Kathryn Marchessault Physics Lab LR Tuesday 8-9:55 Due 02/26/15 Experiment #1 Free Fall Experiment Abstract In this experiment we studied the motion of an object in free fall‚ that is an object being dropped from a certain height to Earth’s surface. In this experiment we tested the idea that no matter what the size‚ shape‚ color‚ etc. of the object if it would still experience the same constant acceleration throughout its fall (short distance). The constant downward acceleration it experiences
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Nuclear technology has been developing rapidly over the years since 1954‚ when the world’s first entirely functional nuclear power plant was built in Obninsk‚ Moscow. It has since‚ become an integral part of human life‚ existing in everyday applications like smoke detectors‚ deadly weaponry and an alternative source of renewable energy. The development of nuclear technology is considered as one of the most important‚ and significant scientific progresses made to date. However‚ many people around
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Radioactive Decay‚ Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion When elements undergo radioactive decay the atoms of one element are changed into the atoms of another element when an alpha or beta particle is emitted from an unstable nucleus. When a nucleus disintegrates and emits an alpha particle it is alpha decay‚ the alpha particle emitted contains two protons and two neutrons which is equivalent to a helium nucleus being released. Alpha decay occurs because there are too many protons‚ which causes
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At this time in our world we live in I do believe nuclear terrorism is a huge threat and the U.S. should be very concerned about it. It was noted by Jeffrey T. Richelson that “declassified documents have confirmed that the U.S. (and other) governments have anticipated the possibility of a terrorist nuclear incident at such high-profile events as the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics” (Richelson 2012). United States government officials have been concerned
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Nuclear Chemistry webquest by Margaret Moore semester 1 Chemistry Part One 1) The term Half-life for a radio-active substance means the time it takes for the substance to decay while decreasing by ½. 2) Spontaneous fission is a type of radioactive decay in heavy elements with unstable nuclei being split into more stable smaller fragments 3) Two important application of neutron radiation are neutron therapy for tumors/cancer and neutron bombs for defense. 4) Ionization radiation is radiation
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Why Is Cameron? why not How do you produce nuclear energy? In a nuclear-fueled power plant – much like a fossil-fueled power plant – water is turned into steam‚ which in turn drives turbine generators to produce electricity. The difference is the source of heat. At nuclear power plants‚ the heat to make the steam is created when uranium atoms split – called fission. What is the process that occurs during a nuclear chain reaction? Nuclear Chain Reactions. A chain reaction refers to a process in
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the earth. Nuclear weapons by far have been one of the most dangerous things the earth has experienced (Effects of Nuclear Weapons). After a nuclear weapons kisses the ground‚ not only will the incineration of the terrain occur for miles; but also these radioactive particles will be scattered into the clouds (Effects of Nuclear Weapons). Humans who are exposed to outrages amounts of radioactivity usually will not survive very long after birth or after surviving the blast. As the nuclear warhead scourges
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NUCLEAR POWER I’m against nuclear power because in my opinion it is very dangerous mostly for the population that live in the area of a nuclear power plant‚ but also for the environment and in generally for the health of all the Earth. I’m against the use of nuclear power for obvious reasons such as accidents in the nuclear power plant then in the history had made destruction and death‚ to give the two most famous examples Chernobyl(1986) and Fukushima(2011). The radioactive dust
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Unit 2 lab 1: common linux commands 1. try giving the following commands and observe the behavior with each combination of options and arguments. A. list the names of the files in the working directory Is. Desktop Documents Downloads Music Pictures Public Templates Videos B. by default‚ Is does not list files that have hidden filenames 9filenames that begin with a period; Sobell‚ page 190). List the names of all files in the working directory‚ including those with hidden file names. Is
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5 When Radiation Therapy Kills 1. What concept in this chapter are illustrated in this case? What ethical issues are raised by radiation technology? There are three basic concept that can be apply in ethics in an information society. The concept that illustrated in this case is accountability. Accountability can be define as the responsibility to someone or for some activity. In this case hospital need to find the mechanism to identify the responsible parties for the radiation therapy
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