Index
Figures are noted by page numbers in italics, tables are indicated by t following the page number.
A
ag (gravitational acceleration), 335–336
absolute pressure, 363
absolute zero, 477
absorbed dose, of radiation, 1183
absorbed radiation, 899
absorption event, photons, 1059
lasers, 1132
absorption lines, 1101
ac (alternating current), 827, 835–836
acceleration, 260t. See also angular acceleration; forces; velocity
center of mass of systems of particles, 206, 207
graphical integration in motion analysis, 27, 27–28
negative, 27
Newton’s laws applications, 100–105
and Newton’s second law, 91–95
principle of equivalence (with gravitation), 347
relating linear to angular, 249–250
relative motion in one dimension, 72–73
relative motion in two dimensions, 73–74
rolling down ramp, 280
simple harmonic motion, 389–390
two- and three-dimensional motion, 63–64
uniform circular motion, 70, 70–71, 71, 124
acceleration amplitude
simple harmonic motion, 389
accelerators, 748–749, 1219, 1220, 1220
acceptor atoms, 1153
acoustic double-slit system, 1021
acre-foot, 9
actinide elements
paramagnetism, 874
action at a distance, 581
activity, of radioactive sample, 1175
addition
of vectors by components, 45–47, 46
of vectors geometrically, 39, 39–41, 40
adiabat, 526
adiabatic expansion, 491
entropy, 541
adiabatic processes, 491 ...
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