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458 INDEX

Bulk modulus, 162 Conduction:
Buoyant force, 193 of electricity, 277
of heat, 259
in insulator, 434
Cable force transmission by, 55 in metal, 433
Calorie, 215 in semiconductor, 434, 435
Candela, 373 Conductor, electric, 277
Candlepower, 373 Conservation of angular momentum, 121
Cantilever, 135 Conservation of charge, 266
Capacitance, 308 Conservation of energy, 81, 245
equivalent, 310 Conservation of linear momentum, 91
Capacitive reactance, 352 Constants, table of physical, 452
Capacitor, 308 Constructive interference, 409
charging of, 313 Convection, 261
energy of, 312 Converging lens, 396
Capacitors in parallel, 310 Conversion factor table, 453
Capacitors in series, 310 Convex mirror, 387
Carnot engine, 249 Cosine, 20
Celsius temperature scale, 213 Coulomb, 267
Center of gravity, 134, 139 Coulomb’s law, 267
Centigrade temperature scale, 213 Covalent bonds, 431
Centripetal acceleration, 101 Critical angle, 381
Centripetal force, 101 Cross-multiplication, 3
Chain hoist, 148 Crystals, 431
Chain reaction, 444 Crystal types, 433
Change of state, 216 Curie, 447
Charge: Current:
electric, 266 electric, 277
magnetic force on moving, 223 alternating, 338, 350
Charles’s law, 227, 233 direct, 288
Chemical bonds, 431 effective, 350
Circuits: instantaneous, 351
alternating current, 350 magnetic field of loop, 321
direct current, 277, 289 magnetic field of straight, 320
Circular mil, 281 magnetic force on, 323, 324
Circular motion, 101, 104 tank, 364
Coefficient of friction, 67
Coefficient of linear expansion, 224 de Broglie waves, 419
Coefficient of performance, 253 Decay, radioactive, 445
Coefficient of restitution, 94 Deceleration, 33
Coefficient of volume expansion, 224 Decibel, 183
Coercive force, 328 Demagnetization, 329
Coherent light, 410 Density, 190
Collisions, 92 probability, 424
energy transfer in, 95 relative, 190
Components of a vector, 23 Depth, apparent, 382
Compound machine, 146 Destructive interference, 409
Compound, chemical, 236 Dew point, 236
Compressibility, 162 Diamagnetism, 327
Compression, 157 Dielectric constant, 309
Concave mirror, 387 Diesel engine, 252
Concurrent forces, 133 Differential pulley, 148