Physics C Unit Reference Sheet Page 3
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5ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS B EQUATIONS FOR 2002
FLUID MECHANICS AND
THERMAL PHYSICS
WAVES AND OPTICS
r
=
+
u
=
l
p
p
gh
f
A = area
d = separation
0
r
=
c = specific heat or molar
f = frequency or focal
F
Vg
c
=
buoy
n
u
specific heat
length
u
u
=
A
A
1 1
2 2
e = efficiency
h = height
q
q
=
n
sin
n
sin
1
1
2
2
1
r
ru
+
+
2
=
F = force
L = distance
p
gy
const.
n
2
q
=
2
h = depth
M= magnification
sin
D
D
a
c
l
=
l
n
T
m = an integer
K
= average molecular
1
0
avg
1
1
1
kinetic energy
n = index of refraction
=
+
=
Q
mL
s i
s
f
L = heat of transformation
R = radius of curvature
0
D
=
l = length
Q
mc T
s = distance
h i
s i
u
=
= -
M= molecular mass
= speed
M
F
h
s
=
m = mass of sample
x = position
p
0
0
A
l = wavelength
R
n = number of moles
=
f
=
q
pV
nRT
2
p = pressure
= angle
q
=
l
Q = heat transferred to a system
d
sin
m
3
=
K
k T
T = temperature
l
m L
avg
B
2
x m
U = internal energy
d
3
k T
V = volume
3
RT
u
=
=
B
m
u = velocity or speed
rms
M
u
= root-mean-square
D
rms
= -
W
p V
velocity
D
W = work done on a system
=
Q
nc T
y = height
GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY
D
=
+
a
U
Q
W
= coefficient of linear
Rectangle
A = area
expansion
D
D
=
=
U
nc
T
A
bh
C = circumference
V
µ
= mass of molecule
Triangle
r = density
V = volume
W
=
e
1
S = surface area
=
A
bh
Q
H
2
b = base
-
Circle
h = height
T
T
=
H
C
=
p
e
2
l = length
A
r
c
T
H
=
p
2
C
r
w = width
Parallelepiped
r = radius
=
ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS
l
V
wh
=
=
Cylinder
E
hf
pc
E = energy
=
p
2
l
V
r
f = frequency
=
−
f
=
+
K
hf
p
p
l
2
S
2
r
2
r
max
K = kinetic energy
Sphere
m = mass
h
=
l
4
=
p
3
p = momentum
V
r
p
3
l = wavelength
=
p
2
D
D
S
4
r
=
2
f = work function
E
(
m c
)
Right Triangle
+
=
2
2
2
a
b
c
c
a
a
=
q
q
sin
90
c
b
b
=
q
cos
c
a
q
=
tan
b
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