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p
n
140 pm
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                  -12
1 pm = 10      m
                  -15
1 fm = 10      m
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Bohr Radius (rB) = 52.9 pm
rB
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Emitted
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                             -19
qe = -1.60 X 10     C
                              -19
qp = +1.60 X 10     C
DE = hf
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AP Physics 1
Tuesday May 8
11:30 am

AP Physics 2
Wednesday May 9
11:30 am
Dynamics: Newton's Laws, Inertia, Force, Translational Friction, Momentum and Its Conservation and Impulse
Quantum Mechanics I: Photon Momentum and the deBroglie Wavelength
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Forces and Orbital Mechanics Problems
Inclined Planes, Pulleys and Translational Friction Problems
The Push-Up Problem
UNH Library: Digitized Antiquarian Physics Books
Birtwistle, George 1925: The principles of thermodynamics
Martin, L. C. (Louis Claude) 1924: Optical measuring instruments, their construction, theory, and use
Tyndall, John, [1820-1893] 1895: Sound