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Elastic and Plastic Deformation

December 29, 2020 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

If a large enough force is applied to a solid object the shape of the object can change. This change…

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Posted in: Mechanics, Physics Filed under: Compressive, Deformation, Elastic, forces, mechanics, physics, Plastic, Tensile

Wave Definitions

November 16, 2020 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

Waves are a transfer of energy that can be described as vibrations (or oscillations) about a rest point. Below is…

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Posted in: Physics, Waves Filed under: amplitude, crest, displacement, frequency, peak, period, physics, trough, wavelength, Waves

Kirchhoff’s Laws

November 10, 2020 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

Kirchhoff’s First Law Kirchhoff’s first law is a consequence of the conservation of charge and states that: The sum of…

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Posted in: Electricity, Physics Filed under: current, electricity, electromotive force, kirchhoff, physics, potential difference

Resistivity

October 24, 2020 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

Resistivity is a property of a material that quantifies its resistance to an electric current flowing through it. The resistivity…

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Posted in: Electricity, Physics Filed under: current, electricity, physics, resistance, resistivity

Electrical Power

October 21, 2020 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

Electrical Power (P) – the rate at which electrical energy is transferred. This is exactly the same as mechanical power…

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Posted in: Electricity, Physics Filed under: current, electric power, electrical power, electricity, physics, potential difference, resistance, work

Resistance

October 18, 2020 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

Resistance (R) – the resistance of a device is the ratio of the voltage applied to it, to the current…

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Posted in: Electricity, Physics Filed under: electricity, ohm, physics, resistance

Electric Charge and Current

October 11, 2020 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

Electric Charge Electric charge is a property of some particles that causes them to experience a force in an electromagnetic field.…

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Posted in: Electricity, Physics Filed under: amps, coulomb, current, electric, physics

Power

October 4, 2020 thescienceandmathszone Leave a comment

Power – the rate at which work is done. From this definition we have the following equation: Where P is…

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Posted in: Mechanics, Physics Filed under: example questions, physics, Power, watt, work

Kinetic Energy and Gravitational Potential Energy

September 30, 2020 thescienceandmathszone 1 Comment

Kinetic Energy Kinetic energy is the energy an object has due to its motion. In other words it is the…

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Posted in: Mechanics, Physics Filed under: energy, energy equations, equation, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, physics

Energy

September 29, 2020 thescienceandmathszone 1 Comment

Energy – the stored ability to do work. There are many forms of energy and each form be transferred from…

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Posted in: Mechanics, Physics Filed under: conservation of energy, energy, kinetic energy, physics, potential energy, Sankey diagrams, the conservation of energy

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