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Physics for O.N.C. Courses
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1970
- Author: R.A. Edwards
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 1 3 4 3 1 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 3 6 8 6 - 8
Physics for O.N.C. Courses is a textbook that aims to serve the specific needs of science and engineering students at Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) level in physics. Topics… Read more
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Request a sales quotePhysics for O.N.C. Courses is a textbook that aims to serve the specific needs of science and engineering students at Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) level in physics. Topics covered range from surface tension and viscosity to gas laws and the specific heats of gases, sources of sound and sound waves, and spherical mirrors. Lenses, the eye, refraction at plane surfaces, and dispersion of light are also discussed. This book is comprised of 27 chapters and opens with a review of some basic principles and concepts in physics such as mass, force, and weight; work, energy, and power; states of matter; density and specific gravity; and pressure and diffusion. The reader is then introduced to surface tension, viscosity, the nature of heat, and elementary thermometry. Thermal expansion, heat quantity and its measurement, and properties of gases are also discussed, along with thermal radiation and wave motion. The remaining chapters focus on vapors and vapor pressure; thermal conductivity; vibrations of strings and rods; frequency and velocity of sound; sound intensity and the Doppler effect; and elementary principles of geometric optics. The final chapter is devoted to the fundamentals of atomic and radiation physics. This monograph will be a valuable resource for physicists, physics teachers, and science and engineering students at ONC level in physics.
Preface
1. Mechanics: A Review of Some Basic Principles
1.1. Mass, Force and Weight
1.2. Work, Energy and Power
1.3. The States of Matter
1.4. Density and Specific Gravity
1.5. Pressure
1.6. Diffusion
Exercises
2. Surface Tension
2.1. The Nature of Surface Tension
2.2. Quantitative Measure of Surface Tension
2.3. Angle of Contact
2.4. Pressure Change across Curved Liquid Surface
2.5. Rise of Liquids in Capillary Tubes
2.6. Experimental Determination of Surface Tension
Exercises
3. Viscosity
3.1. Laminar Flow. Coefficient of Viscosity
3.2. Laminar Flow through Tubes. Poiseuille's Formula
3.3. Stokes' Law
3.4. Viscometers
3.5. Viscosity and Lubrication
3.6. Turbulence. Critical Velocity
Exercises
4. The Nature of Heat
4.1. Heat and Temperature
4.2. Equivalence of Heat and Energy
4.3. Radiant Heat
5. Elementary Thermometry
5.1. The Liquid-in-Glass Thermometer
5.2. The Constant-Pressure Gas Thermometer
5.3. The Constant-Volume Gas Thermometer
5.4. The Platinum-Resistance Thermometer
5.5. Thermoelectric Thermometers
Exercises
6. Thermal Expansion
6.1. Introduction
6.2. The Linear Expansion of Solids
6.3. Experimental Determination of Coefficients of Linear Expansion
6.4. Surface Expansion of Solids—Area or Superficial Expansion Coefficient
6.5. Volume or Cubical Expansion of Solids
6.6. The Expansion of Liquids
6.7. Experimental Determination of the Coefficient of Expansion for Liquids
6.8. Thermostats
Exercises
7. The Measurement of Heat Quantity
7.1. Specific Heat
7.2. The Experimental Determination of Specific Heats. Calorimetry
7.3. Latent Heat
7.4. Calorific Value of Fuels. Fuel Calorimetry
Exercises
8. Gases (I)
8.1. The Gas Laws
8.2. The Absolute Temperature Scale. The Perfect Gas Equation
8.3. Measurement of αp by a Simple Method (Verification of Charles' Law)
8.4. The Kinetic Theory of Gases
Exercises
9. Gases (II)
9.1. The Specific Heats of Gases
9.2. The Experimental Determination of cp and cv
9.3. The First Law of Thermodynamics
9.4. Isothermal and Adiabatic Changes
9.5. Relationship between Pressure, Volume and Temperature for Adiabatic Changes
9.6. Kinetic Theory and the Ratio of Specific Heats
Exercises
10. Vapors and Vapor Pressure
10.1. Evaporation
10.2. Vapor Pressure. Properties of Vapors
10.3. Variation of s.v.p. with Temperature
10.4. Gases and Vapors. The Critical Temperature
10.5. Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures
10.6. Relative Humidity
10.7. Hygrometers
Exercises
11. Thermal Conductivity
11.1. The Transmission of Heat
11.2. The Coefficient of Thermal Conductivity
11.3. Experimental Determination of Conductivity Coefficients
11.4. Conduction and the Kinetic Theory of Matter
Exercises
12. Wave Motion
12.1. Vibrations and Waves. Basic Definitions
12.2. Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
12.3. Equation of a Plane, Progressive s.h. Wave
12.4. General Properties of Wave Motion
Exercises
13. Sources of Sound and Sound Waves
13.1. Characteristics of Sounds
13.2. Musical Intervals. Harmonics and Overtones
13.3. Sound Waves
13.4. Stationary Waves
13.5. Vibration of Air in Pipes
13.6. Measurement of Wavelength and Velocity of Sound in a Pipe by Resonance Tube Method
Exercises
14. Vibrations of Strings and Rods
14.1. Transverse Vibrations of Strings
14.2. Longitudinal Vibrations in Solids
Exercises
15. The Measurement of Frequency and Velocity of Sound
15.1. The Absolute Determination of Frequency
15.2. The Combination of Two Simple Harmonic Vibrations at Right Angles
15.3. Measurement of the Velocity of Sound
Exercises
16. Measurement of Sound Intensity. Recording and Reproduction. The Doppler Effect
16.1. Measurement of Sound Intensity
16.2. The Recording and Reproduction of Sound
16.3. The Acoustic Design of Rooms and Auditoria
16.4. The Doppler Elect
Exercises
17. Thermal Radiation
17.1. Electromagnetic Radiation
17.2. The Electromagnetic Spectrum
17.3. The Detection and Measurement of Thermal Radiation
17.4. Some General Properties of Thermal Radiation
17.5. Emissive Power and Absorptive Power. Kirchhol's Law
17.6. The Black Body. Black-body or Full Radiation
17.7. Energy Distribution among Wavelengths. Wien's Law
17.8. Pyrometers. The Measurement of High Temperatures
Exercises
18. Elementary Principles of Geometric Optics
18.1. The Rectilinear Propagation of Light
18.2. The Reflection of Light
18.3. The Refraction of Light
Exercises
19. Spherical Mirrors
19.1. Definition of Terms
19.2. The Formation of Images by Spherical Mirrors
19.3. Determination of Position and Size of Image. Use of Formula and Scale Drawings
19.4. Measurement of Focal Lengths and Radii of Curvature
19.5. Spherical Aberration
19.6. Uses of Spherical Mirrors
Exercises
20. Refraction at Plane Surfaces
20.1. Real and Apparent Depth
20.2. Refraction through Triangular Prisms
20.3. Mirages
20.4. The Measurements of Refractive Indices
Exercises
21. Lenses
21.1. Definition of Terms
21.2. Refraction at a Spherical Surface
21.3. Image Formation by Lenses
21.4. Measurement of Focal Lengths of Lenses
21.5. Measurement of Radius of Curvature of a Lens Surface—Boys' Method
21.6. Defects of Lenses
Exercises
22. The Eye. Defects of Vision and Optical Instruments
22.1. Structure of the Eye
22.2. The Eye and Vision
22.3. Defects of Vision
22.4. Microscopes and Telescopes
22.5. Cameras and Projectors
Exercises
23. Dispersion of Light. Spectra and the Spectrometer
23.1. The Visible Spectrum
23.2. Characteristic Spectra
23.3. Angular Dispersion. Dispersive Power
23.4. Achromatic Combinations of Prisms
23.5. Achromatic Lenses
23.6. The Spectrometer
Exercises
24. The Wave Nature of Light
24.1. Huygens' Wave Theory
24.2. Diffraction
24.3. Interference in Light
24.4. Double Refraction and Polarized Light
Exercises
25. Illumination and Photometry
25.1. Luminous Intensity
25.2. Luminous Flux
25.3. Illumination
25.4. Lambert's Cosine Law of Emission; Luminance; the Lambert
25.5. Photometers
25.6. Photoelectric Photometry
Exercises
26. Measurement of the Speed of Light
26.1. Early Methods
26.2. Fizeau's Method
26.3. Foucault's Method
26.4. Michelson's Rotating Octagonal Prism Method
26.5. The Kerr Cell Method
26.6. Significance of the Value of c
26.7. The Doppler Effect in Light
Exercise
27. Fundamentals of Atomic and Radiation Physics
27.1. Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
27.2. Atomic Spectra
27.3. X-Rays
27.4. Radioactivity
Exercises
Index
- No. of pages: 550
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1970
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Paperback ISBN: 9780080134314
- eBook ISBN: 9781483136868
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