FOR
S ERWAY AND V UILLE ’ S
C O L L E G E P H YS I C S
N INTH E DITION , V OLUME 2
Charles Teague
Emeritus, Eastern Kentucky University
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements v
Preface vii
Part 4 – Electricity and Magnetism
Chapter 15 – Electric Forces and Electric Fields 1
Chapter 16 – Electrical Energy and Capacitance 30
Chapter 17 – Current and Resistance 62
Chapter 18 – Direct-Current Circuits 83
Chapter 19 – Magnetism 120
Chapter 20 – Induced Voltages and Inductance 148
Chapter 21 – Alternating Current Circuits and Electromagnetic Waves 171
Part 5 – Light and Optics
Chapter 22 – Reflection and Refraction of Light 198
Chapter 23 – Mirrors and Lenses 223
Chapter 24 – Wave Optics 256
Chapter 25 – Optical Instruments 282
Part 6 – Modern Physics
Chapter 26 – Relativity 305
Chapter 27 – Quantum Physics 324
Chapter 28 – Atomic Physics 341
Chapter 29 – Nuclear Physics 360
Chapter 30 – Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particles 377
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