FHSST Physics
The Free High School Science Texts:
A Textbook for High School Students Studying Physics.
Table of Contents
Units
- PGCE Comments
- TO DO LIST
- Introduction
- Unit Systems
- The Importance of Units
- Choice of Units
- How to Change Units—the "Multiply by" Technique
- How Units Can Help You
- Temperature
- Scientific Notation, Significant Figures, and Rounding
- Conclusion
Waves and Wavelike Motion
- Definition
- Types of Waves
- Properties of Waves
- Practical Applications of Waves: Sound Waves
- Practical Applications of Waves: Electromagnetic Waves
- Important Equations and Quantities
Vectors
- PGCE Comments
- TO DO LIST
- Introduction
- Examples
- Mathematical Properties
- Techniques of Vector Addition
- Components
- Importance
- Summary of Important Quantities, Equations, and Concepts
Forces
- TO DO LIST
- Definition
- Diagrams
- Equilibrium of Forces
- Newton's Laws of Motion
- Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
- Examples
- Summary of Important Quantities, Equations, and Concepts
Rectilinear Motion
Momentum
- Definition
- The Momentum of a System
- Change in Momentum
- Properties
- Impulse
- Important Quantities, Equations, and Concepts
Work and Energy
- Definition
- Work
- Energy
- Mechanical Energy and Energy Conservation
- Important Quantities, Equations, and Concepts
- Sources
Collisions and Explosions
- Essay 2: Tiny, Violent Collisions
- Types of Collisions
- Explosions
- Energy and Heat
- Important Equations and Quantities
Newtonian Gravitation
- Properties
- Mass and Weight
- Normal Forces
- Comparative Problems
- Falling Bodies
- Terminal Velocity
- Drag Force
- Important Equations and Quantities
Pressure
Heat and Properties of Matter
- Phases of Matter
- Deformation of Solids
- Ideal Gasses
- Temperature
- Thermal Properties of Materials
- Important Equations and Quantities
Electrostatics
- Definition
- Charge
- Electrostatic Force
- Electric Fields
- Electrical Potential
- Important Equations and Quantities
Electricity
- Flow of Charge
- Circuits
- Voltage and Current
- Resistance
- Voltage and Current in a Practical Circuit
- How Voltage, Current, and Resistance Relate
- Ohm's Law Analogy
- Power in Electric Circuits
- Calculating Electric Power
- Resistors
- Nonlinear Conduction
- Circuit Wiring
- Polarity of Voltage Drops
- Series and Parallel
- Power Calculations
- Using Ohm's Law
- Conductor Size
- Fuses
- Important Equations and Quantities
Magnets and Electromagnetism
- Permanent Magnets
- Electromagnetism
- Magnetic Units of Measurement
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Alternating Current
- Measurements of AC Magnitude
Electronics
- Capacitive and Inductive Circuits
- Filters and Signal Tuning
- Active Circuit Elements
- Logical Gates
- Counting Circuits
The Atom
- Models
- Structure
- Isotopes
- Energy Quantization
- Periodicity of Ionization Energy
- Successive Ionization Energies
- Bohr Orbits
- Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
- Pauli Exclusion Principle
- Ionization Energy
- Electron Configuration
- Valency
Modern Physics
Inside the Atomic Nucleus
- Composition
- Nucleus
- Nuclear Force
- Binding Energy and Nuclear Masses
- Radioactivity
- Nuclear Reactions
- Detectors
- Nuclear Energy
- Elementary Particles
- Origin of the Universe
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