Peter’s Index Peter’s Index       Peter’s Physics Topical Index  

Physics Index A to H

 

A.C., Adding two Potential Differences

 First Year Physics Lecture 12 (Complex e.m.f.s)

A.C., Admittance

 First Year Physics Lecture 16 (AC parallel resonance)

A.C., Average or D.C value

 First Year Physics Lecture 13 (Pure R,C and L in AC)

A.C., Conductance

 First Year Physics Lecture 16 (AC parallel resonance)

A.C., Parallel circuits strategy

 First Year Physics Lecture 16 (AC parallel resonance)

A.C., Parallel Resonance condition

 First Year Physics Lecture 16 (AC parallel resonance)

A.C., Parallel Resonance, Bandwidth

 First Year Physics Lecture 16 (AC parallel resonance)

A.C., Parallel Resonance, Current versus Frequency

 First Year Physics Lecture 16 (AC parallel resonance)

A.C., Parallel Resonance, Currents in Parallel Branches for high Q circuits

 First Year Physics Lecture 16 (AC parallel resonance)

A.C., Parallel Resonance, Natural Frequency for Resonance

 First Year Physics Lecture 16 (AC parallel resonance)

A.C., Parallel Resonance, Phase versus Frequency

 First Year Physics Lecture 16 (AC parallel resonance)

A.C., Parallel Resonance, Quality Factor

 First Year Physics Lecture 16 (AC parallel resonance)

A.C., Power dissipated in a Resistor

 First Year Physics Lecture 13 (Pure R,C and L in AC)

A.C., Power in a Capacitor

 First Year Physics Lecture 13 (Pure R,C and L in AC)

A.C., Power in an Inductor

 First Year Physics Lecture 13 (Pure R,C and L in AC)

A.C., Production

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 7 (Electromagnetism)

A.C., Pure Capacitor

 First Year Physics Lecture 13 (Pure R,C and L in AC)

A.C., Pure inductor

 First Year Physics Lecture 13 (Pure R,C and L in AC)

A.C., Pure Resistor

 First Year Physics Lecture 13 (Pure R,C and L in AC)

A.C., Resistance and Capacitance

 First Year Physics Lecture 14 (RC, RL and RLC AC circuits)

A.C., Resistance and Pure Inductance

 First Year Physics Lecture 14 (RC, RL and RLC AC circuits)

A.C., Resistance, Pure Inductance and Capacitance

 First Year Physics Lecture 14 (RC, RL and RLC AC circuits)

A.C., Resistance, Real Inductance and Capacitance

 First Year Physics Lecture 14 (RC, RL and RLC AC circuits)

A.C., Series circuits strategy

 First Year Physics Lecture 16 (AC parallel resonance)

A.C., Series Resonance Condition

 First Year Physics Lecture 15 (AC series resonance)

A.C., Series Resonance, Band Pass Characteristics

 First Year Physics Lecture 15 (AC series resonance)

A.C., Series Resonance, Bandwidth

 First Year Physics Lecture 15 (AC series resonance)

A.C., Series Resonance, Current versus Frequency

 First Year Physics Lecture 15 (AC series resonance)

A.C., Series Resonance, Magnification of Potential Differences at Resonance

 First Year Physics Lecture 15 (AC series resonance)

A.C., Series Resonance, Natural Frequency for Resonance

 First Year Physics Lecture 15 (AC series resonance)

A.C., Series Resonance, Phase versus Frequency

 First Year Physics Lecture 15 (AC series resonance)

A.C., Series Resonance, Quality Factor

 First Year Physics Lecture 15 (AC series resonance)

A.C., Susceptance

 First Year Physics Lecture 16 (AC parallel resonance)

A.C., The Effective or R.M.S. value

 First Year Physics Lecture 13 (Pure R,C and L in AC)

Aberrations in Lenses

 Introductory Physics Lecture 9 (Optical instruments)

Acceleration, Average and Instantaneous

Bridging Course: Lecture 2 (acceleration & speed)

Introductory Physics Lecture 15 (Kinematics)

Acceleration, Graphs and Equations for Constant Acceleration

 Bridging Course: Lecture 2 (acceleration & speed)
Introductory Physics Lecture 15 (Kinematics)

Acceleration/Time graph to Speed/Time graph

 Bridging Course: Lecture 2 (acceleration & speed)
Introductory Physics Lecture 15 (Kinematics)

Accelerations that change with time

 Bridging Course: Lecture 6 (Projectiles & Variable Acceleration)

Accumulating errors in the laboratory

 Introductory Physics Lecture 2 (Measurement)

Adding vectors Sequentially and Simultaneously

 Bridging Course: Lecture 3 (Vectors and Scalars)
Introductory Physics 13 (Vectors and Scalars)

Adiabatic Changes

 First Year Physics Lecture 6 (First Law of Thermodynamics)

Adiabatic Expansions

 First Year Physics Lecture 9 (Equipartition Theory)

Aero foils

 First Year Physics Lecture 3 (Bernoulli Applications)

Air Pressure

 First Year Physics Lecture 1 (Static Fluids)

Air Pressure measurement

 Introductory Physics Lecture 10 (Pressure)

Amorphous Solids

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)

Ampere's rule

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 5 (Investigating magnetic fields)

Angle of contact between liquids and solids

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 8 (Surface Energy)

Archimedes

Introductory Physics Lecture 12 (Archimedes)

**PHYS 1250 Lecture 13 (Archimedes)
First Year Physics Lecture 3 (Bernoulli Applications)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 6 (Archimedes)

Atomic Mass Unit

 Introductory Physics Lecture 21 (Kinetic Theory)

Atomic Mass Unit

 First Year Physics Lecture 8 (Kinetic Theory)

Australian Electrical Supply

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 5 (Electrical safety)

Average Molecular Speeds in gases

 First Year Physics Lecture 8 (Kinetic Theory)

Avogadro's number

 Introductory Physics Lecture 20 (The Gas Laws)
First Year Physics Lecture 7 (Ideal Gases)

Bar magnets

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 3 (Magnetism)

Bernoulli's equation

 First Year Physics Lecture 2 (Fluid Dynamics)
**PHYS 1250 Lecture 12 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 5 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)

Binoculars

 Introductory Physics Lecture 9 (Optical instruments)

Biot Savart definition

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 5 (Investigating magnetic fields)

Blood Pressure

 Introductory Physics Lecture 11 (Pressures in the body)

Body Centred Cubic Unit Cell

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)

Boyle's law

 Introductory Physics Lecture 20 (the Gas Laws)
First Year Physics Lecture 7 (Ideal Gases)

Brittle Solids

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)

Brownian motion

 First Year Physics Lecture 7 (Ideal Gases)

Bulk Modulus

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 10 (Elasticity)

Bulk Strain

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 10 (Elasticity)

Bulk Stress

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 10 (Elasticity)

Capacitance of two conducting surfaces

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 4 (Capacitors)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 4 (Capacitors)

Capacitors, Energy stored

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 4 (Capacitors)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 4 (Capacitors)

Capacitors, Series and Parallel combinations

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 4 (Capacitors)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 4 (Capacitors)

Capillary action

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 8 (Surface Energy)

Charles' law and Absolute Temperature

 Introductory Physics Lecture 20 (the Gas Laws)
First Year Physics Lecture 7 (Ideal Gases)

Circuit Breakers and Fuses

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 5 (Electrical safety)

Circuit Elements

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)

Classification of Chemical Bonds

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)

Cleaning Lady and the Dog

**PHYS 1250 Lecture 5 (Electrical safety)

Combined Gas law

 Introductory Physics Lecture 20 (the Gas Laws)

Comparing Temperature Scales

 First Year Physics Lecture 4 (Temperature)

Compasses

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 3 (Magnetism)

Complex Conjugates

 First Year Physics Lecture 12a (Complex Numbers)

Complex e.m.f.s

 First Year Physics Lecture 12 (Complex e.m.f.s)

Complex Numbers, Absolute value or modulus

 First Year Physics Lecture 12a (Complex Numbers)

Complex Numbers, Basic operations

 First Year Physics Lecture 12a (Complex Numbers)

Complex Numbers, Cartesian form

 First Year Physics Lecture 12a (Complex Numbers)

Complex Numbers, Exponential form

 First Year Physics Lecture 12a (Complex Numbers)

Complex Numbers, Polar form

 First Year Physics Lecture 12a (Complex Numbers)

Conductance, Electrical

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)

Conductivity, Electrical

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)

Conductors, Electrical

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)

Conservation of mechanical energy

 Bridging Course: Lecture 9 (Work and Energy)
Introductory Physics Lecture 18 (Work and Energy)

Conservation of Momentum

 **Bridging Course: Lecture 11 (Power & Momentum Conservation)
Introductory Physics Lecture 17 (Momentum conservation)

Conservative forces

 Bridging Course: Lecture 9 (Work and Energy)
Introductory Physics Lecture 18 (Work and Energy)

Constant Volume Changes

 First Year Physics Lecture 6 (First Law of Thermodynamics)

Constant-Volume Gas Temperature

 First Year Physics Lecture 4 (Temperature)

Converting between Celsius and Fahrenheit

 First Year Physics Lecture 4 (Temperature)

Coulomb's Law

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 1 (Coulomb's Law)

Couples

 Introductory Physics Lecture 14 (Friction and Equilibrium)

Covalent Bonds

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)

Covalent Crystals

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)

Critical Bond Length for Brittle Fracture

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)

Crystal Structures

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)

Crystalline Solids, Line defects

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 9 (Microscopic Defects in Solids)

Crystalline Solids, Planar defects

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 9 (Microscopic Defects in Solids)

Crystalline Solids, Point defects

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 9 (Microscopic Defects in Solids)

Crystalline Solids, Volume defects

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 9 (Microscopic Defects in Solids)

Curie's law

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)

Curie's Temperature

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)

Cyclic Changes

 First Year Physics Lecture 6 (First Law of Thermodynamics)

D.C. Circuits

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)

Damped Simple Harmonic Motion

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 13 (Oscillations and Waves)

Damping, Positive and Negative

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 13 (Oscillations and Waves)

deciBel scale

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)

Density and pressure

 First Year Physics Lecture 1 (Static Fluids)

Descartes and Cartesian co-ordinates

 Bridging Course: Lecture 3 (Vectors and Scalars)
Introductory Physics Lecture 13 (Vectors and Scalars)

Diamagnetism

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)

Diamond structure Unit Cell

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)

Diathermal and adiabatic walls

 First Year Physics Lecture 4 (Temperature)

Dielectrics (insulators) between the capacitor plates

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 4 (Capacitors)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 4 (Capacitors)

Diffraction

Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)

Dislocation Model for Plastic Failure

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)

Domestic Sockets and Plugs

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 5 (Electrical safety)

Drag

 **Bridging Course: Lecture 11 (Power & Momentum Conservation)
Introductory Physics Lecture 19 (Power and Energy Resources)

Dynamics examples

 Bridging Course: Lecture 8 (Dynamics examples)

Early ideas about light

 Introductory Physics Lecture 7 (Light)

Eddy currents

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 7 (Electromagnetism)

Effective Force to move a Dislocation

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)

Effects of temperature and contaminants on Surface Energy

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 8 (Surface Energy)

Efficiency

 **Bridging Course: Lecture 11 (Power & Momentum Conservation)
Introductory Physics Lecture 19 (Power and Energy Resources)

Einstein and Brownian motion

 **PHYS 1111 Lecture 21 (Kinetic Theory)

Elastic Moduli, The Relationship between them

 **PHYS 1250 Three Elasticity Examples

Electric Charge

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)

Electric Current

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)

Electric Current, Heating Effect

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)

Electric Current, Microscopic Picture of Current in a Wire

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)

Electric Currents and Magnetic Fields

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 3 (Magnetism)

Electric Dipoles

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)

Electric Field

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 2 (Electric fields)

Electric Field Strength

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 2 (Electric fields)

Electric Potential Difference

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)

Electric Potential Difference in an Electric Field

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 2 (Electric fields)

Electromagnets

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 3 (Magnetism)

Electromotive force

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)

Electron Volt

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 6 (Inter atomic Potential Function)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 9 (Inter atomic Potential Function)

Elliptical Crack and Stress Concentration

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)

Energy reserves

 Introductory Physics Lecture 19 (Power and Energy Resources)

Engine power and speed

 **Bridging Course: Lecture 11 (Power & Momentum Conservation)
Introductory Physics Lecture 19 (Power and Energy Resources)

Equation of continuity

 First Year Physics Lecture 2 (Fluid Dynamics)
**PHYS 1250 Lecture 12 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 5 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)

Equilibrium Thermodynamics

 First Year Physics Lecture 6 (First Law of Thermodynamics)

Equilibrium and centre of gravity

 Introductory Physics Lecture 13 (Vectors and Scalars)

Equilibrium conditions

Introductory Physics Lecture 14 (Friction and Equilibrium)

Equilibrium Separation

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 6 (Inter atomic Potential Function)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 9 (Inter atomic Potential Function)

Equipartition of Energy

 First Year Physics Lecture 9 (Equipartition Theory)

Equivalence of moving charge with current

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 4 (Magnetic Induction)

Explosions

 **Bridging Course: Lecture 11 (Power & Momentum Conservation)
Introductory Physics Lecture 17 (Momentum conservation)

Face Centred Cubic Unit Cell

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)

Faraday's Law

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 7 (Electromagnetism)

Ferromagnetism

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)

First Law of Thermodynamics

 First Year Physics Lecture 6 (First Law of Thermodynamics)

Fletcher-Munson curves

 Introductory Physics Lecture 6 (Hearing)

Fletcher-Munson Curves

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)

Fluid Flow, Four Concepts

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 12 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 5 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)

Fluid Statics

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 12 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 5 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)

Force of Kinetic Friction

 **Bridging Course: Lecture 12 (Friction)

Force of Kinetic Friction

 Introductory Physics Lecture 14 (Friction and Equilibrium)

Force of Static Friction

 **Bridging Course: Lecture 12 (Friction)

Force of static friction

 Introductory Physics Lecture 14 (Friction and Equilibrium)

Force on a Charge Moving in a Magnetic Field

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 4 (Magnetic Induction)

Force on a Current in a Magnetic Field

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 3 (Magnetism)

Force/Length between two long straight current carrying wires

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 5 (Investigating magnetic fields)

Forced Oscillations

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 13 (Oscillations and Waves)

Four concepts of fluid flow

 First Year Physics Lecture 2 (Fluid Dynamics)

Free Expansions in Thermodynamics

 First Year Physics Lecture 6 (First Law of Thermodynamics)

Gauges and gauge pressure

 First Year Physics Lecture 1 (Static Fluids)

Gay-Lussac's law

 Introductory Physics Lecture 20 (the Gas Laws)
First Year Physics Lecture 7 (Ideal Gases)

Generating alternating current

 First Year Physics Lecture 12 (Complex e.m.f.s)

Graphing with errors

 Introductory Physics Lecture 2 (Measurement)

Hall effect

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 4 (Magnetic Induction)

Hall probe

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 5 (Investigating magnetic fields)

Harmonics, Overtones and Partials

 Introductory Physics Lecture 5 (Resonance)

Hazardous currents

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 5 (Electrical safety)

Hearing loss

 Introductory Physics Lecture 6 (Hearing)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)

Heat Capacity

 First Year Physics Lecture 5 (Expansion & Calorimetry)

Heat transfer by mixing

 First Year Physics Lecture 5 (Expansion & Calorimetry)

Hexagonal Close Packed Unit Cell

**PHYS 1250 Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)

Hiero's crown

 Introductory Physics Lecture 12 (Archimedes)
**PHYS 1250 Lecture 13 (Archimedes)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 6 (Archimedes)

Homogeneous Separation Model for Brittle Failure

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)

Homogeneous Shear Model for Plastic Failure

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)

Human ear: structure and function

 Introductory Physics Lecture 6 (Hearing)

Hydraulics

 Introductory Physics Lecture 10 (Pressure)

Hydrogen Bonding

 First Year Physics Lecture 5 (Expansion & Calorimetry)

Hydrogen Bonds

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)

Hysteresis

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)

Physics Index I to Z

Ideal Gas Equation First Year Physics Lecture 7 (Ideal Gases)
Ideal Gases First Year Physics Lecture 7 (Ideal Gases)

Ideal Transformer

 First Year Physics Lecture 17 (Transformers)

Ideal Transformer as a multiplier for Current

 First Year Physics Lecture 17 (Transformers)

Ideal Transformer as a multiplier for Potential Difference

 First Year Physics Lecture 17 (Transformers)

Ideal Transformer with a Complex Load

 First Year Physics Lecture 17 (Transformers)

Image formation by concave lenses

 Introductory Physics Lecture 8 (Optical fibres & lenses)

Image formation by convex lenses

 Introductory Physics Lecture 8 (Optical fibres & lenses)

Imaginary numbers

 First Year Physics Lecture 12a (Complex Numbers)

Impedance of a Wave in a Medium

**PHYS 1279 Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)

Impulses that drive a loudspeaker

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 1 (Coulomb's Law)

Inductive-Capacitative Oscillations

 First Year Physics Lecture 11 (Mutual Inductance and Energy stored in Magnetic Fields)

Inductor, Energy stored in its Magnetic Field

 First Year Physics Lecture 11 (Mutual Inductance and Energy stored in Magnetic Fields)

Inelastic and Elastic Collisions

 **Bridging Course: Lecture 11 (Power & Momentum Conservation)

Inelastic and Elastic Collisions

 Introductory Physics Lecture 17 (Momentum conservation)

Infrasonic and Ultrasonic waves

 Introductory Physics Lecture 4 (Sound)

Insulators, Electrical

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)

Intensity and Loudness

 Introductory Physics Lecture 6 (Hearing)

Intensity level

 Introductory Physics Lecture 6 (Hearing)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)

Intensity of a Wave

 **PHYS1279 Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)

Interference

Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)

Intermediate Bond types

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)

Internal and External forces

 Bridging Course: Lecture 7 (Dynamics)
Introductory Physics Lecture 16 (Dynamics)

Internal energy

 Introductory Physics Lecture 21 (Kinetic Theory)
First Year Physics Lecture 5 (Expansion & Calorimetry)

Internal energy change

 First Year Physics Lecture 9 (Equipartition Theory)

Internal energy of a monatomic gas

 First Year Physics Lecture 9 (Equipartition Theory)

Internal Resistance of an Electric Cell

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)

International System of Units

 Introductory Physics Lecture 1 (Introduction)

Ionic Bonds

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)

Ionic Crystals

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)

Isotropic solid with mixed tensile and compressive loads

 **PHYS1250 Three Elasticity Examples

Kinetic energy

 Bridging Course: Lecture 9 (Work and Energy)
Introductory Physics Lecture 18 (Work and Energy)

Kinetic Theory

 First Year Physics Lecture 8 (Kinetic Theory)

Kinetic Theory assumptions

 Introductory Physics Lecture 21 (Kinetic Theory)

Kinetic Theory, Average Molecular Speeds in gases

 First Year Physics Lecture 8 (Kinetic Theory)

Kinetic Theory, Mean Free Path

 First Year Physics Lecture 8 (Kinetic Theory)

Kirchhoff's rules

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 3 (Simple circuits and Networks)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 3 (Simple circuits and Networks)

Knowledge and Belief

 Bridging Course: Lecture 1 (position & speed)

Laboratory instruments

 Introductory Physics Lecture 2 (Measurement)

Laminar flow

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 14 (Viscosity)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 7 (Viscosity)

Laminar flow in a tube

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 14 (Viscosity)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 7 (Viscosity)

Laminar flow of a fluid in a tube

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 14 (Viscosity)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 7 (Viscosity)

Latent heat

 First Year Physics Lecture 5 (Expansion & Calorimetry)

Lenard-Jones Potential Energy Function

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 6 (Inter atomic Potential Function)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 9 (Inter atomic Potential Function)

Lenz's Law

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 7 (Electromagnetism)

Longitudinal and transverse waves

Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)

Magnetic Dipole Moment

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)

Magnetic Field Mapping

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 3 (Magnetism)

Magnetic field, Energy Density

 First Year Physics Lecture 11 (Mutual Inductance and Energy stored in Magnetic Fields)

Magnetic Flux

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 7 (Electromagnetism)

Magnetic Induction

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 4 (Magnetic Induction)

Magnetic Induction in "short wide" and "long narrow" solenoids

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 5 (Investigating magnetic fields)

Magnetisation

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)

Magnetisism in Computing and Medicine

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)

Mass and weight

 Introductory Physics Lecture 13 (Vectors and Scalars)

Maximum Binding Energy

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 6 (Inter atomic Potential Function)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 9 (Inter atomic Potential Function)

Maximum Power Transfer theorem

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)

Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution for molecular velocities

 Introductory Physics Lecture 21 (Kinetic Theory)

Mean Free Path

 First Year Physics Lecture 8 (Kinetic Theory)

Measuring surface energy

 **PHYS1279 Lecture 8 (Surface Energy)

Metallic Bonds

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)

Metallic Crystals

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)

Microcrack Model for Brittle Failure

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)

Microscopes

 Introductory Physics Lecture 9 (Optical instruments)

Microscopic views of matter

 Introductory Physics Lecture 21 (Kinetic Theory)

Mirages and optical illusions

Introductory Physics Lecture 7(Light)

Molar Mass

 First Year Physics Lecture 8 (Kinetic Theory)

Molar specific heat at constant pressure

 First Year Physics Lecture 9 (Equipartition Theory)

Molar specific heat of a monatomic gas at constant volume

 First Year Physics Lecture 9 (Equipartition Theory)

Molar Specific Heat, Temperature dependence

 First Year Physics Lecture 9 (Equipartition Theory)

Moment of force

 Introductory Physics Lecture 13 (Vectors and Scalars)

Momentum as the quantity of motion

 Introductory Physics Lecture 16 (Dynamics)

Musical instruments with pipes

 Introductory Physics Lecture 5 (Resonance)

Musical instruments with strings

 Introductory Physics Lecture 5 (Resonance)

Mutual Inductance of one inductor wound over another

 First Year Physics Lecture 11 (Mutual Inductance and Energy stored in Magnetic Fields)

Mutual Inductor, the sign convention for potential difference

 First Year Physics Lecture 11 (Mutual Inductance and Energy stored in Magnetic Fields)

Negative Potential Energy

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 6 (Inter atomic Potential Function)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 9 (Inter atomic Potential Function)

Newton's Law of Viscosity

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 14 (Viscosity)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 7 (Viscosity)

Newton's Laws of Motion

 Introductory Physics Lecture 16 (Dynamics)

Normal Strain

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 10 (Elasticity)

Normal Stress

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 10 (Elasticity)

Optical fibres

 Introductory Physics Lecture 8 (Optical fibres & lenses)

Opto-acoustics

 Introductory Physics Lecture 4 (Sound)

Origins and goals of Physics

 Introductory Physics Lecture 1 (Introduction)

Oscillations and Vibrations

 **PHYS1279 Lecture 13 (Oscillations and Waves)

Osmotic pressure causing sap to rise in plants

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 1 (Coulomb's Law)

Packing Density in the Unit Cell (FCC and BCC)

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)

Paramagnetism

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)

Pascal's Principle

 First Year Physics Lecture 1 (Static Fluids)

Periodic Table with Electron Configurations

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)

Phon

 **PHYS1279 Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)

Physics as the nature of things

 Bridging Course: Lecture 1 (position & speed)

Physics **Bridging Course goal

 Bridging Course: Lecture 1 (position & speed)

Pitch

 Introductory Physics Lecture 6 (Hearing)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)

Pitot tube

 First Year Physics Lecture 3 (Bernoulli Applications)

Planar Laminar flow

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 14 (Viscosity)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 7 (Viscosity)

Plastic Solids and the Critical Strain for Plastic Flow

**PHYS1250 Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)

Poiseuille's Law

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 14 (Viscosity)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 7 (Viscosity)

Poiseuille's Law Derivation

 **PHYS1250 (Poiseuille's Law Derivation)
**PHYS1279 (Poiseuille's Law Derivation)

Poisson's ratio

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 10 (Elasticity)

Poisson's ratio, example with a single Tensile stress

 **PHYS1250 Three Elasticity Examples

Polar co-ordinates

 Bridging Course: Lecture 3 (Vectors and Scalars)
Introductory Physics Lecture 13 (Vectors and Scalars)

Polarisation

Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)

Polymers

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
**PHYS1279 Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)

Position/Time graph to Speed/Time graph

Bridging Course: Lecture 1 (position & speed)

Introductory Physics Lecture 15 (Kinematics)

Potential energy

 Bridging Course: Lecture 9 (Work and Energy)
Introductory Physics Lecture 18 (Work and Energy)

Potential Energy and Force

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 6 (Inter atomic Potential Function)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 9 (Inter atomic Potential Function)

Power as the rate of doing work

 **Bridging Course: Lecture 11 (Power & Momentum Conservation)
Introductory Physics Lecture 19 (Power and Energy Resources)

Prandtl tube

 First Year Physics Lecture 3 (Bernoulli Applications)

Pressure Amplitude of a Wave

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)

Pressure and digestion

 Introductory Physics Lecture 11 (Pressures in the body)

Pressure and the eyes

 Introductory Physics Lecture 11 (Pressures in the body)

Pressure and the joints

 Introductory Physics Lecture 11 (Pressures in the body)

Pressure and the lungs

 Introductory Physics Lecture 11 (Pressures in the body)

Pressure as the intensity of force

 Introductory Physics Lecture 10 (Pressure)

Pressure at a depth in a static fluid

Introductory Physics Lecture 10 (Pressure)

First Year Physics Lecture 1 (Static Fluids)

Pressure gauges

 Introductory Physics Lecture 11 (Pressures in the body)

Pressure of waves on surfers

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 1 (Coulomb's Law)

Pressure, Microscopic explanation

 First Year Physics Lecture 8 (Kinetic Theory)

Pressure, Microscopic picture

Introductory Physics Lecture 21 (Kinetic Theory)
First Year Physics Lecture 8 (Kinetic Theory)

Projectile motion (The "Wheeler" method)

 Bridging Course: Lecture 5 (Projectile Motion)

Projectile motion, examples

 Bridging Course: Lecture 6 (Projectiles & Variable Acceleration)

Reflection

Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)
Introductory Physics Lecture 7 (Light)

Reflections at interfaces

 Introductory Physics Lecture 4 (Sound)

Refraction

 Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)

Refraction (Snell's law)

Introductory Physics Lecture 7 (Light)

Representing Moving Shapes

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)

Resistance of a rusty nut on a bolt

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 1 (Coulomb's Law)

Resistance, Electrical

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)

Resistive-Capacitative transients

 First Year Physics Lecture 10 (RC & RL Transients)

Resistive-Inductive transients

 First Year Physics Lecture 10 (RC & RL Transients)

Resistivity, Electrical

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)

Resistivity, Linear Temperature Coefficient

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)

Resistors connected in parallel

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)

Resistors connected in series

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)

Resistors, Electrical

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)

Resonance

 Introductory Physics Lecture 5 (Resonance)

Reynold's number

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 14 (Viscosity)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 7 (Viscosity)

Right Hand Screw rule

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 4 (Magnetic Induction)

Rockets

 **Bridging Course: Lecture 11 (Power & Momentum Conservation)
Introductory Physics Lecture 17 (Momentum conservation)

Scientific method

 Introductory Physics Lecture 1 (Introduction)

Semiconductors, Electrical

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)

Series/parallel substitution examples

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 3 (Simple circuits and Networks)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 3 (Simple circuits and Networks)

Series/parallel substitution of resistors in circuits

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)

Shear or Rigidity Modulus

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 10 (Elasticity)

Shear Strain

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 10 (Elasticity)

Shear Stress

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 10 (Elasticity)

Simple Cubic structure

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)

Simple Harmonic Motion

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 13 (Oscillations and Waves)

Size of bubbles

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 8 (Surface Energy)

Skin Resistance

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 5 (Electrical safety)

Solids, Fluids, Plastics & Plasmas

Introductory Physics Lecture 10 (Pressure)

**PHYS1250 Lecture 12 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)

**PHYS1279 Lecture 5 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)

Sound waves produced from a sudden local compression

 Introductory Physics Lecture 4 (Sound)

Specific heat

 First Year Physics Lecture 5 (Expansion & Calorimetry)

Speed, Average and Instantaneous

Bridging Course: Lecture 1 (position & speed)
Introductory Physics Lecture 15 (Kinematics)

Speed/Time graph to Acceleration/Time graph

 Bridging Course: Lecture 2 (acceleration & speed)
Introductory Physics Lecture 15 (Kinematics)

Speed/Time graph to Position/Time graph

 Bridging Course: Lecture 1 (position & speed)
Introductory Physics Lecture 15 (Kinematics)

Standing waves

 Introductory Physics Lecture 5 (Resonance)

Stickiness of honey

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 1 (Coulomb's Law)

Stokes' Law and Terminal Speeds

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 14 (Viscosity)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 7 (Viscosity)

Streamlines

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 12 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 5 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)

Stress vs. Strain Diagrams

**PHYS 1250 Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)

Subtracting vectors

 Bridging Course: Lecture 3 (Vectors and Scalars)
Introductory Physics Lecture 13 (Vectors and Scalars)

Surface Energy

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 8 (Surface Energy)

Surface Tension

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 8 (Surface Energy)

Symbols and equations in Physics

 Introductory Physics Lecture 1 (Introduction)

Telescopes

 Introductory Physics Lecture 9 (Optical instruments)

Temperature as the average kinetic energy per molecule

 First Year Physics Lecture 4 (Temperature)

Temperature, Microscopic explanation

 First Year Physics Lecture 8 (Kinetic Theory)

Temperature, Microscopic picture

Introductory Physics Lecture 21 (Kinetic Theory)

Terminal Velocity

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 14 (Viscosity)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 7 (Viscosity)

The Camera

 Introductory Physics Lecture 9 (Optical instruments)

Thermal expansion

 First Year Physics Lecture 5 (Expansion & Calorimetry)

Thermoacoustics

 Introductory Physics Lecture 4 (Sound)

Total internal reflection

 Introductory Physics Lecture 8 (Optical fibres & lenses)

Transformer as a Mutual Inductor

 First Year Physics Lecture 17 (Transformers)

Transformers

 **PHYS1259 Lecture 7 (Electromagnetism)

Transformers, Complex Mutual Impedance

 First Year Physics Lecture 17 (Transformers)

Transformers, Construction

 First Year Physics Lecture 17 (Transformers)

Transformers, Reflected and Shunt Impedances in Equivalent Circuits

 First Year Physics Lecture 17 (Transformers)

Transformers, Uses

 First Year Physics Lecture 17 (Transformers)

Turbulent flow

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 14 (Viscosity)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 7 (Viscosity)

Two slit interference

Introductory Physics Lecture 7 (Light)

Two techniques of calculation with fluids

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 12 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 5 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)

Types of Energy resources

 Introductory Physics Lecture 19 (Power and Energy Resources)

Types of waves

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)

Ultrasonic applications

 Introductory Physics Lecture 4 (Sound)

Ultrasonic transducers

 Introductory Physics Lecture 4 (Sound)

Uncertainty and accuracy

 Introductory Physics Lecture 2 (Measurement)

Universal Gas law

 Introductory Physics Lecture 20 (the Gas Laws)

Vacuum, How it is not nothing

 Introductory Physics Lecture 10 (Pressure)

Van der Waals Bonds

**PHYS1250 Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond)

**PHYS1279 Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)

Vector components and adding by components

 Bridging Course: Lecture 3 (Vectors and Scalars)
Introductory Physics Lecture 13 (Vectors and Scalars)

Vector Examples

 Bridging Course: Lecture 4 (Vector Examples)

Vectors and scalars

 Bridging Course: Lecture 3 (Vectors and Scalars)
Introductory Physics Lecture 13 (Vectors and Scalars)

Velocity and speed

 Introductory Physics Lecture 16 (Dynamics)

Venturi tube

 First Year Physics Lecture 3 (Bernoulli Applications)

Vibrations, coming from outside built structures

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 13 (Oscillations and Waves)

Vibrations, inside built structures

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 13 (Oscillations and Waves)

Viscoelastic materials

**PHYS 1250 Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)

Viscosity and Temperature

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 14 (Viscosity)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 7 (Viscosity)

Viscosity and Time

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 14 (Viscosity)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 7 (Viscosity)

Viscosity at the Atomic Level

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 14 (Viscosity)
**PHYS 1279 Lecture 7 (Viscosity)

Volume and area formulae

 Introductory Physics Lecture 2 (Measurement)

Wave motion as an energy transfer

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)

Wave nature of light

Introductory Physics Lecture 7 (Light)

Wave, Amplitude

Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)

Wave, frequency

Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)

Wave, Period

Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves))

Wave, phase difference

Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)

Wave, Wavelength

Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)

Waves moving energy through a medium without moving the whole medium

 Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)

Waves, Basic Parameters

 **PHYS 1279 Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)

Waves, Transverse Sinusoidal

**PHYS 1279 Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)

Work and Energy examples

 **Bridging Course: Lecture 10 (Work and Energy Examples)

Work done by a force

 Bridging Course: Lecture 9 (Work and Energy)

Work done by a force

 Introductory Physics Lecture 18 (Work and Energy)

Work Done by a system

 First Year Physics Lecture 6 (First Law of Thermodynamics)

Work Done by an Ideal Gas at Constant Temperature

 First Year Physics Lecture 7 (Ideal Gases)

Young's Modulus

 **PHYS 1250 Lecture 10 (Elasticity)

Young's Modulus and the Atomic Spring Constant

 **PHYS1250 Lecture 10 (Elasticity)

Zeno's paradox

 Introductory Physics Lecture 15 (Kinematics)

Zeroth law of thermodynamics

 First Year Physics Lecture 4 (Temperature)

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