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A formula sheet for various physics concepts including coulomb's law, gauss's law, electric potential, capacitance, ohm's law, electric power, resistivity, root-mean-square value, resistors, time constant, magnetic force, magnetic field, ampere’s law, torque on a current loop, magnetic dipole moment, faraday’s law, mirror equation, thin lens equation, snell’s law, wavelength in medium, constructive interference, destructive interference, minima of single slit diffraction, principal maxima for diffraction gratings, brewster’s angle, resolution limited by a circular aperture, radius of a nucleus, and einstein's equation with explanations of constants.
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Physics 102 Formula Sheet
Coulomb's law (16-2):
12 2 2 2 0
1 2
0
2
1 2 (magnitude) 885 10 4
. C /N m r
r
F k
Gauss's law (16-9): 0
encl
surface
closed surface
closed
E
Electric potential due to a point charge (17-5): (assuming 0 a t ) 4
0
V r r
Capacitance (17-7): Q CV
Parallel-plate capacitor (17-8): d
Capacitors in parallel (19-5): Ceq C 1 C 2 C 3
Capacitors in series (19-6):
1 2 3
Ceq C C C
Energy stored in a capacitor (17-10): C
2 2
2
Ohm's law (18-2): , V IR R
Resistivity (18-3): A
l
Electric power (18-5,6): R
2 2
Root-mean-square (rms) value (18-8): 2 2
I (^) r m s r m s
Resistors in series (19-3): Req R 1 R 2 R 3
Resistors in parallel (19-4):
1 2 3
Req R R R
Time constant of RC circuits (19-7): RC
t/RC VC e
1 ;
t/RC VC Ve
^0.
Magnetic force on an electric current
Magnetic force on a moving charge
F qv B
Magnetic field due to a long straight wire
r
0 (20-6)
Magnetic field in a long solenoid
In l
0
Ampere’s law
encl B l I || 0 ^ ^ (20-9)
Torque on a current loop due to a magnetic field
Magnetic dipole moment
NIA
Faraday’s law
dt
d N
Focal length of a spherical mirror
r f (23-1)
The mirror equation; thin lens equation
d (^) o di f
o
i
o
i
d
d
h
h m (23-3, 23-9)
Snell’s law
n 1 sin 1 n 2 sin 2 (23-5)
Wavelength in medium:
n
n
(24-1)
Constructive interference of double-slit experiment
Destructive interference of double-slit experiment
sin (^)
Minima of single slit diffraction:
D sinm m 1 , 2 , 3 ,... (24-3)
Principal maxima for diffraction gratings
dsin m m 0 , 1 , 2 ,... (24-4)
Brewster's angle
1
2
n
n tan P (24-6)
Resolution limited by a circular aperture