Physics Chapters 17-32

Synopsis

17. THE PRINCIPLE OF LINEAR SUPERPOSITION AND INTERFERENCE PHENOMENA.17.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition.17.2 Constructive and Destructive Interference of Sound Waves.17.3 Diffraction.17.4 Beats.17.5 Transverse Standing Waves.17.6 Longitudinal Standing Waves.17.7 Complex Sound Waves.17.8 Concepts & Calculations.CONCEPT SUMMARY.18. ELECTRIC FORCES AND ELECTRIC FIELDS.18.1 The Origin of Electricity.18.2 Charged Objects and The Electric Force.18.3 Conductors and Insulators.18.4 Charging by Contact and by Induction.18.5 Coulomb's Law.18.6 The Electric Field.18.7 Electric Field Lines.18.8 The Electric Field Inside a Conductor: Shielding.18.9 Gauss' Law.18.10 Copiers and Computer Printers.18.11 Concepts & Calculations.CONCEPT SUMMARY.19. ELECTRIC POTENTIAL ENERGY AND THE ELECTRIC POTENTIAL19.1 Potential Energy.19.2 The Electric Potential Difference.19.3 The Electric Potential Difference Created by Point Charges.19.4 Equipotential Surfaces and Their Reaction to the Electric Field.19.5 Capacitors and Dielectrics.19.6 Biomedical Applications of Electric Potential Differences.19.7 Concepts & Calculations.CONCEPT SUMMARY.20. ELECTRIC CIRCUITS.20.1 Electromotive Force and Current.20.2 Ohm's Law.20.3 Resistance and Resistivity.20.4 Electric Power.20.5 Alternating Circuit.20.6 Series Writing.20.7 Parallel Writing.20.8 Circuits Wired Partially in Series and Partially in Parallel.20.9 Internal Resistance.20.10 Kirchhoff's Rules.20.11 The Measurement of Current and Voltage.20.12 Capacitors in Series and in Parallel.20.13 RC Circuits.20.14 Safety and the Physiological Effects of Current.20.15 Concepts & Calculations.CONCEPT SUMMARY.21. MAGNETIC FORCES AND MAGNETIC FIELDS.21.1 Magnetic Fields.21.2 The Force That a Magnetic Field Exerts on a Moving Charge.21.3 The Motion of a Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field.21.4 The Mass Spectrometer.21.5 The Force on a Current in a magnetic Field.21.6 The Torque on a Current-carrying Coil.21.7 Magnetic Fields Produced by Currents.21.8 Amp+re's law.21.9 Magnetic Materials.21.10 Concepts & Calculations.CONCEPT SUMMARY.22. ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION.22.1 Induced Emf and Induced Current.22.2 Motional Emf.22.3 Magnetic Flux.22.4 Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction.22.5 Lenz's Law.22.6 Applications of Electromagnetic Induction to the Reproduction of Sound.22.7 The Electric Generator.22.8 Mutual Inductance and Self-Inductance.22.9 Transformers.22.10 Concepts & Calculations.CONCEPT SUMMARY.23. ALTERNATING CURRENT CIRCUITS.23.1 Capacitors and Capacitive Reactance.23.2 Inductors and Inductive Reactance.23.3 Circuits Containing Resistance, Capacitance, and Inductance.23.4 Resonance in Electric Circuits.23.5 Semiconductor Devices.23.