Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Physics: Optics Topics

 

** Geometrical Optics

*Propagation of Light

- Reflection 

- Refraction

- Dispersion

*Mirrors and Lenses

*Eye and Image formation

*Camera and Image formation

*Microscopes and Telescopes

** Physical Optics

*Interference

*Diffraction

*Polarization

*The Laser

*Holography

*Fiber Optics

Monday, May 10, 2010

Physics: Thermodynamics Topics

- Temperature and Heat

*Temperature and Thermal Equilibrium

*Thermometers and Temperature Scales

*Thermal Expansion

*Heat Transfer, Specific Heat, and Calorimetry

*Phase Changes

*Mechanisms of Heat Transfer

- Kinetic Theory of Gases

*Molecular Model of an Ideal Gas

*Pressure and Temperature

*Heat Capacity and Equipartition of Energy

*Distribution of Molecular Speeds

- First Law of Thermodynamics

        *Thermodynamic Systems

*Thermodynamic Processes

*Work, Heat and Internal Energy

- Second Law of Thermodynamics

*Heat Engines

*Entropy