College Physics

Symbol Definition kg kilogram (a fundamental SI unit of mass) L angular momentum L liter L magnitude of angular momentum L self- ...

Symbol Definition N number of neutrons n index of refraction n number of free charges per unit volume NA Avogadro's number Nr Re ...

Symbol Definition R red quark color R ̄ antired (cyan) quark color R resistance R resultant or total displacement R Rydberg cons ...

Symbol Definition t quark flavor top or truth t time t1 / 2 half-life—the time in which half of the original nuclei decay tanθ t ...

Symbol Definition x horizontal axis XC capacitive reactance XL inductive reactance xrms root mean square diffusion distance y ve ...

Index Symbols (peak) emf, 826 RC circuit, 761 A aberration, 949 aberrations, 947 absolute pressure, 370 , 390 absolute zero, 433 ...

critical pressure, 464 critical temperature, 456 , 464 , 1227 , 1230 criticality, 1169 , 1174 curie, 1131 , 1140 Curie temperatu ...

Gluons, 1202 grand unified theory, 1204 Grand Unified Theory (GUT), 1201 gravitational constant, 205 gravitational constant,G, 2 ...

metastable, 1083 , 1103 meter, 20 , 31 , 802 Meters, 794 method of adding percents, 27 , 31 metric system, 20 , 31 Michelson-Mor ...

rainbow, 921 range, 107 , 115 range of radiation, 1116 , 1141 rate of conductive heat transfer, 485 , 497 rate of decay, 1131 , ...

ultrasound, 611 , 622 Ultraviolet (UV) microscopes, 985 ultraviolet (UV) microscopes, 989 Ultraviolet radiation, 1038 ultraviole ...