Must Know: Physics [Thread]
(Topics: Motion, Force, Energy, Work, Power, Thermodynamics, Electricity, Fluids, Optics etc.)
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Derived Quantities-depend on other quantities.
Scalar- Quantity having a magnitude only (ie. Distance, time, temperature)
Vector- a quantity having both magnitude and direction (ie. Displacement, velocity, acceleration)
acceleration due to gravity (g) – the constant acceleration of a freely falling body
Note: almost the same with UARM equations with minor changes.
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Inertia-tendency of things to resist change in motion.
F=ma
Note: Unit-Newton (N)
Note: Even though action and reaction forces are equal and oppositely directed, they don’t cancel each other when they are acting on different objects.
Note: work= positive if the F has the same direction with the d
Work=negative if the F has an opposite direction with the d
Work is 0 if the F is perpendicular to d
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Symbol and Formula: PE = mgh
Kinetic Energy- Is the energy associated to particles and systems that are moving.
Symbol and Formula: KE = ½ mv2
Conservation of ME
ME=KE+PE
ME(initial)=ME(Final)
Formula: p=mv
Where:
P=momentum(Kg - m/s)
M=mass (Kg)
V=velocity (m/s)
-the product of the force and the time. It is the interval during which it acts; change in momentum.
I=FΔt
Conservation of Momentum
-if the net force acting on a system is zero, the total momentum of the system remains the same.
Note: In any collisions, the total momentum of the system is always conserved. The total momentum equals total momentum after collision.
KE(total)=KE(final) – KE(initial)
*When the colliding bodies stick together and move as one body after the collision is called completely inelastic collision.
Formula: KE(initial)=KE(final)
- any substance that does not have definite shape and exhibits the phenomenon of flow.
Gases- expand to fill their container’s shape
Liquid- flow under the influence of gravity until they occupy the lowest possible regions of their containers
Ferrofluid- liquid which becomes strongly polarized in the presence of magnetic field
Zeroth Law- If body A is in thermal equilibrium with body B, and B is in thermal equilibrium with C, then A is in Thermal equilibrium with C.
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1st law- states that energy can be converted from one form to another with the interaction of heat, work and internal energy, but it cannot be created nor destroyed, under any circumstances.
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2nd Law-in any cyclic process the netropy will either increase or remain the same.
Entropy-measure of disorderliness of a system.
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