Topic Index An educational, fair use website [close] accelerationa, angular‑velocityω, areaA, densityρ, dimensionD, electric‑currentI, electric‑fieldE, electric‑voltageV, electrical‑resistivityρ, energyE, forceF, frequencyf, frictionμ, lengthℓ, magnetic‑fieldB, massm, money$, number#, powerP, pressurep, refractionn, restitutioncor, temperatureT, timet, velocityv, volumeV * entries marked with an asterisk include editor's commentary Acceleration (Acceleration Due To Gravity) Acceleration perturbations of daily living More acceleration perturbations of daily living Acceleration of a car Acceleration of a dragster Acceleration of an elevator, cable Acceleration of an elevator, hydraulic Acceleration of a roller coaster Acceleration of a manned rocket* Acceleration of blackout in fighter pilots* Acceleration in a training centrifuge Acceleration of a medical centrifuge Acceleration that would deploy car airbags Acceleration that would break human bones Acceleration that would kill a human Acceleration of a cannonball Acceleration of a bullet Acceleration due to gravity at New York City Acceleration due to gravity at Quito, Ecuador Acceleration due to gravity on the Moon Acceleration due to gravity on Mars Acceleration due to gravity: Super Mario Brothers Angular Velocity (Angular Speed)☝ Angular speed of the Earth Angular speed of a phonograph record* Angular speed of a floppy disk Angular speed of a hard disk drive Angular speed of a CD Angular speed of a DVD Angular speed of a car engine Angular speed of a truck engine Angular speed of a jet turbine Angular speed of a training centrifuge Angular speed of a medical centrifuge Angular speed of a kitchen blender Area (Surface Area)☝ Area of a ping pong paddle Area of a badminton racket Area of a tennis racket Area of a ping pong table Area of a tennis court Area of a basketball court Area of a football field (soccer pitch) Area of a football field (American) Area of a football field (Canadian) Area of a baseball field Area of a newspaper Area of Manhattan Area of Brooklyn Area of New York City Area of New York State Area of the polar ice caps Area of Earth's land surface Area of Earth's oceans Surface area of human skin Density (Specific Gravity)☝ Density of the universe Density of outer space* Density of the solar wind Density of the best laboratory vacuum Density of air* Density of ice Density of water Density of steam Density of sea water Density of blood Density of milk Density of beer* Density of cooking oil Density of petroleum Density of soap Density of bone Density of wood Density of a Space Shuttle tile Density of concrete* Density of glass Density of steel Density of gold Density of platinum Density of plutonium* Density of uranium Density of osmium Density of the Earth Density of Saturn Density of the Sun Density of a white dwarf star Density of a neutron star Dimension (Fractal Dimension)☝ Fractal dimension of bread Fractal dimension of broccoli Fractal dimension of the coast of Maine Fractal dimension of leaves Fractal dimension of stock price changes Electric Current☝ Electric current from a 1.5 V battery Electric current from a car battery Electric current through a microwave oven Electric current through a refrigerator Electric current through an air conditioner Electric current through an electric stove Electric current through a home Electric current through an arc welder [not MIG or TIG] Electric current through a MIG welder Electric current through a TIG welder Electric current through an arc furnace Electric current from an electric eel Electric current of a stun gun Electric current used in electroshock therapy Electric current needed to kill a human Electric current through an electric chair* Electric current through a lightning bolt Electric current through the atmosphere Electric Field (Dielectric Strength)☝ Dielectric strength of air Dielectric strength of glass, crown Dielectric strength of glass, pyrex (borosilicate glass) Dielectric strength of mica Dielectric strength of silicone Dielectric strength of transformer oil Dielectric strength of paper Dielectric strength of polyethylene Dielectric strength of polypropylene Dielectric strength of fused quartz Dielectric strength of waxed paper Dielectric strength of air Electric field inside a typical US home Electric field near a cellular telephone Electric field on Earth* Electric field on the Sun Electric Potential (Electromotive Force, Potential Difference, Voltage)☝ Voltage of an alkaline battery Voltage of a nickel metal hydride battery Voltage of a nickel cadmium battery Voltage of a car battery Voltage of a truck battery Voltage of household electrical outlets Voltage of a fluorescent tube Voltage of a neon light Voltage of a mercury light Voltage of a sodium vapor light Voltage of a television picture tube Voltage of automobile spark plugs Voltage of an electric eel Voltage of an electric fence Voltage of an electron microscope Voltage of a nerve cell Voltage of a stun gun Voltage of electroshock therapy Voltage used to resuscitate a human heart Voltage of an electric chair* Voltage of power transmission lines Voltage of a lightning bolt Electrical Resistivity (Reciprocal of Electrical Conductivity)☝ Resistivity of aluminum Resistivity of aluminum oxide Resistivity of carbon, amorphous Resistivity of carbon, diamond Resistivity of carbon, graphite Resistivity of copper Resistivity of glass Resistivity of germanium Resistivity of gold Resistivity of iron Resistivity of mercury Resistivity of mica Resistivity of nichrome Resistivity of quartz Resistivity of silicon Resistivity of silver Resistivity of steel Resistivity of tungsten Resistivity of water, distilled Resistivity of water, seawater Resistance of a resistor: Blame the students or blame the resistors? Energy (Energy Density)☝ Energy in ATP Energy of the most extreme cosmic rays Energy of the most extreme gamma rays Energy consumption of a human Energy of a 1.5 V battery Energy of a car battery Energy of a truck battery Energy in a cubic meter of natural gas Energy in a barrel of petroleum Energy in a ton of coal Energy in a ton of TNT* Energy of a nuclear explosion* Energy consumption of New York City Energy consumption of China Energy consumption of the United States Energy consumption of Africa Energy consumption of Asia Energy consumption of Australia Energy consumption of Europe Energy consumption of North America Energy consumption of South America Energy consumption of the Earth Energy density of hydrogen Energy density of methane Energy density of propane Energy density of butane Energy density of gasoline Energy density of kerosene Energy density of aviation fuel Energy density of diesel fuel Energy density of heating oil Energy density of methanol (wood alcohol) Energy density of ethanol Energy density of petroleum Energy density of natural gas Energy density of wood Energy density of coal Energy density of carbohydrates Energy density of fats Energy density of protein Force (Tension, Thrust, Weight)☝ Force on a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) Force of a windmill slam dunk: Vince Carter Force of a windmill slam dunk: Dominique Wilkins Force on a runner's foot Force of a bat on a baseball Force of a tennis racket on a tennis ball Force of a golf club on a golf ball Force of a superhero: Superman Returns Tension of power transmission (high tension) lines Tension in Spider-Man's webs Things that weigh a newton Thrust of a jet engine Thrust of a space shuttle Weight of an apple Friction (Coefficient of Friction)☝ Coefficients of friction for aluminum Coefficients of friction for concrete Coefficients of friction for glass Coefficients of friction for graphite Coefficients of friction for granite Coefficients of friction for human joints Coefficients of friction for human skin Coefficient of friction for skin: The Incredible Hulk Coefficients of friction for ice Coefficients of friction for paper Coefficients of friction for rubber Coefficients of friction for snow Coefficients of friction for steel Coefficients of friction for teflon Coefficients of friction for wood Frequency☝ Frequency of middle C Frequency of a beating heart Frequency of brain waves Frequency of bee wings Frequency of fly wings Frequency of mosquito wings Frequency of hummingbird wings Frequency of a cat's purr Frequency of dolphin sonar Frequency of bat sonar Frequency range of human hearing Frequency range of dog hearing Frequency used in ultrasonic cleaning Frequency used in ultrasonic imaging* Frequency used in navigational sonar Frequency of ELF transmissions Frequency of cosmic microwave background Frequency of a microwave oven* Frequency of a police radar gun Frequency of the lowest electromagnetic waves Frequency of the highest electromagnetic waves Length (Altitude, Center of Mass, Depth, Diameter, Distance, Focal Length, Height, Range, Resolution, Size, Thickness, Wavelength)☝ Altitude of highest permanent human habitation Altitude of human survivability, maximum [vertical limit] Altitude of the lowest point on Earth Altitude of the highest point on Earth Altitude of the lowest point on Mars Altitude of the highest point on Mars Altitude of the lowest parachute jump Altitude of the highest parachute jump* Altitude of a commercial jet airplane Altitude of a spy plane Altitude of the highest airplane flight* Altitude of the highest toy balloon flight Altitude of the highest manned balloon flight* Altitude of the highest unmanned balloon flight Altitude of the ozone layer Altitude of the space shuttle Altitude of a geosynchronous or geostationary satellite Center of mass of a human Depth of the Grand Canyon Depth of Valles Marineris Depth of the deepest mine Depth of the deepest drilling Depth of the deepest dive without breathing apparatus Depth of the deepest dive with breathing apparatus Depth of the deepest dive in a submarine Depth of the deepest dive in a bathyscaphe Depth of the ocean Depth of the deepest point in the ocean Diameter of an electron Diameter of a proton Diameter of an atom Diameter of a virus* Diameter of a bacterium* Diameter of a yeast Diameter of a protozoan Diameter of an optical fiber Diameter of a human hair* Diameter of a human eye Diameter of a snowflake Diameter of a raindrop* Diameter of a hailstone Diameter of a speck of dust Diameter of a grain of sand Diameter of a golf ball Diameter of a tennis ball Diameter of a baseball Diameter of a softball Diameter of a bowling ball Diameter of a football (soccer ball) Diameter of a basketball Diameter of a cannonball Diameter of an igloo Diameter of Pluto Diameter of Earth Diameter of the Earth's orbit Diameter of the Moon Diameter of the Moon's orbit Diameter of the Sun Diameter of the solar system Diameter of the Milky Way Diameter of the known universe* Distance between carbon atoms Distance of the longest putted golf ball Distance of the longest driven golf ball* Distance of the longest batted baseball Distance of the farthest animal migration Distance to the nearest star Distance to the nearest galaxy* Distance to the most distant observed object* Focal length of a human eye* Focal length of eyeglasses Focal length of a magnifying glass Focal length of a camera lens Focal length of binoculars Focal length of an astronomical telescope Height of a newborn baby Height of an adult human Height of the tallest tree Height of a pop fly Height of a domed stadium Height of the Great Pyramid Height of the tallest building* Height of the tallest mountain on Earth* Height of the tallest mountain on Mars Length of a human DNA molecule* Length of a human esophagus Length of a human intestine Length of the human alimentary canal Length of a lacrosse stick Length of a baseball bat Length of a golf club Length of a hockey stick Length of a javelin Length of a fishing rod Length of a bowling alley Length of a football field (American) Length of a football field (Canadian) Length of a football field (soccer pitch) Length of high voltage electric power transmission lines Length of submarine telecommunications cables Range of a shotgun pellet Range of a handgun bullet* Range of a rifle bullet Range of an artillery shell Range of a Scud missile Range of a cruise missile Range of a ballistic missile Resolution of an electron microscope* Resolution of an optical microscope Resolution of a spy satellite Separation between tracks on a CD Separation between tracks on a DVD Size of a human: Body proportions Size of a shoe: More body proportions Thickness of a cell membrane Thickness of a cell wall Thickness of gold leaf Thickness of a piece of paper Thickness of a leaf Thickness of a dollar bill Thickness of Arctic ice Thickness of the Greenland ice cap Thickness of the Antarctic ice cap Thickness of the ozone layer Thickness of Earth's atmosphere Thickness of Saturn's rings
