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Molecular physics and thermodynamics

The structure of matter, the gas laws, temperature and heat, entropy, phase transitions.

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Physics crib sheets. Physics formulas

Physics formulas are absolutely essential: armed with them, anyone who has decided to study this science can feel entirely at home in the world of physics.

Molecular physics. The properties of gases and liquids

Symbol Measured in Description p Pa pressure V m 3 volume T K temperature N - the number of molecules m kg mass μ kg/mol molar mass ν mol amount of substance U J the internal energy of the gas Q J quantity of heat η - ef…

Avenarius, Mikhail Petrovich

Mikhail Petrovich Avenarius (7.09.1835 — 4.09.1895) was a Russian physicist and a corresponding member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1876).

Avogadro, Amedeo

Amedeo Avogadro (9.08.1776 - 9.07.1856) was an Italian physicist and chemist and a member of the Turin Academy of Sciences (1819).

Adkhamov, Akobir Adkhamovich

Akobir Adkhamovich Adkhamov (born 4.09.1928) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Tajik SSR (1968).

The hot rubber band

AIM OF THE EXPERIMENT: To see that energy can pass from one form into another.

Hippity-hop

AIM OF THE EXPERIMENT: To find out whether temperature affects how well a rubber ball bounces.

Amagat, Émile

Émile Amagat (02.01.1841 - 15.02.1915) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1902).

Amontons, Guillaume

Guillaume Amontons (31.08.1663 - 11.10.1705) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1699).

Andronikashvili, Elevter Luarsabovich

Elevter Luarsabovich Andronikashvili (born 25.XII 1910) is a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR (1955).

Bartoli, Adolfo

Adolfo Bartoli (19.03.1851 - 18.07.1896) was an Italian physicist.

Birge, Raymond Thayer

Raymond Thayer Birge (13.03.1887-22.03.1980) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1932).

Black, Joseph

Joseph Black (16.04.1728-6.12.1799) was a Scottish chemist and physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783).

Boyle, Robert

Robert Boyle (25.01.1627-30.12.1691) was an English chemist, physicist and philosopher and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1663).

Boltzmann, Ludwig

Ludwig Boltzmann (20.02.1844 - 5.09.1906) was an Austrian theoretical physicist, one of the founders of classical statistical physics and a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (1895).

Borisevich, Nikolai Alexandrovich

Nikolai Alexandrovich Borisevich (born 21.09.1923) was a Soviet physicist, academician (1981; corresponding member 1972), academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1969) and president of the Academy…