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Physics for O.N.C. courses /
Physics for O.N.C. Courses.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, England :
Pergamon Press,
1970.
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| Colección: | Commonwealth and international library of science, technology, engineering and liberal studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Physics for O.N.C. Courses; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 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; Chapter 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.
- Chapter 3. Viscosity3.1. 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; Chapter 4. The Nature of Heat; 4.1. Heat and Temperature; 4.2. Equivalence of Heat and Energy; 4.3. Radiant Heat; Chapter 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.
- Chapter 6. Thermal Expansion6.1. 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; Chapter 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 CalorimetryExercises; Chapter 8. Gases (I); 8.1. The Gas Laws; 8.2. The Absolute Temperature Scale. The Perfect Gas Equation; 8.3. Measurement of [alpha]p by a Simple Method (Verification of Charles' Law); 8.4. The Kinetic Theory of Gases; Exercises; Chapter 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.
- ExercisesChapter 10. Vapours and Vapour Pressure; 10.1. Evaporation; 10.2. Vapour Pressure. Properties of Vapours; 10.3. Variation of s.v.p. with Temperature; 10.4. Gases and Vapours. The Critical Temperature; 10.5. Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures; 10.6. Relative Humidity; 10.7. Hygrometers; Exercises; Chapter 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; Chapter 12. Wave Motion.