# FHSST Physics
## Table of Contents

* About FHSST
* Contributors
* Introduction

### Units

* PGCE Comments
* TO DO LIST
* Introduction
* Unit Systems
* The Importance of Units
* Choice of Units
* How to Change Units—the "Multiply by" Technique
* How Units Can Help You
* Temperature
* Scientific Notation, Significant Figures, and Rounding
* Conclusion

### Waves and Wavelike Motion

* Definition
* Types of Waves
* Properties of Waves
* Practical Applications of Waves: Sound Waves
* Practical Applications of Waves: Electromagnetic Waves
* Important Equations and Quantities

### Vectors

* PGCE Comments
* TO DO LIST
* Introduction
* Examples
* Mathematical Properties
* Techniques of Vector Addition
* Components
* Importance
* Summary of Important Quantities, Equations, and Concepts

### Forces

* TO DO LIST
* Definition
* Diagrams
* Equilibrium of Forces
* Newton's Laws of Motion
* Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
* Examples
* Summary of Important Quantities, Equations, and Concepts

### Rectilinear Motion

* Definition
* Speed and Velocity
* Graphs
* Equations of Motion
* Important Equations and Quantities

### Momentum

* Definition
* The Momentum of a System
* Change in Momentum
* Properties
* Impulse
* Important Quantities, Equations, and Concepts

### Work and Energy

* Definition
* Work
* Energy
* Mechanical Energy and Energy Conservation
* Important Quantities, Equations, and Concepts
* Sources

### Collisions and Explosions

* Essay 2: Tiny, Violent Collisions
* Types of Collisions
* Explosions
* Energy and Heat
* Important Equations and Quantities

### Newtonian Gravitation

* Properties
* Mass and Weight
* Normal Forces
* Comparative Problems
* Falling Bodies
* Terminal Velocity
* Drag Force
* Important Equations and Quantities

### Pressure

* Important Equations and Quantities

### Heat and Properties of Matter

* Phases of Matter
* Deformation of Solids
* Ideal Gasses
* Temperature
* Thermal Properties of Materials
* Important Equations and Quantities

### Electrostatics

* Definition
* Charge
* Electrostatic Force
* Electric Fields
* Electrical Potential
* Important Equations and Quantities

### Electricity

* Flow of Charge
* Circuits
* Voltage and Current
* Resistance
* Voltage and Current in a Practical Circuit
* How Voltage, Current, and Resistance Relate
* Ohm's Law Analogy
* Power in Electric Circuits
* Calculating Electric Power
* Resistors
* Nonlinear Conduction
* Circuit Wiring
* Polarity of Voltage Drops
* Series and Parallel
** Simple Series Circuits
** Simple Parallel Circuits
* Power Calculations
* Using Ohm's Law
* Conductor Size
* Fuses
* Important Equations and Quantities

### Magnets and Electromagnetism

* Permanent Magnets
* Electromagnetism
* Magnetic Units of Measurement
* Electromagnetic Induction
* Alternating Current
* Measurements of AC Magnitude

### Electronics

* Capacitive and Inductive Circuits
* Filters and Signal Tuning
* Active Circuit Elements
* Logical Gates
* Counting Circuits

### The Atom

* Models
* Structure
* Isotopes
* Energy Quantization
* Periodicity of Ionization Energy
* Successive Ionization Energies
* Bohr Orbits
* Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
* Pauli Exclusion Principle
* Ionization Energy
* Electron Configuration
* Valency

### Modern Physics

* Quantum Introduction
* Wave-particle Duality

### Inside the Atomic Nucleus

* Composition
* Nucleus
* Nuclear Force
* Binding Energy and Nuclear Masses
* Radioactivity
* Nuclear Reactions
* Detectors
* Nuclear Energy
** Nuclear Reactors
** Nuclear Fusion
* Elementary Particles
** Beta Decay
** Particle Physics
** Quarks and Leptons
** Forces of Nature
* Origin of the Universe
This is part of a University of Cape Town project: RW James Building, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa. Contributors might consider checking http://www.fhsst.org/ for the current status of the book and can contact the SA team at http://www.fhsst.org/