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INDEX

Aberration, spherical, 388 Angular momentum, 121
Absolute pressure, 191 Angular velocity, 112
Absolute temperature scale, 227 and linear velocity, 113
Absolute zero, 227, 233 Antilogarithm, 182
Absorption line spectrum, 422 Apparent depth, 382
Acceleration, 33 Apparent power, 360
angular, 114 Apparent weight, 60
centripetal, 101 Archimedes’ principle, 193
distance, velocity, and, 34 Atmosphere, 191
and force, 50 Atmospheric pressure, 191
of gravity, 40, 106 Atomic mass unit, 236
Acceptor level, 435 Atomic number, 441
Action and reaction forces, 58 Atomic orbital, 424
Activity, or radioactive substance, 447 Atomic spectra, 422
Adiabatic process, 246 Atomic structure, 267, 424
Addition, vector, 22, 25 Atom, 236
Algebra, 1 Bohr model of, 421
Allowed energy band, 432 quantum theory of, 424
Alpha decay, 445 Attenuation, 185
Alternating current, 338, 350 Avogadro’s number, 237
parallel, 363
Amorphous solid, 432 Bands, energy, 432
Ampere, 278 Banked curve, 103
Amplitude, 167, 180 Bar, 191
Angle of incidence, 378 Batteries, series and parallel, 295
Angle of refraction, 378 Battery capacity, 284
Angle of repose, 69 Belt and gear drives, 152
Angle of shear, 162 Bernoulli’s equation, 203
Angle: Beta decay, 448
critical, 381 Binding energy, 442
phase, 353, 356 Blackbody, 262
solid, 373 Bohr model of hydrogen atom, 421
Angular acceleration, 114 Boiling point, 218
Angular frequency, 169 Boltzmann’s constant, 233
of alternating emf, 350 Bonds, chemical, 431
and linear quantities, 122 Boyle’s law, 226, 233
Angular magnification, 404 British thermal unit (Btu), 214
Angular measure, 112 British units of mass and weight, 53

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