Fluids
Pressure and Pascal’s principle (part 1)
Pressure and Pascal’s principle (part 2)
Pressure at a depth in a fluid
Finding height of fluid in a barometer
Buoyant Force and Archimedes’ Principle
Archimedes principle and buoyant force
Buoyant force example problems
Volume flow rate and equation of continuity
Bernoulli’s equation (part 1)
Bernoulli’s equation (part 2)
Bernoulli’s equation (part 3)
Bernoulli’s equation (part 4)
Bernoulli’s example problem
Turbulence at high velocities and Reynold’s number
Venturi effect and Pitot tubes
Surface Tension and Adhesion
Viscosity and Poiseuille flow
Thermodynamics
Temperature, kinetic theory, and the ideal gas law
Thermodynamics part 1: Molecular theory of gases
Thermodynamics part 2: Ideal gas law
Thermodynamics part 3: Kelvin scale and Ideal gas law example
Thermodynamics part 4: Moles and the ideal gas law
Thermodynamics part 5: Molar ideal gas law problem
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
Specific heat and heat transfer
Specific heat and latent heat of fusion and vaporization
Thermal conduction, convection, and radiation
Thermal conductivity of metal and wood
Intuition behind formula for thermal conductivity
Macrostates and microstates
Quasistatic and reversible processes
First law of thermodynamics / internal energy
PV-diagrams and expansion work
Proof: U = (3/2)PV or U = (3/2)nRT
Work done by isothermic process
Carnot cycle and Carnot engine
Proof: Volume ratios in a Carnot cycle
Proof: S (or entropy) is a valid state variable
Thermodynamic entropy definition clarification
Reconciling thermodynamic and state definitions of entropy
Efficiency of a Carnot engine
Carnot efficiency 2: Reversing the cycle
Carnot efficiency 3: Proving that it is the most efficient
Charge and electric force (Coulomb’s law)
Triboelectric effect and charge
Conductors and insulators
Electric charge, field, and potential
Electric field definition
Magnitude of electric field created by a charge
Net electric field from multiple charges in 1D
Net electric field from multiple charges in 2D
Proof: Field from infinite plate (part 1)
Proof: Field from infinite plate (part 2)
Electric potential energy, electric potential, and voltage
Electric potential energy
Electric potential energy (part 2– involves calculus)
Electric potential energy of charges
Electric potential at a point in space
Electric potential charge configuration
Magnets and Magnetic Force
Introduction to magnetism
Magnetic force on a charge
Magnetic force on a proton example (part 1)
Magnetic force on a proton example (part 2)
Magnetic force on a current carrying wire
Magnetic field created by a current
Magnetic field created by a current carrying wire
Magnetic force between two currents going in the same direction
Magnetic force between two currents going in opposite directions
Induced current in a wire
Magnetic forces, magnetic fields, and Faraday’s law
Calculating dot and cross products with unit vector notation
Magnetic flux and Faraday’s law
Faraday’s Law Introduction
Emf induced in rod traveling through magnetic field
Faraday’s Law for generating electricity
Introduction to electromagnetic waves
Electromagnetic waves and the electromagnetic spectrum
Polarization of light, linear and circular (Opens a modal)
Thin Film Interference part 2
Interference of electromagnetic waves
Constructive and Destructive interference
Young’s double slit introduction
Young’s double slit equation
Young’s double slit problem solving
More on single slit interference
Thin Film Interference part 1
Reflection and refraction
Specular and diffuse reflection
Specular and diffuse reflection 2
Refraction and Snell’s law
Total internal reflection
Electromagnetic waves and interference
Parabolic mirrors and real images
Derivation of the mirror equation
Mirror equation example problems
Object image and focal distance relationship (proof of formula)
Object image height and distance relationship
Thin lens equation and problem solving
Diopters, Aberration, and the Human Eye
Geometric optics
Bohr model radii (derivation using physics) (Opens a modal)
Bohr model energy levels (derivation using physics)
Emission spectrum of hydrogen (Opens a modal)
Quantum numbers and orbitals
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Quantum numbers for the first four shells
More exponential decay examples
Exponential decay and semi-log plots
Mass defect and binding energy
Nuclear stability and nuclear equations (Opens a modal)
Writing nuclear equations for alpha, beta, and gamma decay (Opens a modal)
Half-life and carbon dating (Opens a modal)
Exponential decay formula proof (can skip, involves calculus)
Introduction to exponential decay (Opens a modal)