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38 Cards in this Set
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Newton's First Law
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1. (Law of inertia): A body at rest remains at rest and a body in motion continues to move at a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external force.
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Newton's Second Law
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2. A force F acting on a body gives it an acceleration a which is in the direction of the force and has magnitude inversely proportional to the mass m of the body: F=ma
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Newton's Third Law
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3. Whenever a body exerts a force on another body, the latter exerts a force of equal magnitude and opposite direction on the former. (This is known as the weak law of action and reaction.)
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Kepler's First Law
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1. The orbits of the planets are ellipses with the sun at one focus.
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Kepler's Second Law
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2. A line from the planet to the sun sweeps over equal areas in equal intervals of time. This is equivalent to the statement of conservation of angular momentum.
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Kepler's Third Law
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3. (T1/T2)²=(a1/a2)³, where T is the orbital period in years and a is the semimajor axis in AU. Also known as the harmonic law.
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Conservation Law
Angular Momentum |
Angular momentum is conserved if the net external torque on the system is zero.
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Conservation Law
Linear Momentum |
Linear momentum is conserved if the net external force acting upon a system is zero, and in inelastic collisions.
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Conservation Law
Energy (classical) |
Energy is conserved in elastic collisions.
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Conservation Law
Energy, Mass (quantum) |
Energy, mass is conserved except on short time scales for which they may violate in accordance with the energy-time uncertainty principle.
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Conservation Law
Electric charge |
Electric charge is always conserved.
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Conservation Law
Baryon Number |
Baryon number is always conserved.
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Conservation Law
Color |
Color is always conserved.
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Conservation Law
Lepton Number |
All lepton numbers are conserved.
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Conserservation Law
Strangeness |
Strangeness is conserved in strong interactions, changes by one unit in weak interactions.
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Conservation Law
Isospin |
Isospin is conserved in strong interactions.
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Conservtion Law
Isospin Z Component |
Isospin Z component is conserved in strong interactions.
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Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
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0. If two systems are in thermal equilibrium with a third system, then they must be in thermal equilibrium with each other.
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First Law of Thermodynamics
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1. dE=dQ-dW=Tds-PdV, where dE is the energy change, dQ is the change in heat, dW is the work done, T is the temperature, dS is the change in entropy, P is the pressure, and dV is the volume change. (dQ is an exact differential)
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Second Law of Thermodynamics
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2. The second law of thermodynamics prohibits the construction of a perpetual motion machine of 'he second kind.' A consequence is the result that dQ=<TdS
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Third Law of Thermodynamics
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3. As temperature goes to 0, the entropy S approaches a constant S0.
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Combined Law of Thermodynamics
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Combining the first and second laws gives the combined law of thermodynamics
dE-TdS+PdV =< 0 In terms of the Gibbs free energy, dG =< 0 |
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The Ideal Gas Law
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PV = nRT
where n is the number of moles and R is the universal gas constant PV = NkT where N is the number of atoms and k is Boltzmann's constant |
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Boyle's Law
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For a fixed amount of gaseous substance at constant temperature,
PV = constant |
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Charles' Law
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For a fixed amount of gaseous substance at constant pressure,
V/T = constant |
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Avogadro's Hypothesis
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At constant temperature and pressure
V/N = constant where N is the number of atoms in the volume V. |
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The Strong Law of Action and Reaction
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For every action force, there is a corresponding reaction force which is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. Furthermore, the forces are central forces, i.e., they act along the line joining the particles.
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Law of Reflection
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The angle of incidence, measured relative to the normal, is equal to the angle of reflection, measured relative to the same normal.
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Ohm's Law
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V=IR
Where V is the voltage drop across the resistance R carrying the current I. |
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The Hubble Law
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Hubble proposed in 1929 that almost all galaxies were moving away from the Milky Way. He postulated that recessional velocity v was directly proportional to distance r,
v=Hr H is the Hubble constant. |
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Joule's Law
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Joule's law gives the amount of heat Q liberated by current I flowing through a resistor with resistance R for a time t,
Q = Pt = I²Rt |
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Hooke's Law
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For a spring below the elastic limit, the restoring force F exerted by the spring is given approximately by
F = -kx where k is the stiffness constant of the spring and x is its displacement. |
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Lenz's Law
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An induced current flows in a direction to create a magnetic field which will counteract the change in magnetic flux.
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Mersenne's First Law
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1. When the tension on a string remains the same but the length L is varied, the period of the vibration is proportional to L. This is also known as Pythagoras's law.
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Mersenne's Second Law
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2. When the length of a string is held constant but the tension T is varied, the frequency of oscillation is proportional to sqrt(T).
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Mersenne's Third Law
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3. For different strings of the same length and tension, the period is proportional to sqrt(w), where w is the weight of the string.
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Dalton's Law
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Dalton's law states that the pressure of a gas mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the gases of which it is composed.
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Steno Law
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The angles between equivalent faces of crystals of the same substance, measured at the same temperature, are constant.
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