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Temperature and Heat

relates Celsius to Fahrenheit temperature scales. relates Kelvin to Celsius.

 Linear thermal expansion: relates a small change in length to the total length , where is the coefficient of linear expansion.
 For expansion in two and three dimensions: and , respectively.
 Heat transfer is where is the specific heat capacity. In a calorimeter,
 Latent heat due to a phase change is for melting/freezing and for evaporation/condensation.
 Heat conduction (power): where is heat conductivity and is thickness and is area.
  is the radiative energy transfer rate where is emissivity and is the Stefan–Boltzmann constant.

The Kinetic Theory of Gases

Ideal gas law: Pressure×Volume where is the number of moles and is an absolute temperature.

  is the number of particles. Gas constant = 8.3 J K1/mol
 Avegadro's number: = 6.02×1023. Boltzmann's constant: = 1.38×1023J/K.
 Van der Waals equation
 RMS speed where the overline denotes mean, is a particle's mass and is the molar mass.
 Mean free path where is the mean-free-time
 Internal energy of an ideal monatomic gas , where average kinetic energy of a particle.
  defines the molar heat capacity at constant volume.
  for ideal gas with degrees of freedom
 Maxwell–Boltzmann speed distribution
 Average speed  Peak velocity

The First Law of Thermodynamics

(Pressure, volume, temperature) remain constant in an (isobaric, isochoric, isothermal) process. Heat is not transferred in an adiabatic process.

 Equation of state  Work done by a system
 Internal energy is a sum over all particles of kinetic and potential energies
 First law (Q is heat going in and W is work done by as shown in the figure)
  is the molar heat capacity at constant volume
  for an adiabatic process in an ideal gas, where the heat capacity ratio

The Second Law of Thermodynamics

work done in a heat engine cycle.  Efficiency

 Coefficient of performance for a refrigerator , and heat pump
 Entropy change (reversible process at constant temperature)
  for any cyclic process is path independent.
  for any closed system. for any isothermal process.

Electric Charges and Fields

Coulomb's Law where the vacuum permittivity 8.85×10−12 F/m.

Elementary charge = e = 1.602×10−19C (electrons have charge q=e and protons have charge q=+e.)

Dipole moment

 By superposition, where
 Electric field where is the field at due to charges at
 The field above an infinite wire and above an infinite plane
 An electric dipole in a uniform electric field experiences the torque

Gauss's Law

 closed .. open

Flux for a uniform electric field in general.

 Closed surface integral
 Gauss's Law . In simple cases:
 Electric field just outside the surface of a conductor

Electric Potential

Electric potential . Change in potential energy

  Electron (proton) mass = 9.11×10−31kg (1.67× 10−27kg). Electron volt: 1 eV = 1.602×10−19J
  Near an isolated point charge where =8.99×109 N·m/C2 is the Coulomb constant.
 Work done to assemble N particles
 Electric potential due to N charges. . For continuous charge . For a dipole, .
 Electric field as gradient of potential  Del operatornote: Cartesian Cylindrical Spherical

Capacitance

defines capacitance. For a parallel plate capacitor, where A is area and d is gap length.

  and for a spherical and cylindrical capacitor, respectively
 For capacitors in series (parallel)
   Stored energy density
 A dielectric with will decrease the capacitor's electric field and stored energy , but increase the capacitance due to the induced electric field

Current and Resistance

Current (1A=1C/s) where (density, charge, drift velocity) of the carriers.

  , is the perpendicular area, and is current density. is electric field, where is resistivity.
 Resistivity varies with temperature as . Similarily, where is resistance (Ω)
 Ohm's law   Power

Direct-Current Circuits

Terminal voltage where is the internal resistance and is the electromotive force.
 Resistors in series and parallel:  
 Kirchoff's rules. Loop: Junction:

    where is internal resistance of each voltage source.
 Charging an RC (resistor-capacitor) circuit: and where is RC time, and .
 Discharging an RC circuit: and

Magnetic Forces and Fields

  is the force due to a magnetic field on a moving charge.
 For a current element oriented along .

 The SI unit for magnetic field is the Tesla: 1T=104 Gauss.
 Gyroradius Period
 Torque on current loop where is the dipole moment. Stored energy
 Drift velocity in crossed electric and magnetic fields
 Hall voltage = where the electric field is
 Charge-to-mass ratio where the and fields are crossed and when the magnetic field is

Sources of Magnetic Fields

 Permeability of free space T·m/A
 Force between parallel wires

 Biot–Savart law

 Ampère's Law:
 Magnetic field due to long straight wire  At center of loop
 Inside a long thin solenoid where is the ratio of the number of turns to the solenoid's length.
 Inside a toroid

 The magnetic field inside a solenoid filled with paramagnetic material is where is the permeability

Electromagnetic Induction

Magnetic flux  Electromotive force (Faraday's law)
 Motional emf  rotating coil
 Motional emf around circuit

Inductance

The SI unit for inductance is the Henry: 1H=1V·s/A  Mutual inductance: where is the flux through 1 due to the current in 2 and is the emf in 1. Likewise, it can be shownSEE TALK that, .

 Self-inductance   Stored energy  is the current in an LR circuit where is the LR decay time.
 The capacitor's charge on an LC circuit where is angular frequency
 LRC circuit where

Alternating-Current Circuits

AC voltage and current if
 RMS values and  Impedance

 Resistor where
 Capacitor where  Inductor where
 RLC series circuit where and
 Resonant angular frequency  Quality factor
 Average power , where for a resistor.
 Transformer voltages and currents

Electromagnetic Waves

Displacement current where is the electric flux.

Maxwell's equations
See also http://ethw.org/w/index.php?title=Maxwell%27s_Equations&oldid=157445
 Plane EM wave equation where is the speed of light
 The ratio of peak electric to magnetic field is and the Poynting vector represents the energy flux
 Average intensity
 Radiation pressure (perfect absorber) and (perfect reflector).

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