Monday, December 4, 2017

Work, Energy and Power

Work - When a force acts upon an object and displaces it from its original position, it is said that work was done upon the object. There associates three key component to work - force, displacement, and reason or source.

Motion

Scalars - Scalars are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude (or numerical value) alone.

Examples of Scalar Quantities - mass, length, temperature, energy, pressure, volume, electric charge, space-time interval, invariant mass

Vectors - Vectors are quantities that are fully described by both a magnitude and a direction.

Name and Symbols of Different Physical Terms, Descriptions and SI Units


Base quantity
Symbol
Description
SI unit
Length
l
The one dimensional extent of an object.
metre (m)
Matter
m
The amount of matter in an object.

Important Physics Discoveries in Chronology Order

  • 1687 - Laws of motion and law of gravity: Newton
  • 1782 - Conservation of matter: Lavoisier 
  • 1785 - Inverse square law for electric charges confirmed: Coulomb 
  • 1801 - Wave theory of light: Young

Inventions, Inventor, Country and Year

  • Adrenaline: (isolation of) John Jacob Abel, U.S., 1897.
  • Aerosol can: Erik Rotheim, Norway, 1926.
  • Air brake: George Westinghouse, U.S., 1868.
  • Air conditioning: Willis Carrier, U.S., 1911.

List of Scientific Instruments and Uses

  • Absorptiometer - Instrument for measuring solubility of gases in liquids
  • Accelerometer - Instrument for measuring acceleration or vibrations
  • Acetimeter - Instrument for measuring strength of vinegar
  • Acidimeter - Instrument for measuring concentration of acids
  • Actinograph - Instrument used to calculate time of photographic exposure

Units

Unit: A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude of a physical quantity, defined and adopted by convention and/or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same physical quantity. Any other value of the physical quantity can be expressed as a simple multiple of the unit of measurement.

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