SOLUTIONS MANUAL
SEARS & ZEMANSKY’S
UNIVERSITY
PHYSICS
14TH EDITION
WAYNE ANDERSON
A. LEWIS FORD
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,CONTENTS
Preface ........................................................................................................v
Part I Mechanics
Chapter 1 Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors ..................................... 1-1
Chapter 2 Motion Along a Straight Line..................................................... 2-1
Chapter 3 Motion in Two or Three Dimensions ......................................... 3-1
Chapter 4 Newton’s Laws of Motion.......................................................... 4-1
Chapter 5 Applying Newton’s Laws........................................................... 5-1
Chapter 6 Work and Kinetic Energy........................................................... 6-1
Chapter 7 Potential Energy and Energy Conservation................................ 7-1
Chapter 8 Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions.......................................... 8-1
Chapter 9 Rotation of Rigid Bodies ............................................................ 9-1
Chapter 10 Dynamics of Rotational Motion ............................................... 10-1
Chapter 11 Equilibrium and Elasticity........................................................ 11-1
Chapter 12 Fluid Mechanics ....................................................................... 12-1
Chapter 13 Gravitation................................................................................ 13-1
Chapter 14 Periodic Motion ........................................................................ 14-1
Part II Waves/Acoustics
Chapter 15 Mechanical Waves.................................................................... 15-1
Chapter 16 Sound and Hearing ................................................................... 16-1
Part III Thermodynamics
Chapter 17 Temperature and Heat .............................................................. 17-1
Chapter 18 Thermal Properties of Matter ................................................... 18-1
Chapter 19 The First Law of Thermodynamics .......................................... 19-1
Chapter 20 The Second Law of Thermodynamics...................................... 20-1
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Part IV Electromagnetism
Chapter 21 Electric Charge and Electric Field............................................ 21-1
Chapter 22 Gauss’s Law ............................................................................. 22-1
Chapter 23 Electric Potential ...................................................................... 23-1
Chapter 24 Capacitance and Dielectrics ..................................................... 24-1
Chapter 25 Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force ......................... 25-1
Chapter 26 Direct-Current Circuits............................................................. 26-1
Chapter 27 Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces ....................................... 27-1
Chapter 28 Sources of Magnetic Field........................................................ 28-1
Chapter 29 Electromagnetic Induction ....................................................... 29-1
Chapter 30 Inductance ................................................................................ 30-1
Chapter 31 Alternating Current................................................................... 31-1
Chapter 32 Electromagnetic Waves............................................................ 32-1
Part V Optics
Chapter 33 The Nature and Propagation of Light....................................... 33-1
Chapter 34 Geometric Optics...................................................................... 34-1
Chapter 35 Interference............................................................................... 35-1
Chapter 36 Diffraction ................................................................................ 36-1
Part VI Modern Physics
Chapter 37 Relativity .................................................................................. 37-1
Chapter 38 Photons: Light Waves Behaving as Particles ........................... 38-1
Chapter 39 Particles Behaving as Waves.................................................... 39-1
Chapter 40 Quantum Mechanics I: Wave Functions .................................. 40-1
Chapter 41 Quantum Mechanics II: Atomic Structure ............................... 41-1
Chapter 42 Molecules and Condensed Matter ............................................ 42-1
Chapter 43 Nuclear Physics ........................................................................ 43-1
Chapter 44 Particle Physics and Cosmology .............................................. 44-1
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