The waves are known to play a key role in the following processes: Erosion - waves have the ability to erode the coastline in a manner that is... View Article
The bending of light happens because in a denser medium, light is known to move more slowly. As the wavelength of light decreases, the amount of... View Article
A metal electrode or graphite rod protected by an electrolyte paste is knwon to be present in all dry cell batteries, all within a metal jar. The... View Article
Ionization energies are almost always known to be positive numbers. This is because energy must be supplied (that is, an endothermic energy... View Article
Metals are known to typically have only a few valence electrons. Because of this, the valence electrons are only loosely bound to the nucleus and... View Article
Both Z+ and N are sets. Z is known to stand for 'Zahlen', which is German for 'numbers'. When putting a + sign at the top, it means only the... View Article
Bacteria, nitrates and lead are the most common and widespread pollutants in Florida water. In isolated areas, other chemicals such as ethylene... View Article
The value of the specific gas constant of water vapour is known to be equal to 0.4615 kilojoules per kilogram Kelvin or 461.5 joules per kilogram... View Article
Homocyclic compounds can be defined as molecules that are (or are known to contain) ring structures that feature only carbon atoms within the... View Article
Magnetic forces are known to be non contact forces. This implies that they push or pull on objects without ever touching them. It can be noted... View Article
Since the nitro group is known to be a very powerful deactivating group, nitrobenzene cannot undergo a Friedel-Crafts acylation under normal... View Article
The electronic configuration of zinc is [Ar]3d104s2. This element has a completely filled d-orbital and a completely filled 4s orbital as well.... View Article
Water waves and sound waves are formed by vibrations in water and air respectively. These mechanical waves travel through the medium by causing... View Article
When an object is lifted the work is done against the gravity. When work is done on object energy is transferred to the object and it gains... View Article
In Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity, Einstein concluded that time is relative, in other words, the rate at which time passes depends on... View Article
The magnetic field surrounding an inductor stores energy as current flows through the field. If the amount of current is slowly decreased, the... View Article
When light enters an array of equally-spaced identical slits, known as a diffraction grating, the bright fringes are formed due to constructive... View Article
In a power system, harmonics degrade the performance of the power system. The following are the disadvantages of harmonics: Harmonics increase... View Article
