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Newton's Second Law and Free-Body Diagrams

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Newton's second law for constant mass

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Linear momentum
Momentum conservation for an isolated system
Perfectly inelastic collision
Angular frequency of a simple pendulum
Period from angular frequency
Total energy in SHM
Maximum speed in SHM
Field of an infinite line charge
Field of an infinite charged plane
Field from potential (one dimension)
Parallel resistors
Electrical power
RC time constant
Capacitor discharge
Infinite square well energies
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Photon energy
De Broglie wavelength
First law of thermodynamics
Ideal gas law
Heat engine efficiency
Carnot efficiency
Entropy change (reversible heat transfer)
Adiabatic ideal-gas relation
Lorentz factor
Time dilation
Length contraction
Relativistic momentum
Energy-momentum relation
Double-slit maxima
Fringe spacing (small angles)
Diffraction grating maxima
Single-slit minima
Thin-film constructive reflection (one phase shift)
Photon energy
Photoelectric equation
De Broglie wavelength
Percent uncertainty
Sum or difference: absolute uncertainties combine
Product, quotient, or power: relative uncertainties combine
Standard error of the mean
Counting statistics
Newton's second law and the constraint forces it determines
Work-energy theorem and mechanical energy
Collisions: momentum always, kinetic energy only if elastic
Rotation, rolling, and the parallel-axis theorem
Simple harmonic motion in every disguise
Damped and driven oscillation
Gravitation and orbits
Fluid statics and steady flow
Gauss's law and its three standard results
Potential, field, and stored energy
Resistor and capacitor combinations, and power
Transients: what a capacitor and an inductor do at t = 0 and t = infinity
Magnetic fields of standard current geometries
Magnetic force and circular motion
Faraday's law, Lenz's law, and motional EMF
Electromagnetic waves
The Schrodinger equation and normalisation
The three solvable spectra and how each one scales
Superposition, measurement, and time evolution
Uncertainty relations
Barrier tunnelling
Angular momentum, spin, and degeneracy
Photons, matter waves, and the constant that saves the arithmetic
First law and the four named processes
Ideal gas law and adiabatic relations
Kinetic theory and equipartition
Engines, refrigerators, and the Carnot bound
Entropy
Calorimetry and phase change
Heat transfer and thermal expansion
Wave speed in a medium
Standing waves and beats
Doppler effect
Refraction, total internal reflection, and the mirror/lens equation
Double slit, single slit, and grating
Thin-film interference
Polarisation and resolution
Hydrogen-like atoms
Photons, the photoelectric effect, and the stopping potential
Quantum numbers, shell capacity, and selection rules
X-ray production and Bragg diffraction
Solids: bands, Fermi energy, and heat capacity
Nuclear binding, decay bookkeeping, and the exponential law
The Lorentz factor and its scale
Time dilation and length contraction
Lorentz transformations and the invariant interval
Relativistic velocity addition and Doppler shift
Relativistic energy and momentum
Conserved quantities in interactions
Propagation of uncertainty
Counting statistics
Mean, standard deviation, and standard error
Significant figures and reporting
Linearising data for a straight-line fit
Meters and detectors

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