SCI403/404: Physics | Information Card: References and Equations Sheet for Assessments

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References and Equations Sheet for Assessments
Print this sheet and use as a reference while solving problems. Be sure you know how and when to use each equation. Use this sheet during your assessments.

Physical Constants

g = -9.8 m/s2 radius of the earth: 6370 km

𝑁∙𝑚2 mass of the earth: 5.97 x 1024 kg

G = 6.67 x 10-11
𝑘𝑔2
mass of the moon: 7.36 x 1022 kg
c = 3.0 x 10 m/s 8
atomic mass unit: 1.66 x 10-27 kg = 931 MeV
e = -1.60 x 10-19 C mass of an electron: 9.11 x 10-31 kg
𝑁 ∙ 𝑚2 mass of a proton: 1.672 x 10-27 kg
k = 9.0 x 109
𝐶2
mass of a neutron: 1.674 x 10-27 kg
h = 6.63 x 10-34 J s or 4.13 x 10-15 eV s

Review of Basic Math and Trigonometric Functions

Moment of Inertia Equations

Slope Between Two Points

(xi, yi) and (xf, yf):

𝑦𝑓 −𝑦𝑖
Slope =
𝑥𝑓− 𝑥𝑖

% Error
|𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒−𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒|
% error = [ 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒
] 𝑥 100

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Linear Motion Angular Displacement and Torque

𝑑
Average speed = 𝑠 Δ𝜔 𝜔
𝑡 = = =  = Fr
Δ𝑑 𝑟 Δ𝑡 𝑡
v=
Δ𝑡
Δ𝜃 𝑣 𝜋
= = rad =  ( )
Δ𝑣 Δ𝑡 𝑟 180°
a=
Δ𝑡
Simple Harmonic Motion
1
Kinematic Equations T=
𝑓
𝐿
Vf = vi + at Pendulum Period: T = 2 √
𝑔

d = ½ (vf + vi)t Spring Period: T = 2 √ 𝑘

𝑚

d = vit + ½ at2 Fs = -kx

𝑇
vf2 = vi2 + 2ad For SHM velocity is out of phase with displacement
4
𝑇
and acceleration is out of phase with displacement
2

Force
Circular Motion
Fnet = ma Fg = mg 𝑣2 4𝜋2 𝑟
ac = ac =
𝑟 𝑇2
Fnet = F1 + F2 + F3… 2𝜋𝑟
v=
𝑇
F = mg cos F|| = mg sin
𝑚𝑣 2 𝑚4𝜋2 𝑟
Fc = mac = =
𝑟 𝑇2
Fnet = √𝐹𝑥2 + 𝐹𝑦2
Projectile Motion
𝐹𝑦
 = tan-1 ( ) 1 2𝑑𝑦
𝐹𝑥 dx = vxt dy = gt2 t=√
2 𝑔
−2𝑣𝑦
Fk = k FN t=
𝑔
v(x component) = v cos  v(y component) = v sin 
Fs ≤ s FN

Gravition
𝑇2
=𝑘
𝑟3
𝑚1 𝑚2 𝐺𝑀
Fg = G g=
𝑟2 𝑟2

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Momentum Electrical Forces

p=mv Ft = mv |𝑞1 ||𝑞2 |
F=k
𝑟2
ptotal = p1 + p2 + p3 + … 𝐹 𝐾𝑄
E= E=
pA = -pB for a collision between two objects A and B 𝑞′ 𝑟2
𝑊𝑜𝑛 𝑞′ 𝐹𝑑
pi = p f in a closed system
V = V = = Ed
𝑞′ 𝑞′
L = I

Electricity
Work and Power 𝑄
𝑊 I= P = VI V = IR
W = Fd or Fd CosP P = Fv 𝑡
𝑡
𝐹𝑟 𝑑𝑒 P = I2R
MA = IMA = For a series circuit:
𝐹𝑒 𝑑𝑟
𝑊𝑜 𝑀𝐴 Vtotal = V1 + V2 + V3 + …
eff = eff =
𝑊𝑖 𝐼𝑀𝐴
Itotal = I1 = I2 = I3 = …
Req = R1+R2+R3+…
Energy For a parallel circuit:
1 2 1 2
Ug = mgh Us = 𝑘𝑥 k= 𝑚𝑣 Vtotal = V1 = V2 = V3 = …
2 2
1 1 Itotal = I1 + I2 + I3 + …
W = K = 𝑚𝑣𝑓2 − 2 𝑚𝑣𝑖2 E f = Ei
2 1 1 1 1
= + + +. ..
𝑅𝑒𝑞 𝑅1 𝑅2 𝑅3
Thermodynamics Ft = mv
q = mCt q = Hfm q = Hv m
𝑄
qH = W+qL U = Q-W S = Magnetism
𝑇
𝑞𝐿 𝑇𝐿
= eff =
𝑊
eff = 1-
𝑇𝐿
Fm = qvB FB = ILB V =  = IR
𝑞𝐻 𝑇𝐻 𝑞𝐻 𝑇𝐻
∆(𝐴𝐵 𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃) ∆𝐵
 = -N  = BLv sin = -NA( )
∆𝑡 ∆𝑡
∆ 𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑥
Waves 𝜙𝐵 = 𝑁𝐵𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 emf = -[ ]
∆ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒
 1
v = f v= T= through 180° rotation = 2ABN
𝑇 𝑓
𝑃
I= vs = (331 + 0.6Tc)m/s 𝑁𝑝 ∆𝑉𝑝
4𝜋𝑟 2 = Ef = E i
𝑁𝑠 ∆𝑉𝑠
1 1
W = K = 𝑚𝑣𝑓2 − 𝑚𝑣𝑖2
Light 2 2
𝑚𝜆𝐷 ℎ𝑐
c = f a sin = m ym = 𝐸=
𝑎 𝜆
𝑚𝜆𝐷 Modern Physics
d sin = m ym = −13.6 𝑒𝑉
𝑛2
𝑑
𝑐 En = E = hf - hfo E=mc2
𝑛2
sincrit = n1sin1 =n2sin2 n=
𝑛1 𝑐𝑚
𝑚𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 1
𝑛1 𝜆1 1 1 1 ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑜 mrel = Radioactive material remaining =
2 = = + = √1−𝑣2
2 2𝑛
𝑛2 𝑓 𝑑𝑜 𝑑𝑖 ℎ𝑖 𝑑𝑖
𝑐

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