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Index
gain, 393–5
gamma-emission, 231
gamma-radiation, 231, 233, 234, 469
gamma-rays, 231, 469
gas atoms, 351
gases, 74, 328, 346–55
gases, ideal, 346–55
gases, kinetic theory of, 352–5
gases, real, 350–1
Geiger–Müller (GM) tube, 234, 496
generators, 436, 438, 445–6
generators, Van de Graaff, 365
geostationary orbit, 279–80, 322–3
graphs, acceleration–time, 292–3
graphs, displacement–distance, 179, 193, 212
graphs, displacement–time, 6–10, 17–18, 282, 291–2 graphs, force–extension, 104–9
graphs, stress–strain, 106–7
graphs, velocity–time, 17–20, 22–3, 24, 291–2 gravitational constant (G), 273, 276, 543
gravitational field strength (g), 42, 75, 274–5 gravitational fields, 45, 75, 122, 272–80, 363, 366–7, 417,
523
gravitational force, 28, 29, 41–3, 59, 75, 272–7, 367 gravitational potential, 276–7, 364–5, 367, 544 gravitational potential energy (GPE), 75–9, 276 gravitational pull, 262–3
gravity, 25–30, 41–2, 47, 73, 92, 103, 264, 272–80, 417 gravity, centre of, 41–2, 59, 381
ground state, 477
gyromagnetic ratio, 523
half-life, 298, 499–501 Hall probe, 411–12, 428–9 heating ice, 329–30 Helmholtz coils, 427 high-speed trains, 407 Hooke’s law, 104–9, 538 human power, 81
I–V (current–voltage) characteristic, 157–8 ice, 329–30
ideal gases, 346–55
image intensifiers, 511
impedance matching, 519–20 inelastic collisions, 89–91 inertia, 39, 43–4, 426 instantaneous speed, 2 intensifier screens, 511 intensifiers, image, 511
intensity, 182–3, 199, 202, 214, 225, 234, 388, 391, 473–4, 509, 519–20
interference, electrical, 313, 315, 319–20 interference, of waves, 196–9, 468 interference fringes, 201–3
interference pattern, 200–1
internal energy, 90–1, 331–3, 351–5 internal resistance, 134, 169–71, 394 intrinsic semiconductor, 479 inverting amplifiers, 397
ionisation, 232–3 ionising radiation, 232–4 ions, 234
isolated atoms, 329, 478 isotopes, 227–8, 499
joules, 72, 138, 148, 363, 377, 416, 470, 492–3
Kelvin scale, 333–4
kinematics, 2–11
kinetic energy, 71, 76–7, 79, 89, 90–2, 233–4, 296–7, 426,
444, 470, 473–4, 494, 508
kinetic model of a gas, 352–5
kinetic model of matter, 328–32 kinetic theory of gases, 352–5 Kirchhoff ’s first law, 144–5, 146–52 Kirchhoff ’s second law, 145–6, 146–52 Kundt’s dust tube, 216–7
Larmor frequency, 523
LDR see light-dependent resistor
LED see light-emitting diode
Lenz’s law, 441–3, 445
light beams, 3–4, 19, 27, 198, 202–3
light-dependent resistor (LDR), 129, 387, 388, 391–2, 479 light-emitting diode (LED), 129, 323, 374, 399–400, 470–1 light gates, 3, 19, 27, 251
light waves, 186, 193–206
line spectra, 475–80
linear momentum, 86–97, 232, 348, 353, 426, 480 longitudinal waves, 181–2, 214–5, 517
lost volts, 170–1, 173, 394
loudspeakers, 129, 196–7, 198–9, 200, 216–7, 287, 393
magnetic fields, 118, 157, 185–6, 188, 233, 399, 407–17, 522–5
magnetic flux, 399, 439–40, 441–2, 446–7
magnetic flux density, 411–3, 414, 416, 424–6, 428–9, 437,
523, 524
magnetic flux linkage, 439–40, 441–2, 446–7
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