LAWS Flashcards
HOOKE’S LAW
THE STRAIN OF THE MATERIAL IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE APPLIED STRESS WITHIN THE ELASTIC LIMIT OF THAT MATERIAL
NEWTON’S FIRST LAW
OBJECTS WILL REMAIN AT REST OR MOVE WITH A CONSTANT VELOCITY UNLESS ACTED ON BY A RESULTANT FORCE
NEWTON’S SECOND LAW
THR RATE OF CHANGE OF MOMENTUM OF AN OBJECT IS PROPORTIONA TO THE RESULTANT FORCE ACTING ON IT, AND TAKE SPLCAE IN THE DIRECTION OF FORCE
NEWTON’S THIRD LAW
IF A BODY A EXCERTS A FORCE ON BODY B, BODY B EXCERTS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE FORCE ON BODY A
WIEN’S DISPLACEMENT LAW
THE WAVELENGHT OF PEAK EMISSION FROM A BLACK BODY IS INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURE
STEFAN’S LAW
THE TOTAL ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ENERGY EMITTED PER UNIT TIME BY A BLACK BODY IS GIVEN BY THE POWER FORMULA
SNELL’S LAW
AT THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN ANY TWO GIVEN MATERIALS, THE RATION OF THE SINE ANGLE OF INCIDENCE TO THE SINE OF THE ANGLE OF REFRACTION IS A CONSTANT
THE PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION
THIS STATES THAT IF WAVES FROM TWO SOURCES OCCUPY THE SAME REGION THEN THE TOTAL DISPACEMENT AT ANY ONE POINT IS THE VECTOR SUM OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL DISPLACEMENTS AT THAT POINT
THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF CHARGE
ELECTRIC CHARGE CANNOT BE CREATED OR DESTROYED. CHARGE CANNOT PILE UP AT A POINT
OHM’S LAW
THE CURRENT IN A METAL WIRE AT CONSTANT TEMPERATURE IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE PD ACROSS IT