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The following links, organized by section of Contemporary College Physics, third edition, connect you to interactive multimedia "applets" and animations related to topics in the textbook. These websites are not on the McGraw-Hill server, and download times may be lengthy.

Versions of the programs are included on the book's bound-in CD-ROM, along with "cover pages" that explain each applet or animation in the context of the book's coverage. (Cover pages will be posted here as well.) Access to the applets is faster when running off of the CD, but the versions on the World Wide Web may be updated and improved.

These links were compiled by Taha Mzoughi, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State University.

1.3 Unit Conversions
Unit Conversions Utility
Taha Mzoughi
1.4 Measurements, Calculations, and Uncertainties
Vernier (Measurement/Significant Figures.)
Fu-Kwun Hwang
2.6 Motion With Constant Acceleration
Kinematics-Constant Acceleration
Fu-Kwun Hwang
3.2 Addition of Vectors
Vector Addition in Two Dimensions
Fu-Kwun Hwang
Vector Addition in Three Dimensions
Fu-Kwun Hwang
3.5 Relative Velocity in Two Dimensions
Relative Motion
Fu-Kwun Hwang
3.7 Projectile Motion
Cannon
Fu-Kwun Hwang
Model Rocket Simulation
Thomas E. Wilson and Theron T. Trout
4.7 Some Applications of Newton's Laws
Newton's Second Law Experiment
Walter Fendt
Simple Machines-Pulleys
Fu-Kwun Hwang
5.1 Uniform Circular Motion
Rotational Motion
Fu-Kwun Hwang
5.2 Force Needed for Circular Motion
Centripetal Force
Fu-Kwun Hwang
Rotating Frames of Reference
Mark Sutherland
Orbits and Satellites
Fu-Kwun Hwang
6.6 Conservation of Mechanical Energy
Conservation of Energy
Fu-Kwun Hwang
8.2 Elastic Collisions in One Dimension
Newton's Cradle
Walter Fendt
Momentum 1-d Collisions
Fu-Kwun Hwang
8.3 Elastic Collisions in Two Dimensions
Elastic Collisions
Mark Sutherland
9.3 Torque
Beam Balance (Torque)
Walter Fendt
Torque Puzzle
Fu-Kwun Hwang
9.4 Static Equilibrium
Center of Gravity
Fu-Kwun Hwang
9.7 Angular Momentum
Oscillating Orbit
Fu-Kwun Hwang
9.10 Conservation of Energy: Translations and Rotations
Pool Ball/Rail Collision
Thomas E. Wilson and Theron T. Trout
10.3 Achimedes' Principle
Buoyant Force
Fu-Kwun Hwang
12.4 The Ideal Gas Law
Ideal Gas Law
Fu-Kwun Hwang
12.5 The Kinetic Theory of Gases
Kinetic Theory
Julio Gea-Banacloche
13.3 The Carnot Cycle and the Efficiency of Engines
Carnot Cycle
Xing M. (Sherman) Wang
13.PP Physics in Practice: Gasoline Engines
Otto Cycle
Xing M. (Sherman) Wang
14.1 Hooke's Law
Hooke's Law
Fu-Kwun Hwang
14.6 Damped Harmonic Motion
Damped Harmonic Oscillator
Mark Sutherland
15.1 Pulses on a Rope
Wave Harmonics-Plucking a String
Michel Gallant
15.4 Sound Waves
Image Voice Prints
Peter B.L. Meijer
Sound Harmonics
Fu-Kwun Hwang
15.5 Measuring Sound Levels
Sound (db-demo.)
EnviroMeasure
15.6 The Doppler Effect
Doppler Effect/Shock Waves
Fu-Kwun Hwang
Sound of Shapes
Kees van den Doel
15.11 Beats
Interference of two Sinusoidal Waveforms
Konstantin Lukin
16.5 Superposition of Electric Fields
Electric Field Line Tracer
Martin Busque, Michel Dion, Daniel Michaud and Michael Sheaff
18.2 Electric Resistance and Ohm's Law
Ohm's Law and Using of Meters
Walter Fendt
18.7 Applications of Kirchhoff's Rules
Wheatstone Bridge
Dorothea Wiarda
20.3 Generators and Motors
Electrical Motor
Walter Fendt
20.9 Electromagnetic Waves
Propagation of an E&M wave
Fu-Kwun Hwang
21.2 The RC Circuit
RC Circuit
Fu-Kwun Hwang
21.5 R-L-C Series Circuit
RLC circuit
Andrea Mameli, Gavino Paddeu, Paolo Anedda, Marco Pescosolido, Enrico Stara
22.1 Models of Light: Rays and Waves
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Guy Kenneth McArthur
22.2 Reflection and Refraction
Laws of Reflection and Refraction
Walter Fendt
Refraction of Light Demonstration
Phillip Dukes
Refraction of Light Demonstration
Andrea Mameli, Gavino Paddeu, Paolo Anedda, Marco Pescosolido, Enrico Stara
22.5 Thin Lenses
Optics Demonstrations-A Single Lens with Real Image
Samantha Shoemake and John T. Foley
Optics Demonstrations-A Single Lens with Virtual Image
Samantha Shoemake and John T. Foley
22.6 Locating Images by Ray Tracing.
Lenses & Mirrors
Fu-Kwun Hwang
22.7 The Thin-Lens Equation
Optics Demonstrations-Two Lenses with two Real Images
Samantha Shoemake and John T. Foley
Optics Demonstrations-Two Lenses with a Virtual and a Real Image
Samantha Shoemake and John T. Foley
Optics Demonstrations-Two Lenses with a Real and a Virtual Image
Samantha Shoemake and John T. Foley
24.2 Reflection and Refraction of Light Waves
Huygens' Principle
Walter Fendt
24.3 Interference of Light
Wave Interference
Fu-Kwun Hwang
Young's Double Slit Experiment
Serge G. Vtorov
24.7 Resolution and the Rayleigh Criterion
Raleigh Criterion-Size of the Aperature
Samantha Shoemake and John T. Foley
Raleigh Criterion-Source Separation
Samantha Shoemake and John T. Foley
Raleigh Criterion-Wavelength of Light
Samantha Shoemake and John T. Foley
24.8 Dispersion
Prism
Andrea Mameli, Gavino Paddeu, Paolo Anedda, Marco Pescosolido, Enrico Stara
Rainbow
Fu-Kwun Hwang
25.1 Principle of Relativity
Michelson Interferometer
Samantha Shoemake and John T. Foley
25.5 Time Dilation
Time Dilation
Walter Fendt
26.5 Crystals and X-Ray Diffraction
Bragg's Law
Konstantin Lukin
27.4 The Photoelectric Effect
Photo Electric Effect
Michael Vershinin
30.7 Color by Addition and Subtraction
Color Addition
Phillip Dukes
31.8 The pn-junction
PN Junction
Chu Ryang Wie


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