\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{sams sub} \pdfinfo{ /Title (waves.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (sams sub) /Subject (waves Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{65A380} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F5F9F7} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{waves Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{sams sub} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/167999/cs/35763/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}sams sub \\ \uline{cheatography.com/sams-sub} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 28th November, 2022.\\ Updated 5th January, 2023.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{key words}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{amplitude}} & is half of the distance between a waves high point {\bf{crest}} and low point {\bf{trough}}. Amplitude measures how much a wave is displaced from its resting point. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{wavelength}} & is measured from a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave and is written as {\bf{λ}} (Greek letter for lamba). The difference in colours is caused by different wavelengths of light. {\emph{Red has the longest wavelength in the rainbow while purple has the shortest}} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 11) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{oscillation}} & an up-and-down or back-and-forth motion \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{vacuum}} & space that has no matter in it \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{frequency}} & the number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given unit of time is written as {\bf{f}} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{node}} & the node of a wave is where the wave doesn't move \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{antinode}} & the part of the wave where it moves the most away from the centre \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 3) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{key words (cont)}} \tn % Row 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{wave speed}} & is the speed at which the energy is transferred through the medium \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{transverse Wave}} & are when the oscillations are perpendicular to the direction of the waves advance \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{longitudinal wave}} & are when the displacement is parallel to the direction of the wave \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{overtone}} & generally applied to any higher-frequency standing wave \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{fundamental}} & the frequency at which the entire wave vibrates \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{stationary waves}} & when two waves are moving at the same time in opposite directions, both having the same amplitude and frequency \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 5) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Displacement }} & how far the quantity that is in oscillation has moved from its mean \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 3) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Period}} & time taken for a wave to pass \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{ electromagnetic}} & is a continuous range of wavelengths {\bf{electro}} contains electric energy {\bf{magnetic}} contains magnetic disturbance** \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 5) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{key words (cont)}} \tn % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{phase difference}} & The difference in phase angle of two different waves with the same frequency \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{5.92 cm} x{2.08 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{equations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} frequency = 1/time or time = frequency/1 & f=1/t or T=f/1 \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} speed= frequency x wavelength & v=f x λ \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} wavespeed = frequency x wavelength & v=f x λ \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.28 cm} x{2.66 cm} x{2.66 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{electromagnetic spectrum}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & uses & dangers \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{radio waves}} (3x10\textasciicircum{}9\textasciicircum{}) & \seqsplit{Telecommunication}, TV, radio & None \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{microwaves}} (3x10\textasciicircum{}12\textasciicircum{}) & Cooking, \seqsplit{telecommunication}, RADAR & None \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{infra red radiation}} (4x10\textasciicircum{}14\textasciicircum{}) & Heating, cooking, TV remotes, night vision & Can burn \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{visible light}} (10\textasciicircum{}-6\textasciicircum{}) & photography, illumination & erythema, pigmentation, thermal damage, free radical, production \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 5) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{ultra violet }}(10\textasciicircum{}-9\textasciicircum{}) & killing bacteria, creating fluorescent effects, curing inks and resins, phototherapy, sun tanning, security & skin cancer, premature ageing \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 8) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{X-rays }}(10\textasciicircum{}-6\textasciicircum{}) & looks at bones & causes cancer \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{gamma rays }}(10\textasciicircum{}-4\textasciicircum{}) & radio therapy, sterilisation and disinfection, nuclear industry & Causes cancer \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{the laws of refraction}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Light waves (or electromagnetic radiation of other frequencies) travel best in a vacuum (a space without any matter in it)} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{When the waves have to travel through solid, opaque materials, their movement {\bf{IS STOPPED}} by {\emph{the electronic charges of the atoms and molecules around them}} e.g Metals that are full of freely moving electrons stop the oscillations completely and so the light wave energy is reflected back – metals therefore look shiny and make good mirrors. Some waves are absorbed in solids, with certain waves being reflected back so that we are able to see colours} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 10) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{In transparent materials {\emph{(water, glass and many plastics)}} the waves are {\bf{NOT STOPPED}} or {\bf{ABSORBED}} but they are slowed down} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Diagrams}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{transverse wave}} \seqsplit{https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-HW8JcL8wms/maxresdefault.jpg}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{ longitudinal wave}} \seqsplit{https://cdn1.byjus.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Longitudinal-Waves-1.png}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{stationary wave}} \seqsplit{https://www.a-levelphysicstutor.com/images/waves/statw-formation.jpg}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}