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University Physics Volume 2 by Samuel J. Ling and others 8.4 Capacitor with a Dielectric by
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University Physics Volume 2 by Samuel J. Ling and others 8.5 Molecular Model of a Dielectric by
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Online text: openstax.org/books/university-physics-volume-2/pages/8-5-molecular-model-of-a-dielectric
Cited passages: §8.5, Figures 8.19–8.20 and the thermal-fluctuation qualification following Figure 8.20; §8.5, dielectric breakdown paragraph immediately before the definition of dielectric strength; §8.5, paragraph following Table 8.1: high dielectric constant does not ensure a good insulator; mobile ions permit conduction; §8.5: dielectric strength definition and voltage limit for a specified plate separation.
University Physics Volume 2 by Samuel J. Ling and others 2.1 Molecular Model of an Ideal Gas by
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Online text: openstax.org/books/university-physics-volume-2/pages/2-1-molecular-model-of-an-ideal-gas
A section of University Physics Volume 2, published 6 October 2016, by Samuel J. Ling, William Moebs and Jeff Sanny. These are verified whole-book authors; no distinct chapter author is inferred.
Cited passages: OpenStax University Physics Volume 2, section 2.1: departures from ideal-gas behavior; OpenStax University Physics Volume 2, section 2.1: molecular model and ideal gas law; OpenStax University Physics Volume 2, section 2.1: particle-count and molar forms; OpenStax, University Physics Volume 2, section 2.1: the ideal gas law; §2.1, The Gas Laws, Figure 2.4, and equations 2.1–2.2: fixed temperature and particle number, absolute pressure, and the dilute-gas limit.
University Physics Volume 1 by William Moebs and others 2.2 Coordinate Systems and Components of a Vector by
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Online text: openstax.org/books/university-physics-volume-1/pages/2-2-coordinate-systems-and-components-of-a-vector
Section of the authored University Physics Volume 1. The year 2016 comes from the existing whole-book record; no section revision date is asserted.
University Physics Volume 1 by William Moebs and others 2.1 Scalars and Vectors by
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Section of the authored University Physics Volume 1. The year 2016 comes from the existing whole-book record; no section revision date is asserted.
University Physics Volume 1 by William Moebs and others 6.2 Friction by
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Cited passages: Ling, Sanny and Moebs, OpenStax University Physics 1, §6.2: responsive static friction.
Cited passages: §6.2, Static and Kinetic Friction, equations 6.1–6.2; empirical-law limitations before Example 6.10; Friction and the Inclined Plane, Example 6.11 strategy and Figure 6.14 description: normal-force balance.
Topology I: smooth manifolds, University of Toronto MAT1300HF, 2012 Week 2 course notes by
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Official course notes for the 2012 offering. Marco Gualtieri is the course instructor, rather than an inferred author of these notes.
Topology I: smooth manifolds, University of Toronto MAT1300HF, 2012 Week 1 course notes by
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Official course notes for the 2012 offering. Marco Gualtieri is identified as the course instructor; no author byline for these notes is established. University of Toronto hosts the course.
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics by Richard Fitzpatrick Joule-Thompson Throttling by
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The HTML footer is dated 25 January 2016. This is the inspected page version, not an independently established print publication date.
Cited passages: Fitzpatrick, Joule-Thompson Throttling, equations 6.167–6.174: inlet/outlet pressure work and enthalpy conservation; Fitzpatrick, Joule-Thompson Throttling, equations 6.175–6.182: ideal-gas limit and coefficient; Fitzpatrick, Joule-Thompson Throttling, equations 6.188–6.190 and following paragraph: inversion locus, maximum temperature and limits of the van der Waals prediction; Fitzpatrick, Joule-Thompson Throttling: steady-flow enthalpy balance.
Thermodynamics and Propulsion 2.5 Control volume form of the conservation laws by
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The Theory of Quantum Information by John Watrous Basic notions of quantum information by
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Online text: cs.uwaterloo.ca/~watrous/TQI/TQI.2.pdf
Chapter 2 of the same authored book. Book publication is April 2018; no online chapter revision date is inferred.
Cited passages: Watrous, The Theory of Quantum Information, §2.1.2, printed pp. 62–64, Definition 2.5 and pure states; §2.3, Definition 2.34, measurement probabilities.
The Theory of Quantum Information by John Watrous Mathematical preliminaries by
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Online text: cs.uwaterloo.ca/~watrous/TQI/TQI.1.pdf
Chapter 1 of the authored book published by Cambridge University Press in April 2018. The online chapter does not establish a manuscript revision date.
Cited passages: Watrous, The Theory of Quantum Information, §1.1.2, printed pp. 17–18, equations (1.94)–(1.97), Hermitian, positive semidefinite and density operators; finite-dimensional setting.
The Nerve Impulse Seen from Outside by Dexter M. Easton Topic 26: Conditioning-testing by
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Online text: www.bio.fsu.edu/easton/topic26.html
Topics carry the date and copyright label July 2000. Florida State University is the host of the author’s teaching module.
The Nerve Impulse Seen from Outside by Dexter M. Easton Topic 15: Stimulating arrangements; the stimulus artifact by
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Online text: www.bio.fsu.edu/easton/topic15.html
Topics carry the date and copyright label July 2000. Florida State University is the host of the author’s teaching module.
Cited passages: Topic 15, Figure 15: bath conduction, stimulus artifact and delayed neural response.
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