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Momentum

December 4, 2021 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

Momentum (p) can be defined and calculated using the following equation: Where m is the mass and v is the…

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Posted in: Mechanics, Physics Filed under: collision, collisions, conservation, conservation of momentum, physics

32 Science Facts – Did You Know?

July 27, 2021 thescienceandmathszone 7 Comments

Hello! Welcome to science facts with The Science and Maths Zone. From the weird to the super interesting this post…

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Posted in: Tips and Advice Filed under: biology, Chemistry, facts, interesting, maths, physics, science, science fact, science facts

Standing Waves

June 26, 2021 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

Standing waves are also referred to as stationary waves. When a wave transfers energy from one point to another it…

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Posted in: Physics, Waves Filed under: interference, physics, standing waves, stationary wave, transverse, Wave, Waves

Electronvolts

March 17, 2021 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

Electronvolts are a unit particularly useful in atomic and nuclear physics and can be defined as follows: Electronvolt (eV) –…

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Posted in: Physics, Quantum Filed under: conversion, electronvolt, electronvolts, joules, physics, quantum, work done, worked exampled

The Photoelectric Effect, Photons and Planck’s Equation

March 14, 2021 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

The Photoelectric Effect When electromagnetic radiation, such as light, hits the surface of a metal electrons are emitted. These electrons…

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Posted in: Physics, Quantum Filed under: Einstein's Photoelectric equation, photon, physics, Planck's constant, Planck's equation, quantum, threshold frequency, work function

Pressure and Density

January 27, 2021 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

Pressure Pressure – force per unit area. The following equation can be used to calculate pressure (P): Where F is…

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Posted in: Mechanics, Physics Filed under: area, density, mass, mechanics, physics, pressure, volume, weight

Wave Speed

January 24, 2021 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

Wave Speed – the distance a wave travels per unit time. From kinematics we know that speed is equal to…

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Posted in: Physics, Waves Filed under: Electromagnetic Spectrum, frequency, period, physics, speed, Wave, wave speed, wavelength, Waves

8 Tips for Answering Physics Questions

December 31, 2020 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

Physics questions can often seem very daunting when they are first read. However, there are multiple ways of breaking a…

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Posted in: Tips and Advice Filed under: 8, exams, physics, Questions, Tips and Advice

Stress, Strain and Young’s Modulus

December 30, 2020 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

Stress Stress (σ) – the force per unit cross sectional area applied to an object. From this definition we have…

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Posted in: Mechanics, Physics Filed under: Elastic Deformation, mechanics, physics, Plastic, Stress, Tensile, Young's Modulus

Hooke’s Law

December 29, 2020 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

If we plot the elastic deformation of a spring we usually get a graph that looks like Graph 1: NOTE:…

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Posted in: Mechanics, Physics Filed under: Elastic Deformation, Force constant, Hooke's Law, physics, Springs

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