is I = V/R. The current flowing in a series is affected by the voltage and the resistor that is also creating the series. Electric current is a flow of electric charge through a conductive medium. These charge is in a form of moving electrons in a wire. The SI unit for electric current is ampere (A) and can be measured by using a device called ammeter. Change in temperature can change the current carrying capacity of a conductors. Since we know that change in temperature can make the conductors
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References: 1. H.Young‚ R. Freedman‚ and L. Ford‚ University Physics with Modern Physics‚ Chapter 38‚ Pearson Education South Asia Pte. Ltd.‚ Singapore‚ 2009 2. M. Fowler‚ The Photoelectric Effect‚ 3. E. Agra‚ et. al.‚ Physics 73.1 Manual‚ Philippine Foundation for Physics‚ Inc.‚ 2007
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factors can play into an accident. Road condition‚ mechanical failure‚ driver error‚ or simply an ’act of God’? Despite the countless reasons for a car accident‚ one factor is always present‚ no matter what the case: physics. Every accident that has ever occurred has involved physics. Using references found in the class text‚ in science journals‚ and on the Internet‚ I will prove this to you. Take‚ for example‚ two cars traveling in opposite directions at 100km/h. One of the drivers dozes off and
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1968 was awarded to Luis Alvarez "for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics‚ in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states‚ made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis". Alvarez’s colleagues sometimes called him the "prize wild idea man" because of the huge range of his activities. He did all kinds of research into the atomic nucleus‚ light‚ electrons‚ radar‚ and so
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others around them. In Robert Greys poems‚ this is demonstrated a numerous amount of times‚ through the use of metaphors‚ similes‚ descriptive language and many more language techniques. The Poems that this is most evident in are "Flames and Dangling Wire"‚ "Late Ferry". The speaker contemplates the fragility of nature and how urbanisation is used as a justified means to ignore the consequences
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for survival for them and their family? Victor is a Mexican boy from the novel Crossing the Wire whose family is impoverished. He is forced to go to America in hopes of being able to provide for his family. Poverty badly hurts Victor’s family‚ and Victor will have to get a job in America or Victor and his family will be doomed. Poverty impacted Victor’s family negatively. In Chapter 2 of Crossing the Wire‚ Victor thinks “And Rico didn’t know what it felt like to be hungry‚ really hungry‚ the way
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rely on Earth’s gravity to get the cars down the track? Roller coasters are centered all on physics and I will hopefully teach you some things‚ big or small about them today. In this essay we will be exploring the world of roller coasters. Some of the topics we will cover will range from the history‚ to the principles that allow the cars to continue throughout the length of the track‚ and the general physics surrounding roller coasters. The history of roller coasters is a very interesting and long
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RESEARCH PAPER IN PHYSICS By: Sharmaine Joyce T. Sebastian B.S PT 2A2-1 College of Physical Therapy Sebastian‚ Sharmaine Joyce T. December 2‚ 2013 1. Why an ice cube at 0°C is more effective in cooling soft drink than the same mass of water at 0 °C? Enthalpy of fusion is the change in enthalpy resulting from heating a given quantity of a substance to change its state from a solid to a liquid. The temperature at which this occurs is the melting point would
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People sometimes engage in activities and are unaware that such activity involves physics. Physics is all around. For instance‚ you may go to Six Flags and do not analyze how physics helps the machines you ride in operate. Have you ever asked yourself how a roller coaster works? Would roller coasters safely run without the knowledge that physics offers us? The answer is no. Roller coasters are driven by physics; it mobilizes and gives its riders amusement through forces such as inertia‚ gravitation
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How does the length of a wire affect its resistance? Introduction: This first report in Physics will show the investigation of how the length of a wire affects its resistance. For starters I will go through the main definitions‚ to get a better knowledge of what is going to happen. However I will plan it out first to show each step of how I started‚ and then go into detail about the results and what the investigation on a whole has showed me. I shall then conclude my findings and present them with
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