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Thermodynamics study guide volume 1 ,Continuum and macroscopic approach ,Thermodynamic systems (closed and open) ,Thermodynamic Properties and equilibrium ,State of a system, state postulate for simple compressible substances, state diagrams, paths and processes on state diagrams, Concepts of heat and work, different modes of work,Zeroth Law of thermodynamics ,Concept of temperature

Resolving power and resolution,Resolving power of a diffraction grating ,Resolving power of the prism ,Resolving power of telescope ,Resolving power of microscope ,Rayleigh criterion for resolution,What is Rayleigh Criterion? ,Frequently Asked Questions on Limit of Resolution

Difference between Fresnel and Fraunhoffer diffraction in tabular ,What is Fraunhoffer diffraction? ,Major difference between Fresnel and Fraunhoffer diffraction, Fraunhoffer diffraction ,FRAUNHOFER DIFFRACTION AT CIRCULAR APERTURE ,

Diffraction of light and rectilinear propagation of light.,Diffraction of light &Fresnel diffraction,Conditions needed for diffraction ,Types of diffraction ,Fresnel diffraction ,Fraunhoffer diffraction ,Difference between Fresnel and Fraunhoffer diffraction:Fresnel’s half period zone:,Area of half period zone ,Rectilinear Propagation of Light ,

Michelson Morley Experiment ,Experiment of Michelson Morley. ,Michelson Morley Experiment details,,Procedure of Michelson Morley Experiment,Let Us Calculate the Time Taken by the Transmitted Ray to Travel to the Mirror,

Multiple beam interferometry ,Interferometers ,Different types of interferometers. ,Mach–Zehnder Interferometer.,Michelson Interferometer ,Fabry–Pérot Interferometer ,Sagnac Interferometer ,Common-path Interferometers ,Fiber Interferometers ,Fiber Interferometer ,Physical Principles of Interferometers ,Uses of Interferometers ,Influence of noise

Double Refraction optics,Double refraction or birefringence ,Geometric of calcite crystal ,Optic axis ,Principal section and principal plane ,Huygen’s explanation of double refraction in uniaxial crystal ,Positive and negative crystals ,Nicol prism,Action of polarizer on light of different type of polarizations ,Huygen’s construction for uni axial crystals ,Double images polarizing prisms ,Dichroism or selective absorption ,Polaroids and their uses ,Polarization by scattering

PART 1 TEN IMPORTANT LAWS IN PHYSICS ,AMPRE’S LAW IN PHYSICS, ARCHIMEDES PRINCIPLE IN PHYSICS,AVOGADRO’S LAW IN PHYSICS,Boyle’s law ,Curie-Weiss Law Explanation,Hooke’s Law,Joule's Law ,Kirchhoff’s First Law Equation ,LAMBERT’S COSINE LAW.,Moseley Law,

PART 2 TEN IMPORTANT LAWS IN PHYSICS ,LAMBERT’S COSINE LAW. Law of Conservation of Mass. ,Newton’s First law of motion ,Newton’s Law of Gravity,Newton's Second Law of Motion,Newton’s Third Law of Motion,Ohm’s Law ,THE BEER LAMBERT LAW,Biot Savart Law,Brewster Law

The Polarization of Light OPTICS ,INTRODUCTION TO POLARIZATION OF LIGHT.,TYPES OF POLARIZATION,CONCEPT OF PLANE POLARIZED LIGHT. DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION OF POLARIZED LIGHT,PLANE OF VIBRATION & POLARIZATION OF POLARIZED LIGHT.METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF POLE POLARIZED LIGHT ,PLANE POLARIZED LIGHT METHOD OF PRODUCTION ,PLANE POLARIZED LIGHT BY REFLECTION,CIRCULARLY AND ELIPTICALLY POLARIZED LIGHT,MALU’S LAW.BREWSTER LAW.