physical law
scientific law of physics
conservation of energy
law of physics and chemistry
theory of impetus
concept similar to inertia and momentum
Wien approximation
physical law approximating the spectrum of thermal radiation
conservation of momentum
law states that the momentum of an isolated system remains constant & conserved
Kepler orbit
describes the motion of an orbiting body as an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola
Newton's third law of motion
law of classical physics according to which if an object exerts a force upon another object, then that object exerts an equal and opposite force on the first object
Thomson formula
formula connecting the time period of electrical circuit with capacitors and inductors
past hypothesis
law of physics that the universe started in a low-entropy state
Joule's laws
process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor produces heat
equivalence principle
hypothesis that inertial and gravitational masses are equivalent
Faraday's laws of electrolysis
physical law regarding electrolysis
Unruh effect
prediction that an accelerating observer will observe blackbody radiation where an inertial observer would observe none
Young's modulus
mechanical property that measures stiffness of a solid material
cauchy momentum equation
equation
Bloch theorem
Fundamental theorem in condensed matter physics
law of the wall
model for fluid flow velocity close to solid surfaces
Archimedes' principle
law of physics fundamental to fluid mechanics
Hund's rules
set of three rules proposed by physicist Friedrich Hund
Stefan-Boltzmann law
physical law on the emissive power of black body
barometric formula
formula used to model how air pressure varies with altitude
power-law fluid
physical law
Curie's law
relation of magnetization to applied magnetic field and temperature
Coulomb's constant
proportionality constant in electrodynamics equations
conservation law
scientific law regarding conservation of a physical property
Nernst equation
physical law in electrochemistry
Kelvin equation
equation that describes the change in vapour pressure due to a curved liquid–vapor interface
Neumann's law
law of chemistry
Lenz's law
electromagnetic phenomena where changing magnetic fields induce currents with opposing fields
Zeeman effect
effect of splitting a spectral line into several components in the presence of a static magnetic field
selection rule
formal constraint on the possible transitions of a system from one quantum state to another
principle of locality
physical principle that only immediate surroundings can influence an object
Landauer's principle
physical principle that erasing one bit of information at temperature 𝑇 requires energy 𝑘𝑇ln(2)
law of Stokes
scientific law that describes the dependence of the frictional force of spherical bodies on different sizes
Nernst-Einstein Equation
equation relating limiting molar conductivity to ionic diffusion coefficients
Coulomb force
force between two charged objects
unification
idea of connecting all of physics into one set of equations
Ohm's law
relationship between voltage and current across an ideal resistor
Coulomb's law
a physical law that states the electric force between two point charges is proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
communicating vessels
set of containers containing a homogeneous fluid
Newton's law of universal gravitation
classical mechanics physical law