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| Constant
Table - A reference table of many constants
and their values. |
| Conversion
Table -
A spreadsheet format conversion table with many of the standard
Physics and Chemistry units. |
| Interactive
Math and Physics ñ Java Applets. A really fun site! |
| Physics
Help Page - An index of help subjects
and links to Dot and Cross Products, Electrostatics, Currents,
Magnetism and more. |
| SI
Units -
A comprehensive table of all SI units. |
| Unit
Converter - Java Applet that converts
various types of units. |
| Vector
Calculator - An interactive vector calculator.
You place the vector, it calculates the values. |
| Virtual
Physics Lab - Java Applets that dynamically
illustrate various physics principles. Fun!!! |
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Chapters 22, 23, 24
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| Electric
Charge, Fields, and Force
- A good site for understanding the
concepts of electric charge, electric forces and fields, and
electric work and potential differences. |
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Electricity
and Magnetism - Site starts with an index, then links to objectives,
preparation, workshop, and follow-up. The workshop is very informative.
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| Coulombs
Law and Vectors - This site has links
to a description of Coulombs Law and vectors. |
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Chapter 25
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| Electric
Potential - Site focused on the Electrical Potential, but
not very user friendly. The web site has definitions, units,
provides examples, and even study questions that are not too
difficult, but do but help the learning process. |
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Electric
Potential ñ PowerPoint slides dealing
with Electric Potential.
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Chapter 26
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| Capacitance - Simple explanation to the definition of capacitance. |
| Capacitor
with Dielectric - Simple web site, however
it has a good illustration of a capacitor with dielectric and
shows the formulas for capacitance. |
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Chapter 27
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| Current
and Resistance - A good page for becoming
familiar with the concepts of current, resistance, and resistivity. |
| Current
Density, Resistance and Conductivity ñ
This site covers the basic concepts of current density, resistance
and conductivity, and resistors (Ohms Law). |
| Circuits ñ This site covers the basic concepts of
Energy, Power, Kirchoff's Laws, and Resistors in parallel and
series. It also has problems to solve. |
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Chapter 28
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| Loop
and Junction Rules - This site covers the basic concepts of Devices,
Capacitors, Batteries, Resistors in series and parallel, Loop
Rule, Junction Rule, and Power. |
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Chapter 29
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| Hall
Effect and Velocity Selector - This
site has descriptions of the Hall effect, the velocity selector,
Lorentz force, and the mass spectrometer. It includes formulas
and diagrams. |
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Chapter 30
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| Right
Hand Rule - Simple, but to the point. An interactive "Right
hand Rule" tool, to help find magnetic field, current and
force. |
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Chapter 31
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| Faradayís
Law - A simple description of Faradayís
Law of induction and an explanation of how to apply it. Some
diagrams included. |
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Induction - An experiment in induction that has an operational
induction experiment. Nice graphics, but little information.
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Biot-Savart - An Explanation of the Law of Biot-Savart and
how to use it. Good explanation and equations.
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Chapter 32
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| Maxwellís
Equations - This page examines Amperes
Law and where it fails. It further describes when and how to
apply Maxwellís equations, including examples. |
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Chapter 33
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| Forced
Oscillation - Site covers dampened harmonic
oscillation subject to a driving force and associated equations.
Links to many other Physics topics. No graphics. |
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Series
RLC Circuit ñ
Site contains many graphic solutions
to RLC circuits, as well as discussion about the curves. Good
drawings, and equations. Adjustable resonance models.
Series
RLC Circuits - This site shows an example
of a series RLC circuit, but adds discussion about impedance
and resonance, and links for additional information.
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Chapter 34
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| Reflection
and Refraction - Excellent graphics and
drawings. Supplemental reading links, if desired. |
| Electromagnetic
Waves - Good source of information, and
equations. This site has information about Maxwell's equations
and the idea of electromagnetic waves that are related to the
oscillating charge. Links to many other related Physics topics.
No graphics. |
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Chapter 35
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| Spherical
Mirrors - Although this is the commercial
site for JML Optics, it has some very good introductory info
on spherical mirrors and lenses. In addition, it has links to
a nice glossary of terms. |
| Lenses
and Focal Length - Description of lenses,
focal length, real and virtual images. They took a humorous approach
and describe the 3 parts as "How to fry an ant on the sidewalk?",
"What does the ant see?" and "Where should the
ant move?". |
| Lenses
for Dummies - A simple web site about
lenses. It is a "plane jane" type of web site written
in black and white, probably intentionally to keep it simple.
The site discusses concave, convex, and flat lenses, diverging
and converging, real and virtual images and objects, and telescopes. |
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Chapter 36
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| Interference- A down to earth lesson on interference, including
discussion on constructive and destructive interference, and
an experiment using bubbles to learn about interference. This
site is really intended for a younger audience, but sometimes
the simpler, the better. |
| Michelson's
Interferometer - Site contains information,
a description, drawings, and a how to make" description
for the Michelson's Interferometer. |
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Chapter 37
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| Diffraction - An introduction to diffraction, with equations
and demonstrative graphics, and links to other related topics |
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Single-Slit
Diffraction - A single slit applet. You
can change the color of the light by dragging or clicking the
spectrum selector. You may also change the width of the slit
by dragging one of the sides.
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Wavelets - Concepts and images via wavelets. This site
is from MIT Intelligent Engineering Systems Lab. That pretty
much says it all. Be prepared for math and bring your thinking
cap. Contains strong technical language.
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Chapter 38
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| Relativity
Q&A paradox, Superluminal scissors,
many more! - Includes an index of frequently asked questions,
including speed of light, twin |
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Relativity
& Faster Than Light Travel - Basic
information about the theory of special relativity. Details equations
and diagrams are included.
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Superluminal
Motion: Fact or Fiction?
- Superluminal speed paradoxes; tachyons;
quantum mechanical evidence - tunneling of a wavepacket, etc.
Be prepared to think.
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