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Waves and Optics
Wave motion (including sound) , Traveling waves, Wave propagation, Standing waves, Superposition, Physical optics, Interference and diffraction, Dispersion of light and the electromagnetic spectrum, Geometric optics, Reflection and refraction, Mirrors, Lenses
Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Atomic physics and quantum effects, Photons, the photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, x-rays, Atomic energy levels, Wave-particle duality, Nuclear physics , Nuclear reactions (including conservation of mass number and charge), Mass–energy equivalence
Physics Mechanics Topics
Newtonian Mechanics , Newton’s First Law, Newton’s Second Law, Newton’s Third Law, Newton’s laws of motion: Kinematics, components of vectors, coordinate systems, displacement, velocity, and acceleration), Motion in one dimension, Motion in two dimensions, including projectile motion, Falling objects, Newton’s laws of motion: Static equilibrium Dynamics of a single particle , Systems of two or more objects, Force, Acceleration, Work, energy, power, Work and work–energy theorem , Forces and potential energy, Conservation of energy , Power , Systems of particles, linear momentum, Center of mass, Impulse and momentum , Conservation of linear momentum, , collisions, Circular motion and rotation , Uniform circular motion , Torque and rotational statics, Rotational kinematics and dynamics ,Angular momentum and its conservation, Oscillations and gravitation, Simple harmonic motion (dynamics and energy relationships), Mass on a spring , Pendulum and other oscillations, Newton’s law of gravity, Orbits of planets and satellites, Circular, General
Physics Mechanics Topics Electricity and Magnetism
Electrostatics, Charge and Coulomb’s law, Electric field and electric potential (including point charges), Gauss’s law, Fields and potentials of other charge distributions, Conductors, capacitors, dielectrics, Electrostatics with conductors, Capacitors, Capacitance, Parallel plate, Spherical and cylindrical, Dielectrics, Electric circuits, Current, resistance, power, Steady-state direct current circuits with batteries and resistors only, Capacitors in circuits, Steady state , Transients in rc circuits, Magnetic Fields 4% 20%, Forces on moving charges in magnetic fields, Forces on current-carrying wires in magnetic fields, Fields of long current-carrying wires, Biot–Savart law and Ampere’s law, Electromagnetism, Electromagnetic induction (including Faraday’s law and Lenz’s law), Inductance (including lr and lc circuits) , Maxwell’s equations
Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Physics
Fluid Mechanics, Hydrostatic pressure, Buoyancy, Fluid flow continuity, Bernoulli’s equation, Temperature and heat, Mechanical equivalent of heat, Heat transfer and thermal expansion , Kinetic theory and thermodynamics, Ideal gases, Kinetic model, Ideal gas law, Laws of thermodynamics, First law (including processes on pV diagrams), Second law (including heat engines)
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