Freezing point, where a liquid becomes a solid at a temperature. As with the melting point, the freezing point is normally raised by added... View Article
Energy, the potential for doing work in physics. It can occur in various possible ways, including kinetic, thermal, electrical, chemical,... View Article
The cell constant, defined as K, corresponds to a theoretical electrode consisting of a distance of 1 cm between two 1 cm square plates. There... View Article
As pairs of electrons are exchanged between atoms, covalent bonding happens. In order to achieve further stability, which is gained by forming a... View Article
Photosynthesis is the mechanism by which sunlight energy is used by plants, certain bacteria and some protists to produce glucose from carbon... View Article
The generic name of a very common compound, iron oxide, is rust. Iron oxide, the Fe2O3 chemical, is abundant because iron is so easily mixed with... View Article
Transformers are more widely used in electric power applications for rising low AC voltages at high current (a step-up transformer) or decreasing... View Article
J.J.Thomson in 1897. In experimenting with a Crookes, or cathode ray, tube, discovered the electron. He showed that cathode rays were charged... View Article
The second, symbol s, is the SI unit of time. The SI unit is an international measuring device that is commonly used in technological and... View Article
In physics, power is the amount of energy per unit of time transmitted or transformed. The unit of power in the International System of Units is... View Article
Distance is a scalar quantity that during its motion corresponds to how much ground an object has covered.' Displacement is a quantity of a... View Article
A mixture reaction is a reaction in which one compound is formed by mixing two reactants. Oxygen and halogens are very reactive elements and are... View Article
The obliquity factor is a function which is known to be proportional to the amplitudes of secondary waves that are propagating in various... View Article
If the hole is known to be smaller than the wavelength, then the wavefronts that are coming out of the hole will always be circular in shape.... View Article
Ionization energy can be thought of as the energy required to remove an electron from the valence shell of an atom. Since noble gases have... View Article
Ionization energy can be thought of as the energy required to remove an electron from the valence shell of an atom. Nitrogen is known to have a... View Article
The contribution of the wavelets lying on the back of the wave front is zero because of something known as the Obliquity Factor. It is assumed... View Article
