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Peter's Physics Topical Index

Free Education in Physics

This is an alphabetical list of all the topics covered by Peter’s Physics Lectures

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Topic Description	Link
	Lectures for all six physics courses are now in the topical index.
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	Physics for Industrial Design 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	Physics for Builders Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
Ampere's rule	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 5 (Investigating Magnetic Fields)
Angle of contact between liquids and solids.	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 8 (Surface Energy)
Archimedes	Introductory Physics Lecture 12 (Archimedes) Physics for Builders Lecture 13 (Archimedes) First Year Physics Lecture 3 (Bernoulli Application) Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Builders 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)
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Bar magnets	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 3 (Magnetism)
Bernoulli's equation	First Year Physics Lecture 2 (Fluid Dynamics) Physics for Builders Lecture 12 (Fluids: Flowing and Static) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 5 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)
Binoculars	Introductory Physics Lecture 9 (Optical instruments)
Biot Savart definition	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 5 (Investigating Magnetic Fields)
Blood Pressure	Introductory Physics Lecture 11 (Pressures in the body)
Body Centred Cubic Unit Cell	Physics for Builders Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
Boyle's law	Introductory Physics Lecture 20 (the Gas Laws) First Year Physics Lecture 7 (Ideal Gases)
Brittle Solids	Physics for Builders Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
Brownian motion	First Year Physics Lecture 7 (Ideal Gases)
Bulk Modulus	Physics for Builders Lecture 10 (Elasticity)
Bulk Strain	Physics for Builders Lecture 10 (Elasticity)
Bulk Stress	Physics for Builders Lecture 10 (Elasticity)
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Capacitance of two conducting surfaces	Physics for Builders Lecture 4 (Capacitors) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 4 (Capacitors)
Capacitors, Energy stored	Physics for Builders Lecture 4 (Capacitors) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 4 (Capacitors)
Capacitors, Series and Parallel combinations	Physics for Builders Lecture 4 (Capacitors) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 4 (Capacitors)
Capillary action	Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Builders Lecture 5 (Electrical safety)
Circuit Elements	Physics for Builders Lecture 2 (Electric circuits) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
Classification of Chemical Bonds	Physics for Builders Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)
Cleaning Lady and the Dog	Physics for Builders Lecture 5 (Electrical safety)
Combined Gas law	Introductory Physics Lecture 20 (the Gas Laws)
Comparing Temperature Scales	First Year Physics Lecture 4 (Temperature)
Compasses	Physics for Industrial Design 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	Physics for Builders Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
Conductivity, Electrical	Physics for Builders Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
Conductors, Electrical	Physics for Builders Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance) Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 1 (Coulomb's Law)
Couples	Introductory Physics Lecture 14 (Friction and Equilibrium)
Covalent Bonds	Physics for Builders Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)
Covalent Crystals	Physics for Builders Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
Critical Bond Length for Brittle Fracture	Physics for Builders Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
Crystal Structures	Physics for Builders Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
Crystalline Solids, Line defects	Physics for Builders Lecture 9 (Microscopic Defects in Solids)
Crystalline Solids, Planar defects	Physics for Builders Lecture 9 (Microscopic Defects in Solids)
Crystalline Solids, Point defects	Physics for Builders Lecture 9 (Microscopic Defects in Solids)
Crystalline Solids, Volume defects	Physics for Builders Lecture 9 (Microscopic Defects in Solids)
Curie's law	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)
Curie's Temperature	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)
Cyclic Changes	First Year Physics Lecture 6 (First Law of Thermodynamics)
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D.C. Circuits	Physics for Builders Lecture 2 (Electric circuits) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
Damped Simple Harmonic Motion	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 13 (Oscillations and Waves)
Damping, Positive and Negative	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 13 (Oscillations and Waves)
deciBel scale	Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)
Diamond structure Unit Cell	Physics for Builders Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
Diathermal and adiabatic walls	First Year Physics Lecture 4 (Temperature)
Dielectrics (insulators) between the capacitor plates	Physics for Builders Lecture 4 (Capacitors) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 4 (Capacitors)
Diffraction	Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)
Dislocation Model for Plastic Failure	Physics for Builders Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
Domestic Sockets and Plugs	Physics for Builders 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)
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Early ideas about light	Introductory Physics Lecture 7 (Light)
Eddy currents	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 7 (Electromagnetism)
Effective Force to move a Dislocation	Physics for Builders Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
Effects of temperature and contaminants on Surface Energy	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 8 (Surface Energy)
Efficiency	Bridging Course: Lecture 11 (Power & Momentum Conservation) Introductory Physics Lecture 19 (Power and Energy Resources)
Einstein and Brownian motion	Introductory Physics Lecture 21 (Kinetic Theory)
Elastic Moduli, The Relationship between them	Physics for Builders Lecture 10 (Elasticity)
Electric Charge	Physics for Builders Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
Electric Current	Physics for Builders Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
Electric Current, Heating Effect	Physics for Builders Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
Electric Current, Microscopic Picture of Current in a Wire	Physics for Builders Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
Electric Currents and Magnetic Fields	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 3 (Magnetism)
Electric Dipoles	Physics for Builders Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)
Electric Field	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 2 (Electric fields)
Electric Field Strength	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 2 (Electric fields)
Electric Potential Difference	Physics for Builders Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
Electric Potential Difference in an Electric Field	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 2 (Electric fields)
Electrical Safety	Physics for Builders Lecture 5 (Electrical safety)
Electricitity: Competent Persons	Physics for Builders Lecture 5 (Electrical safety)
Electromagnets	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 3 (Magnetism)
Electromotive force	Physics for Builders Lecture 2 (Electric circuits) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
Electron Volt	Physics for Builders Lecture 6 (Inter atomic Potential Function) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 9 (Inter atomic Potential Function)
Elliptical Crack and Stress Concentration	Physics for Builders Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure) Physics for Civil Engineers 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) Physics for Builders Lecture 12 (Fluids: Flowing and Static) Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Builders Lecture 6 (Inter atomic Potential Function) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 9 (Inter atomic Potential Function)
Equipartition of Energy	First Year Physics Lecture 9 (Equipartition Theory)
Equivalence of moving charge with current	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 4 (Magnetic Induction)
Explosions	Bridging Course: Lecture 11 (Power & Momentum Conservation) Introductory Physics Lecture 17 (Momentum conservation)
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Face Centred Cubic Unit Cell	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
Faraday's Law	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 7 (Electromagnetism)
Ferromagnetism	Physics for Industrial Design 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	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)
Fluid Flow, Four Concepts	Physics for Builders Lecture 12 (Fluids: Flowing and Static) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 5 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)
Fluid Statics	Physics for Builders Lecture 12 (Fluids: Flowing and Static) Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 4 (Magnetic Induction)
Force on a Current in a Magnetic Field	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 3 (Magnetism)
Force/Length between two long straight current carrying wires	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 5 (Investigating Magnetic Fields)
Forced Oscillations	Physics for Civil Engineers 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)
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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)
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Hall effect	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 4 (Magnetic Induction)
Hall probe	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 4 (Magnetic Induction)
Harmonics, Overtones and Partials	Introductory Physics Lecture 5 (Resonance)
Hazardous currents	Physics for Builders Lecture 5 (Electrical safety)
Hearing loss	Introductory Physics Lecture 6 (Hearing) Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Builders Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
Hiero's crown	Introductory Physics Lecture 12 (Archimedes) Physics for Builders Lecture 13 (Archimedes) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 6 (Archimedes)
Homogeneous Separation Model for Brittle Failure	Physics for Builders Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
Homogeneous Shear Model for Plastic Failure	Physics for Builders Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure) Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Builders Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)
Hysteresis	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)
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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	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)
Impulses that drive a loudspeaker	Physics for Industrial Design 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) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
Intensity and Loudness	Introductory Physics Lecture 6 (Hearing)
Intensity level	Introductory Physics Lecture 6 (Hearing) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)
Intensity of a Wave	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)
Interference	Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)
Intermediate Bond types	Physics for Builders Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures) Physics for Civil Engineers 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) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
International System of Units	Introductory Physics Lecture 1 (Introduction)
Ionic Bonds	Physics for Builders Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)
Ionic Crystals	Physics for Builders Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
Isotropic solid with mixed tensile and compressive loads	Physics for Builders Lecture 10 (Elasticity)
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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) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 3 (Simple circuits and Networks)
Knowledge and Belief	Bridging Course: Lecture 1 (position & speed)
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Laboratory instruments	Introductory Physics Lecture 2 (Measurement)
Laminar flow	Physics for Builders Lecture 14 (Viscosity) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 7 (Viscosity)
Laminar flow in a tube	Physics for Builders Lecture 14 (Viscosity) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 7 (Viscosity)
Laminar flow of a fluid in a tube	Physics for Builders Lecture 14 (Viscosity) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 7 (Viscosity)
Latent heat	First Year Physics Lecture 5 (Expansion & Calorimetry)
Lenard-Jones Potential Energy Function	Physics for Builders Lecture 6 (Inter atomic Potential Function) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 9 (Inter atomic Potential Function)
Lenz's Law	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 7 (Electromagnetism)
Longitudinal and transverse waves	Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)
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Magnetic Dipole Moment	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)
Magnetic Field Mapping	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 3 (Magnetism)
Magnetic field, Energy Density	First Year Physics Lecture 11 (Mutual Inductance and Energy stored in Magnetic Fields)
Magnetic Flux	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 7 (Electromagnetism)
Magnetic Induction	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 4 (Magnetic Induction)
Magnetic Induction in "short wide" and "long narrow" solenoids	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 4 (Magnetic Induction)
Magnetisation	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)
Magnetisism in Computing and Medicine	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)
Mass and weight	Introductory Physics Lecture 13 (Vectors and Scalars)
Maximum Binding Energy	Physics for Builders Lecture 6 (Inter atomic Potential Function) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 9 (Inter atomic Potential Function)
Maximum Power Transfer theorem	PHYS1250 Lecture 2 (Electric circuits) Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 8 (Surface Energy)
Metallic Bonds	Physics for Builders Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)
Metallic Crystals	Physics for Builders Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
Microcrack Model for Brittle Failure	Physics for Builders Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure) Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Bridging Course: Lecture 7 (Dynamics) 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)
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Negative Potential Energy	Physics for Builders Lecture 6 (Inter atomic Potential Function) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 9 (Inter atomic Potential Function)
Newton's Law of Viscosity	Physics for Builders Lecture 14 (Viscosity) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 7 (Viscosity)
Newton's Laws of Motion	Bridging Course: Lecture 7 (Dynamics) Introductory Physics Lecture 16 (Dynamics)
Normal Strain	Physics for Builders Lecture 10 (Elasticity)
Normal Stress	Physics for Builders Lecture 10 (Elasticity)
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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	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 13 (Oscillations and Waves)
Osmotic pressure causing sap to rise in plants	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 1 (Coulomb's Law)
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Packing Density in the Unit Cell (FCC and BCC)	Physics for Builders Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
Paramagnetism	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 6 (Magnetic materials)
Pascal's Principle	First Year Physics Lecture 1 (Static Fluids)
Periodic Table with Electron Configurations	Physics for Builders Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 10 (Types of Chemical Bond)
Phon	Physics for Civil Engineers 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) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)
Pitot tube	First Year Physics Lecture 3 (Bernoulli Applications)
Planar Laminar flow	Physics for Builders Lecture 14 (Viscosity) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 7 (Viscosity)
Plastic Solids and the Critical Strain for Plastic Flow	Physics for Builders Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
Poiseuille's Law	Physics for Builders Lecture 14 (Viscosity) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 7 (Viscosity)
Poiseuille's Law Derivation	Physics for Builders (Poiseuille's Law Derivation) Physics for Civil Engineers (Poiseuille's Law Derivation)
Poisson's ratio, example with a single Tensile stress	Physics for Builders Lecture 10 (Elasticity)
Polar co-ordinates	Bridging Course: Lecture 3 (Vectors and Scalars) Introductory Physics Lecture 13 (Vectors and Scalars)
Polarisation	Introductory Physics Lecture 3 (Waves)
Polymers	Physics for Builders Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures) Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Builders Lecture 6 (Inter atomic Potential Function) Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Industrial Design 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)
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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	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)
Resistance of a rusty nut on a bolt	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 1 (Coulomb's Law)
Resistance, Electrical	Physics for Builders Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance) Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Builders Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
Resistivity, Linear Temperature Coefficient	Physics for Builders Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
Resistors connected in parallel	Physics for Builders Lecture 2 (Electric circuits) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
Resistors connected in series	Physics for Builders Lecture 2 (Electric circuits) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
Resistors, Electrical	Physics for Builders Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
Resonance	Introductory Physics Lecture 5 (Resonance)
Reynold's number	Physics for Builders Lecture 14 (Viscosity) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 7 (Viscosity)
Right Hand Screw rule	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 4 (Magnetic Induction)
Rockets	Bridging Course: Lecture 11 (Power & Momentum Conservation) Introductory Physics Lecture 17 (Momentum conservation)
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Scientific method	Introductory Physics Lecture 1 (Introduction)
Semiconductors, Electrical	Physics for Builders Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 1 (Current, Potential and Resistance)
Series/parallel substitution examples	Physics for Builders Lecture 3 (Simple circuits and Networks) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 3 (Simple circuits and Networks)
Series/parallel substitution of resistors in circuits	Physics for Builders Lecture 2 (Electric circuits) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 2 (Electric circuits)
Shear or Rigidity Modulus	Physics for Builders Lecture 10 (Elasticity)
Shear Strain	Physics for Builders Lecture 10 (Elasticity)
Shear Stress	Physics for Builders Lecture 10 (Elasticity)
Simple Cubic structure	Physics for Builders Lecture 8 (Microscopic Solid Structures) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 11 (Microscopic Solid Structures)
Simple Harmonic Motion	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 13 (Oscillations and Waves)
Size of bubbles	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 8 (Surface Energy)
Skin Resistance	Physics for Builders Lecture 5 (Electrical safety)
Solids, Fluids, Plastics & Plasmas	Introductory Physics Lecture 10 (Pressure) Physics for Builders Lecture 12 (Fluids: Flowing and Static) Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Industrial Design Lecture 1 (Coulomb's Law)
Stokes' Law and Terminal Speeds	Physics for Builders Lecture 14 (Viscosity) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 7 (Viscosity)
Streamlines	Physics for Builders Lecture 12 (Fluids: Flowing and Static) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 5 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)
Stress vs. Strain Diagrams	Physics for Builders Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
Subtracting vectors	Bridging Course: Lecture 3 (Vectors and Scalars) Introductory Physics Lecture 13 (Vectors and Scalars)
Surface Energy	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 8 (Surface Energy)
Surface Tension	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 8 (Surface Energy)
Switches	Physics for Builders Lecture 5 (Electrical safety)
Symbols and equations in Physics	Introductory Physics Lecture 1 (Introduction)
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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	Physics for Builders Lecture 14 (Viscosity) Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Industrial Design 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	Physics for Builders Lecture 14 (Viscosity) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 7 (Viscosity)
Two slit interference	Introductory Physics Lecture 7 (Light)
Two techniques of calculation with fluids	Physics for Builders Lecture 12 (Fluids: Flowing and Static) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 5 (Fluids: Flowing and Static)
Types of Energy resources	Introductory Physics Lecture 19 (Power and Energy Resources)
Types of waves	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)
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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)
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Vacuum, How it is not nothing!	Introductory Physics Lecture 10 (Pressure)
Van der Waals Bonds	Physics for Builders Lecture 7 (Types of Chemical Bond) Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Bridging Course: Lecture 7 (Dynamics) Introductory Physics Lecture 16 (Dynamics)
Venturi tube	First Year Physics Lecture 3 (Bernoulli Applications)
Vibrations, coming from outside built structures	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 13 (Oscillations and Waves)
Vibrations, inside built structures	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 13 (Oscillations and Waves)
Viscoelastic materials	Physics for Builders Lecture 11 (Brittle and Plastic Failure) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 12 (Brittle and Plastic Failure)
Viscosity and Temperature	Physics for Builders Lecture 14 (Viscosity) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 7 (Viscosity)
Viscosity and Time	Physics for Builders Lecture 14 (Viscosity) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 7 (Viscosity)
Viscosity at the Atomic Level	Physics for Builders Lecture 14 (Viscosity) Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 7 (Viscosity)
Volume and area formulae	Introductory Physics Lecture 2 (Measurement)
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Wave motion as an energy transfer	Physics for Civil Engineers 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	Physics for Civil Engineers Lecture 14 (Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity)
Waves, Transverse Sinusoidal	Physics for Civil Engineers 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)
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Young's Modulus	Physics for Builders Lecture 10 (Elasticity)
Young's Modulus and the Atomic Spring Constant	Physics for Builders 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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About the Free Physics Lectures

Peter Eyland has developed these lectures over a number of years.
All rights are reserved - this work remains the intellectual property of Peter Eyland. If you would like to use these lectures - then please acknowledge that Peter Eyland is the author.
You may use them for your own private study, and by teachers in schools, universities and colleges of Advanced Education. This information may not be sold or used for any commercial purposes.
Additional course material includes course syllabus, course synopsis and textbook lists.
Please Note: Peter also has a number of exams, tests and tutorial practice questions - with full answers. At this stage there is a small charge (just to cover production/printing & postage or shipping costs). Just email him if you require assistance with these. We can email you a PDF file containing this useful information or if you prefer we can provide a web link so you can download the material from our website.
Read more about the Free Lectures
Please let me know if these have been useful to you personally or to your students. Sincerly, Peter Eyland (2018)

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