Page 475 - Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Applied Physics

460 INDEX

Focal length: Gravitational potential energy, 81
of lenses, 396 Gravity:
of spherical mirrors, 387 acceleration of, 40, 106
Focal point, 387, 396 center of, 134, 139
Footcandle, 374 specific, 191
Foot-pound, 75 Ground state of atom, 421
Forbidden bands, 432 Gyration, radius of, 118
Force, 50
and acceleration, 50
Half-life, radioactive, 447
buoyant, 194
Harmonic motion, 167
centripetal, 101
energy in, 171
electric, 266, 270
Head, in fluid flow, 204
electromotive, 294, 340
Heat, 213, 214
fundamental, 441
Heat capacity, 214
gravitational, 106
Heat engine, 245
magnetic, 319, 324
Heat of fusion, 216
moment of, 117
Heat transfer, 259
net, 50
Heat of vaporization, 217
reaction, 58
Henry, 339
restoring, 166
Hertz, 168, 179
between two currents, 324
Hooke’s law, 157
Force constant, 166
Horsepower, 76
Forces, concurrent and nonconcurrent, 133
Humidity, 235
fundamental, 441
Hydraulic press, 195
Free-body diagram, 55, 128
Hydrogen atom, Bohr model of, 421
Frequency, 168, 179
Hypotenuse of a right triangle, 19
angular, 169, 350
Hysteresis, 327, 329
of alternating current, 350
period and, 167, 179
resonance, 359, 364 Ideal mechanical advantage, 145, 195
wavelength and, 181 Ideal gas law, 228
Friction, 67 Illumination, 374
Fulcrum, 149 Images, real and virtual, 390, 399
Fundamental forces, 441 Impedance, 356
Fusion: Impedance matching, 297, 366
heat of, 216 Impulse, 88
nuclear, 444 Impulse-momentum theorem, 89
Inclined plane, 151
Gain, power, 183 Index of refraction, 378
Gamma ray, 445 Inductance, 339, 341
Gas, ideal, 228 Induction, electromagnetic, 325
Gas, work done by and on, 246 Inductive reactance, 352
Gas constant, universal, 239 Inductor, 339
Gases, kinetic theory of, 234 energy of a current-carrying, 341
Gasoline engine, 251 Inductors, in combination, 341
Gauge pressure, 191 Inelastic collision, 94
Gauss, 319 Inertia, 50
Gear drive, 152 moment of, 115
Geomagnetic poles, 322 Instantaneous current, 351
Geometrical optics, 409 Instantaneous velocity, 31
Geostationary orbit, 107 Instantaneous voltage, 351
Gravitational, 106 Insulator, electric, 277