Chad's General Physics - Complete Course Covering Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Electromagnetism, Optics, and Modern Physics

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20 hours 2 minutes
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Explore comprehensive physics concepts through this extensive video lecture series covering a complete year of general physics across 25 chapters and 121 individual lessons spanning over 20 hours. Master fundamental topics beginning with units and vectors, progressing through kinematics, dynamics, and Newton's laws of motion. Delve into energy concepts including work, mechanical energy, springs, and power, followed by momentum, impulse, and collision analysis. Study rotational motion, centripetal forces, torque, and rotational inertia before examining fluid mechanics, elasticity, density, pressure, and hydrodynamics. Learn thermodynamics principles including gas laws, the kinetic model, internal energy, enthalpy, and entropy. Investigate wave motion, simple harmonic motion, sound waves, and the Doppler effect. Explore electromagnetism starting with electric charge, Coulomb's law, electric fields, and Gauss's law, then advance to electric potential, capacitance, current, resistance, and circuit analysis. Study magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, Faraday's law, and AC circuits before examining electromagnetic radiation and light polarization. Master geometric optics including reflection, refraction, mirrors, and lenses, then explore wave optics covering interference, diffraction, and gratings. Conclude with modern physics topics including blackbody radiation, the photoelectric effect, the Bohr model, the Compton effect, matter waves, wave functions, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

Syllabus

1.1 Units
1.2 Vectors
2.1 Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
2.2 Introduction to Kinematics Calculations
2.3 Kinematics Calculations for Freely Falling Objects
2.4 Diagrams of Position vs Time
2.5 Diagrams of Velocity vs Time
3.1 Relative Motion
3.2 Projectile Motion in One and Two Dimensions
3.3 Projectile Motion Example #2 Drop in height of a ball thrown by a pitcher
3.4 Projectile Motion Example #3 Projectile Fired at a Building
4.1 Introduction to Forces, Fields, and Newton's Laws of Motion
4.2 Introduction to Gravity, Normal Force, and Friction
4.3 Examples Involving a Scale on an Elevator
4.4 Examples Involving Pulling on a Horizontal Surface
4.5 Examples Involving Inclined Planes
4.6 Example Involving Tension
4.7 Examples Involving Pulleys
5.1 Work
5.2 Mechanical Energy
5.3 Springs
5.4 Power
5.5 Work by a Varying Force
6.1 Momentum and Impulse
6.2 Introduction to Elastic, Inelastic, and Perfectly Inelastic Collisions
6.3 Collisions Example #1 An Inelastic Collision
6.4 Collisions Example #2 Exploding Fragments as a Perfectly Inelastic Collision in Reverse
6.5 Collisions Example #3 Determining the Speed of a Bullet
7.1 Rotational Kinematics
7.2 Centripetal Force and Acceleration
7.3 Examples Involving Centripetal Force and Acceleration
7.4 Gravity and Centripetal Force and Acceleration
7.5 Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
8.1 Introduction to Torque and Rotational Inertia
8.2 Torque for a Door on a Hinge
8.3 Torque Problems for Systems in Equilibrium Example #1
8.4 Torque Problems for Systems in Equilibrium Example #2
8.5 Torque Problems for Systems in Equilibrium Example #3
8.6 Angular Momentum and Rotational Kinetic Energy
9.1 Elasticity of Solids
9.2 Density and Pressure
9.3 Manometers and Barometers
9.4 Buoyancy and Archimedes' Principle
9.5 The Hydraulic Jack
9.6 Hydrodynamics Laminar Flow and The Equation of Continuity
9.7 Hydrodynamics Bernoulli's Equation
10.1 Pressure and Gas Laws
10.2 The Combined Gas Law and Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures
10.3 The Kinetic Model of Gases and the Perfect Gas Law
10.4 Maxwell Distribution of Speeds
11/12.1 Introduction to the First Law of Thermodynamics
11/12.2 Heat Capacities
11/12.3 Internal Energy, Enthalpy, and Cp/Cv
11/12.4 Expansion Work
11/12.5 Calculations and Derivations Involving Internal Energy and Enthalpy
11/12.6 The 2nd and 3rd Laws of Thermodynamics and Entropy
11/12.7 Entropy Changes During Expansion and Heating
13.1 Simple Harmonic Motion SHM, Springs, and Pendulums
13.2 The Frequency and Period of SHM
13.3 Waves
13.4 Standing Waves
14.1 Wave Nature and Speed of Sound
14.2 Sound Intensity and Intensity Level
14.3 Doppler Effect
15.1 Charge, Insulators, and Conductors
15.2 Coulomb's Law
15.3 Electric Fields
15.4 Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium
15.5 Gauss's Law and Electric Flux
16.1 Electric Potential and Potential Energy
16.2 Capacitance and Parallel Plate Capacitors
16.3 Capacitors in DC Circuits
17.1 Current and Ohm's Law
17.2 Resistance
17.3 Resistors in DC Circuits
17.4 Voltmeters and Ammeters
18.1 Sources of Emf
18.2 Complex Circuits and Kirchoff's Rules
18.3 RC Circuits
19.1 Introduction to Magnetic Fields
19.2 Magnetic Force on a Charge in Motion
19.3 Magnetic Force on a Current Carrying Wire
19.4 Torque on a Current Carrying Loop
19.5 Magnetic Field Due to a Current Carrying Wire
19.6 Magnetic Field at the Center of a Current Carrying Loop
19.7 Magnetic Field at the Center of a Solenoid
19.8 Final Thoughts on Magnetism
20.1 Introduction to Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law
20.2 Application of Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law
20.3 Motional Emf
20.4 Generators, Motors, and Back Emf
20.5 Mutual Inductance and Transformers
20.6 Self Inductance
20.7 RL Circuits
21.1 Rms Current and Voltage in AC Circuits
21.2 Maxwell's Theory of Electromagnetism
21.3 Introduction to Electromagnetic Radiation
21.4 Energy, Power, and Intensity of Electromagnetic Waves
21.5 The Doppler Effect
21.6 The Polarization of Light
22.1 Plane Mirrors and the Law of Reflection
22.2 Indexes of Refraction
22.3 Snell's Law of Refraction
22.4 Total Internal Reflection
22.5 Apparent Depth
23.1 Introduction to Spherical Mirrors and Thin Lenses
23.2 Concave Converging Mirrors
23.3 Convex Diverging Mirrors
23.4 Diverging Lenses
23.5 Converging Lenses
23.6 Calculations Involving Mirrors and Thin Lenses
23.7 Combinations of Lenses
23.8 Vision Correction
24.1 Double Slit Interference
24.2 Thin Film Interference
24.3 Diffraction Gratings and Single Slit Interference
25.1 Blackbody Radiation
25.2 The Photoelectric Effect
25.3 The Bohr Model of the Atom and Electronic Transitions
25.4 The Compton Effect
25.5 The DeBroglie Wavelength of Matter
25.6 Wave Functions
25.7 The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle