ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS C TABLE OF INFORMATION

CONSTANTS AND CONVERSION FACTORS

27 19
Proton mass, m p 1.67 10 kg Electron charge magnitude, e 1.60 10 C
27 19
Neutron mass, mn 1.67 10 kg 1 electron volt, 1 eV 1.60 10 J
31
Electron mass, me 9.11 10 kg Speed of light, c 3.00 108 m s
Universal gravitational 11
N m2 kg 2
Avogadro’s number, N 0 6.02 10 23 mol 1 G 6.67 10
constant,
Acceleration due to gravity
Universal gas constant, R 8.31 J (mol K)
at Earth’s surface, g 9.8 m s2
23
Boltzmann’s constant, k B 1.38 10 J K
27
1 unified atomic mass unit, 1u 1.66 10 kg 931 MeV c 2
Planck’s constant, 34 15
h 6.63 10 Js 4.14 10 eV s
25 3
hc 1.99 10 Jm 1.24 10 eV nm
12 2 2
Vacuum permittivity, e0 8.85 10 C Nm

Coulomb’s law constant, k 1 4 pe0 9.0 109 N m 2 C2

7
Vacuum permeability, m0 4p 10 (T m) A
7
Magnetic constant, k m0 4 p 1 10 (T m) A
1 atmosphere pressure, 1 atm 1.0 105 N m 2 1.0 105 Pa

meter, m mole, mol watt, W farad, F

kilogram, kg hertz, Hz coulomb, C tesla, T
UNIT second, s newton, N volt, V degree Celsius, C
SYMBOLS
ampere, A pascal, Pa ohm, W electron volt, eV
kelvin, K joule, J henry, H

PREFIXES VALUES OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS FOR COMMON ANGLES

Factor Prefix Symbol q 0 30 37 45 53 60 90
109 giga G sin q 0 12 35 2 2 45 3 2 1
106 mega M cos q 1 3 2 45 2 2 35 12 0
103 kilo k tan q 0 3 3 34 1 43 3
2 centi c
10
10 3 milli m The following assumptions are used in this exam.
10 6 micro m I. The frame of reference of any problem is inertial unless otherwise
stated.
10 9 nano n II. The direction of current is the direction in which positive charges
10 12 pico p would drift.
III. The electric potential is zero at an infinite distance from an isolated
point charge.
IV. All batteries and meters are ideal unless otherwise stated.
V. Edge effects for the electric field of a parallel plate capacitor are
negligible unless otherwise stated.
 ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS C EQUATIONS
MECHANICS ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
Ãx Ãx 0 ax t a = acceleration 1 q1q2 A = area
E= energy FE B = magnetic field
1 2 4pe0 r 2
x x0 Ãx 0 t at F = force C = capacitance
2 x
f = frequency FE d = distance
Ãx2 Ãx 0 2 2ax x x0 E
h = height q E = electric field
I = rotational inertia ε = emf
F Fnet Q
a J = impulse E dA F = force
m m e0
K = kinetic energy I = current
dp k = spring constant J = current density
F = length dV L = inductance
dt Ex
L = angular momentum dx
= length
J F dt Dp m= mass n = number of loops of wire
DV E dr
P = power per unit length
p mv p = momentum N = number of charge carriers
1 qi
r = radius or distance V per unit volume
4pe0 ri P = power
Ff m FN T = period i
t = time Q = charge
1 q1q2 q = point charge
U= potential energy UE qV
DE W F dr 4pe0 r R = resistance
v = velocity or speed
1 2 W= work done on a system r = radius or distance
K mà Q
2 x = position DV t = time
C
m = coefficient of friction U = potential or stored energy
dE k e0 A V= electric potential
P q = angle C
dt d v = velocity or speed
t = torque
w = angular speed r = resistivity
P F v Cp Ci
a = angular acceleration i F = flux
DUg mg Dh f = phase angle k = dielectric constant
1 1
Fs kDx Cs C FM qv B
Ã2 i i
ac w2r
r 1 2 dQ B d m0 I
Us k Dx I
2 dt
t r F
x xmax cos( wt f m0 I d r
1 1 2 dB
t t net UC QDV C DV 4p r 2
a 2p 1 2 2
I I T r
w f R F I d B
2 2 A
I r dm mr
m Bs m0 nI
Ts 2p E rJ
k
mi xi
xcm I Nevd A FB B dA
mi Tp 2p
g
à rw DV d FB
Gm1m2
I e E d
R dt
FG
L r p Iw r2 dI
Rs Ri e L
Gm1m2 i dt
1 2 UG
K Iw r
2 1 1 1 2
UL LI
Rp i Ri 2
w w0 at

1 2 P I DV
q q0 w0 t at
2
 ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS C EQUATIONS

GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY CALCULUS

Rectangle A = area df d f du
A bh C = circumference dx du dx
V = volume
Triangle d n 1
S = surface area x nx n
1 dx
A bh b = base
2 h = height d ax
e aeax
Circle = length dx

A pr2 w = width d 1
ln ax
r = radius dx x
C 2p r
s = arc length d
s rq q = angle sin ax a cos ax
dx
Rectangular Solid
d
V wh cos ax a sin ax
dx
Cylinder s
1
r x n dx xn 1, n 1
V pr 2 n 1
q
1 ax
S 2p r 2p r 2 eax dx e
a
Sphere
dx
4 3 ln x a
V pr x a
3
1
2 cos ax dx sin ax
S 4p r a
1
sin ax dx cos ax
Right Triangle a
a2 b2 c2
VECTOR PRODUCTS
a
sin q
c AB AB cos q
c a
b A B AB sin q
cos q
c q 90°
b
a
tan q
b