MCAT Equations

final position

final velocity (given time)

final velocity (time unknown)

velocity of falling object (also water through puncture)

centripetal acceleration

force due to torque

positive - counterclockwise

negative - clockwise

force of a charged particle

force of repulsion between two charged particles

resistance (properties)

parallel plate capacitor

magnitude of electric field between two plates

thin lens formula

KE of a photoelectron (emitted electron)

energy of a photon

speed

path dependent because it uses distance instead of displacement

kinetic friction

static friction

centripetal force

base units for joule

elastic potential energy

electric potential energy between two point charges

electric potential energy in a uniform electric field

work

power

base units for watt

base unit of newton

mechanical advantage

celcius to farenheit

thermal expansion

heat transferred

heat during phase change

pressure

absolute pressure

gauge pressure

buoyant force

specific gravity

laminar flow rate/ Poiseuille’s law

flow rate

Bernoulli’s equation

electric field of one charge

force of a moving point charge in a magnetic field

magnetic force of a current carrying wire

resistors in series

resistors in parallel

capacitors in series

capacitors in parallel

electric field between capacitor plates

potential energy in a capacitor

all the circuit equations

angular frequency

intensity

index of refraction

radioactive decay

half-life

zero order rate law

first order rate law

second order rate law

zero order half life

first order half life

second order half life

Arrhenius equation for rate

Q, K, G and E at equilibrium

Q, K, G and E when spontaneous

Q, K, G and E when nonsponaneous

gibb’s free energy when given E

free energy when given Q

free energy when given K

free energy when given K and Q

henderson hasselbalch

nernst equation