fermi-Dirac Distribution (3)
  • 38: General Problems (3)
  
  
• Chapter 39: Relativity
  • 39: Conceptual Problems (3)
  • 39: Estimation and Approximation (1)
  • 39.1: Newtonian Relativity
  • 39.2: Einstein's Postulates (1)
  • 39.3: The Lorentz Transformation (3)
  • 39.4: Clock Synchronization and Simultaneity (1)
  • 39.5: The Velocity Transformation (3)
  • 39.6: Relativistic Momentum (1)
  • 39.7: Relativistic Energy (1)
  • 39.8: General Relativity
  • 39: General Problems (3)
  
  
• Chapter 40: Nuclear Physics
  • 40: Conceptual Problems (1)
  • 40: Estimation and Approximation
  • 40.1: Properties of Nuclei (2)
  • 40.2: Radioactivity (6)
  • 40.3: Nuclear Reactions (1)
  • 40.4: Fission and Fusion (4)
  • 40: General Problems (7)
  
  
• Chapter 41: Elementary Particles and the Beginning of the Universe
  • 41.1: Hadrons and Leptons (6)
  • 41.2: Spin and Antiparticles (2)
  • 41.3: The Conservation Laws (2)
  • 41.4: Quarks/Quark Confinement (5)
  • 41.5: Field Particles
  • 41.6: The Electroweak Theory
  • 41.7: The Standard Model/Grand Unification Theories
  • 41.8: Evolution of the Universe/2.7-K Radiation/Big Bang
  • 41: General Problems