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Unit 3 S ECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS ,Limitations of the first law of thermodynamics:,Concepts of heat engines and heat pumps/refrigerators ,Kelvin-Planck and Clausius statements and their equivalence,Reversible and irreversible processes ,Carnot cycle and Carnot principles/theorems ,Thermodynamic temperature scale ,Clausius inequality and concept of entropy ,Microscopic interpretation of entropy ,The principle of increase of entropy ,T-s diagrams ,Second law analysis of control volume ,Availabi...

Unit 2 First Law of thermodynamics,Concept of energy and various forms of energy,Internal energy, enthalpy ,Specific heats ,closed systems and control volumes

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,

Refractive Index..,What Is Refractive Index?Refractive Index Formula,Example of Refractive Index ,Why is High Refractive Index Important for Optical Polymers?,Refractive Index Gradient?How Does The Refractive Index Vary with Wavelength?,Frequently Asked Questions

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.

PART 3 TEN IMPORTANT LAWS IN PHYSICS,(1) BOLTZMANN EQUATION (2) EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATION (3) FARADAY’S LAW OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION 1ST AND 2 ND LAW (4) FLEMING’S LEFT HAND & RIGHT HAND RULE (5) FOURIER’S LAW OF THERMAL CONDUCTION (6) THE BEER LAMBERT LAW (7) THE CHANDRASHEKHAR LIMIT (8) LAW OF PRESERVATION OF ENERGY (9) COULOMB’S LAW (10) LENZ LAW

F A Q ON THERMODYNAMICS ,Frequently asked questions with answers - THERMODYNAMICS

Thermodynamic Cycles ,Carnot vapor cycle,Ideal Rankine cycle ,Rankine reheat cycle ,Air-standard Otto cycle ,Air-standard Diesel cycle ,Air-standard Brayton cycle ,Vapor-compression refrigeration cycle

Thermodynamic Relations ,Helmholtz and Gibbs functions,Gibbs Relations ,Max well Relations ,Jule - Thomson Coefficient,Jule Thomson effect ,Coefficient of the volume expansion ,Thermal expansion ,Isothermal and adiabatic cycles,Clausius Clapeyron Equation of thermodynamics ,Potential Uses of Clausius Clapeyron Equation

PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCES Topics covered Thermodynamic properties of pure substances in solid, liquid and vapor phases ,P-v T behavior of simple compressible substances, phase rule, thermodynamic property tables and charts,Ideal and real gases, ideal gas equation of state and van der Waals equation of state ,Law of corresponding states, compressibility factor and generalized compressibility chart

Wave Nature of light ,Wave Nature of light ,Newton’s corpuscular theory of light ,Huygens wave theory of light ,Electromagnetic theory of light ,Electromagnetic wave spectrum (figure) ,Electromagnetic Wave ,Quantum theory of light ,Huygens's wave theory ,Wave front. ,Types of wave front ,What are coherent sources? ,Temporal coherence ,Spatial coherence ,Young’s double slit experiment ,

,Newton's rings: Experiment, Theory ,Experiment ,Theory ,Expression for the radius of the nth dark ring ,