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Physics.
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Description / Table of Contents:
Physics for O.N.C. Courses is a textbook that aims to serve the specific needs of science and engineering students at Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) level in physics. Topics covered range from surface tension and viscosity to gas laws and the specific heats of gases, sources of sound and sound waves, and spherical mirrors. Lenses, the eye, refraction at plane surfaces, and dispersion of light are also discussed. This book is comprised of 27 chapters and opens with a review of some basic principles and concepts in physics such as mass, force, and weight; work, energy, and power; states of matter; density and specific gravity; and pressure and diffusion. The reader is then introduced to surface tension, viscosity, the nature of heat, and elementary thermometry. Thermal expansion, heat quantity and its measurement, and properties of gases are also discussed, along with thermal radiation and wave motion. The remaining chapters focus on vapors and vapor pressure; thermal conductivity; vibrations of strings and rods; frequency and velocity of sound; sound intensity and the Doppler effect; and elementary principles of geometric optics. The final chapter is devoted to the fundamentals of atomic and radiation physics. This monograph will be a valuable resource for physicists, physics teachers, and science and engineering students at ONC level in physics.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (551 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781483136868
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1655601
DDC:
530
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Physics for O.N.C. Courses -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Mechanics: A Review of Some Basic Principles -- 1.1. Mass, Force and Weight -- 1.2. Work, Energy and Power -- 1.3. The States of Matter -- 1.4. Density and Specific Gravity -- 1.5. Pressure -- 1.6. Diffusion -- Exercises -- Chapter 2. Surface Tension -- 2.1. The Nature of Surface Tension -- 2.2. Quantitative Measure of Surface Tension -- 2.3. Angle of Contact -- 2.4. Pressure Change across Curved Liquid Surface -- 2.5. Rise of Liquids in Capillary Tubes -- 2.6. Experimental Determination of Surface Tension -- Exercises -- Chapter 3. Viscosity -- 3.1. Laminar Flow. Coefficient of Viscosity -- 3.2. Laminar Flow through Tubes. Poiseuille's Formula -- 3.3. Stokes' Law -- 3.4. Viscometers -- 3.5. Viscosity and Lubrication -- 3.6. Turbulence. Critical Velocity -- Exercises -- Chapter 4. The Nature of Heat -- 4.1. Heat and Temperature -- 4.2. Equivalence of Heat and Energy -- 4.3. Radiant Heat -- Chapter 5. Elementary Thermometry -- 5.1. The Liquid-in-glass Thermometer -- 5.2. The Constant-pressure Gas Thermometer -- 5.3. The Constant-volume Gas Thermometer -- 5.4. The Platinum-resistance Thermometer -- 5.5. Thermoelectric Thermometers -- Exercises -- Chapter 6. Thermal Expansion -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. The Linear Expansion of Solids -- 6.3. Experimental Determination of Coefficients of Linear Expansion -- 6.4. Surface Expansion of Solids-Area or Superficial Expansion Coefficient -- 6.5. Volume or Cubical Expansion of Solids -- 6.6. The Expansion of Liquids -- 6.7. Experimental Determination of the Coefficient of Expansion for Liquids -- 6.8. Thermostats -- Exercises -- Chapter 7. The Measurement of Heat Quantity -- 7.1. Specific Heat -- 7.2. The Experimental Determination of Specific Heats. Calorimetry -- 7.3. Latent Heat.
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7.4. Calorific Value of Fuels. Fuel Calorimetry -- Exercises -- Chapter 8. Gases (I) -- 8.1. The Gas Laws -- 8.2. The Absolute Temperature Scale. The Perfect Gas Equation -- 8.3. Measurement of αp by a Simple Method (Verification of Charles' Law) -- 8.4. The Kinetic Theory of Gases -- Exercises -- Chapter 9. Gases (II) -- 9.1. The Specific Heats of Gases -- 9.2. The Experimental Determination of cp and cv -- 9.3. The First Law of Thermodynamics -- 9.4. Isothermal and Adiabatic Changes -- 9.5. Relationship between Pressure, Volume and Temperature for Adiabatic Changes -- 9.6. Kinetic Theory and the Ratio of Specific Heats -- Exercises -- Chapter 10. Vapours and Vapour Pressure -- 10.1. Evaporation -- 10.2. Vapour Pressure. Properties of Vapours -- 10.3. Variation of s.v.p. with Temperature -- 10.4. Gases and Vapours. The Critical Temperature -- 10.5. Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures -- 10.6. Relative Humidity -- 10.7. Hygrometers -- Exercises -- Chapter 11. Thermal Conductivity -- 11.1. The Transmission of Heat -- 11.2. The Coefficient of Thermal Conductivity -- 11.3. Experimental Determination of Conductivity Coefficients -- 11.4. Conduction and the Kinetic Theory of Matter -- Exercises -- Chapter 12. Wave Motion -- 12.1. Vibrations and Waves. Basic Definitions -- 12.2. Transverse and Longitudinal Waves -- 12.3. Equation of a Plane, Progressive s.h. Wave -- 12.4. General Properties of Wave Motion -- Exercises -- Chapter 13. Sources of Sound and Sound Waves -- 13.1. Characteristics of Sounds -- 13.2. Musical Intervals. Harmonics and Overtones -- 13.3. Sound Waves -- 13.4. Stationary Waves -- 13.5. Vibration of Air in Pipes -- 13.6. Measurement of Wavelength and Velocity of Sound in a Pipe by Resonance Tube Method -- Exercises -- Chapter 14. Vibrations of Strings and Rods -- 14.1. Transverse Vibrations of Strings.
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14.2. Longitudinal Vibrations in Solids -- Exercises -- Chapter 15. The Measurement of Frequency and Velocity of Sound -- 15.1. The Absolute Determination of Frequency -- 15.2. The Combination of Two Simple Harmonic Vibrations at Right Angles -- 15.3. Measurement of the Velocity of Sound -- Exercises -- Chapter 16. Measurement of Sound Intensity. Recording and Reproduction. The Doppler Effect -- 16.1. Measurement of Sound Intensity -- 16.2. The Recording and Reproduction of Sound -- 16.3. The Acoustic Design of Rooms and Auditoria -- 16.4. The Doppler Effect -- Exercises -- Chapter 17. Thermal Radiation -- 17.1. Electromagnetic Radiation -- 17.2. The Electromagnetic Spectrum -- 17.3. The Detection and Measurement of Thermal Radiation -- 17.4. Some General Properties of Thermal Radiation -- 17.5. Emissive Power and Absorptive Power. Kirchhoff's Law -- 17.6. The Black Body. Black-body or Full Radiation -- 17.7. Energy Distribution among Wavelengths. Wien's Law -- 17.8. Pyrometers. The Measurement of High Temperatures -- Exercises -- Chapter 18. Elementary Principles of Geometric Optics -- 18.1. The Rectilinear Propagation of Light -- 18.2. The Reflection of Light -- 18.3. The Refraction of Light -- Exercises -- Chapter 19. Spherical Mirrors -- 19.1. Definition of Terms -- 19.2. The Formation of Images by Spherical Mirrors -- 19.3. Determination of Position and Size of Image. Use of Formula and Scale Drawings -- 19.4. Measurement of Focal Lengths and Radii of Curvature -- 19.5. Spherical Aberration -- 19.6. Uses of Spherical Mirrors -- Exercises -- Chapter 20. Refraction at Plane Surfaces -- 20.1. Real and Apparent Depth -- 20.2. Refraction through Triangular Prisms -- 20.3. Mirages -- 20.4. The Measurements of Refractive Indices -- Exercises -- Chapter 21. Lenses -- 21.1. Definition of Terms -- 21.2. Refraction at a Spherical Surface.
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21.3. Image Formation by Lenses -- 21.4. Measurement of Focal Lengths of Lenses -- 21.5. Measurement of Radius of Curvature of a Lens Surface -Boys' Method -- 21.6. Defects of Lenses -- Exercises -- Chapter 22. The Eye. Defects of Vision and Optical Instruments -- 22.1. Structure of the Eye -- 22.2. The Eye and Vision -- 22.3. Defects of Vision -- 22.4. Microscopes and Telescopes -- 22.5. Cameras and Projectors -- Exercises -- Chapter 23. Dispersion of Light. Spectra and the Spectrometer -- 23.1. The Visible Spectrum -- 23.2. Characteristic Spectra -- 23.3. Angular Dispersion. Dispersive Power -- 23.4. Achromatic Combinations of Prisms -- 23.5. Achromatic Lenses -- 23.6. The Spectrometer -- Exercises -- Chapter 24. The Wave Nature of Light -- 24.1. Huygens' Wave Theory -- 24.2. Diffraction -- 24.3. Interference in Light -- 24.4. Double Refraction and Polarised Light -- Exercises -- Chapter 25. Illumination and Photometry -- 25.1. Luminous Intensity -- 25.2. Luminous Flux -- 25.3. Illumination -- 25.4. Lambert's Cosine Law of Emission -- Luminance -- the Lambert -- 25.5. Photometers -- 25.6. Photoelectric Photometry -- Exercises -- Chapter 26. Measurement of the Speed of Light -- 26.1. Early Methods -- 26.2. Fizeau's Method -- 26.3. Foucault's Method -- 26.4. Michelson's Rotating Octagonal Prism Method -- 26.5. The Kerr Cell Method -- 26.6. Significance of the Value of c -- 26.7. The Doppler Effect in Light -- Exercise -- Chapter 27. Fundamentals of Atomic and Radiation Physics -- 27.1. Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table -- 27.2. Atomic Spectra -- 27.3. X-rays -- 27.4. Radioactivity -- Exercises -- INDEX.
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