4U PHYSICS EQUATIONS
PREFIXES/CONSTANTS/ERROR
PREFIXES
CONSTANTS
ERROR
UNIT 1 - FORCES & MOTION: DYNAMICS
MOTION EQUATIONS
NEWTON’S 2N D LAW
FRICTION
CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION
WEIGHT
KEPLER’S 3R D LAW
PROJECTILE MOTION
UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
CIRCULAR MOTION
UNIT 2 - ENERGY & MOMENTUM
MOMENTUM
WORK
ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY
IMPULSE
KINETIC ENERGY
CENTRIPETAL FORCE
CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM
ELASTIC COLLISION
GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY
SATELLITE ORBITAL SPEED
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
ORBITAL PERIOD
HOOKE’S LAW
INELASTIC COLLISION
UNIT 3 - ELECTRIC, GRAVITATIONAL, & MAGNETIC FIELDS
ELECTROSTATIC FORCE
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL ENERGY
MILLIKAN OIL DROP
MAGNETIC FORCE
ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITY
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE
ELECTRIC & MAGNETIC FIELD MOTION
GRAVITATIONAL FIELD INTENSITY
UNIT 4 - THE WAVE NATURE OF LIGHT
DOUBLE-SLIT INTERFERENCE
SINGLE-SLIT INTERFERENCE
Destructive Interference (n = 1,2,...)
Destructive Interference (n = 1,2,...)
AIR WEDGE
Constructive Interference (m = 1,2,...)
DIFFRACTION GRATING
refer to double-slit interference
Constructive Interference (m = 0,1,2,...)
WAVE EQUATION
THIN FILM INTERFERENCE
YOUNG’S DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENT
constructive L
destructive
L
PERIOD & FREQUENCY
path diff = 1/2 8
t = 1/4 8, 3/4 8, ...
path diff = 8
t = 0, 1/2 8, 8, ...
UNIT 5 - MATTER-ENERGY INTERFACE
TIME DILATION
RELATIVISTIC MOMENTUM
PHOTON ENERGY
PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT
LENGTH CONTRACTION
ENERGY
PHOTON MOMENTUM
MASS INCREASE
de BROGLIE WAVELENGTH
RELATIVISTIC KINETIC ENERGY
MISCELLANEOUS
RIGHT TRIANGLE
SINE LAW
COSINE LAW