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3 years ago

Which feature or process is unique to nuclear power plants when compared to conventional coal-burning power plants?

Physics

2 answers:

Mazyrski [523]3 years ago

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Answer:

Control rods

Explanation:

Control rods is unique to nuclear power plants as they are mainly used in nuclear reactors to stabilize the rate of fission of plutonium or uranium. They are usually composed of chemical elements such as cadmium, silver, boron, and indium.

Maru [420]3 years ago

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Answer:

Control rods

Explanation:

Control rods are used to control the rate of nuclear chain reaction in nuclear reactors. The reactivity of the nuclear reactor is greatly affected by the distance of control rods inserted and number of control rods inserted. Control rods control the rate of fission of uranium, etc., in a nuclear reactor

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When a 0.622 kg basketball hits the floor, its velocity changes from 4.23 m/s down to 3.85 m/s up. If the ball was in contact wi

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when the ball hits the floor and bounces back the momentum of the ball changes.

the rate of change of momentum is the force exerted by the floor on it.

the equation for the force exerted is

f = rate of change of momentum

$f = \frac{mv - mu}{t}$

v is the final velocity which is - 3.85 m/s

u is initial velocity - 4.23 m/s

m = 0.622 kg

time is the impact time of the ball in contact with the floor - 0.0266 s

substituting the values

$f = \frac{0.622 kg (3.85 m/s - (-)4.23 m/s)}{0.0266}$

since the ball is going down, we take that as negative and ball going upwards as positive.

f = 189 N

the force exerted from the floor is 189 N

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3 years ago

A cylindrical capacitor has an inner conductor of radius 2.7 mmmm and an outer conductor of radius 3.1 mmmm. The two conductors

Mars2501 [29]

Answer:

(A) Capacitance per unit length = $4.02 \times 10^{-10}$

(B) The magnitude of charge on both conductor is $Q = 4.22 \times 10^{-19}$ C and the sign of charge on inner conductor is $+Q$ and the sign on outer conductor is $-Q$

Explanation:

Given :

Radius of inner part of conductor $(R_{1})$ = $2.7 \times 10^{-3}$ m

Radius of outer part of conductor $(R_{2})$ = $3.1 \times 10^{-3}$ m

The length of the capacitor $(l)$ = $3 \times 10^{-3}$ m

(A)

Capacitance is purely geometrical property. It depends only on length, radius of conductor.

From the formula of cylindrical capacitor,

$C = \frac{2\pi\epsilon_{o} l }{ln\frac{R_{2} }{R_{1} } }$

Where, $\epsilon_{o} = 8.85 \times 10^{-12}$

But we need capacitance per unit length so,

$\frac{C}{l} = \frac{2\pi\epsilon_{o} }{ln\frac{R_{2} }{R_{1} } }$

capacitance per unit length = $\frac{6.28 \times 8.85 \times 10^{-12} }{ln(1.148)} = 4.02 \times 10^{-10}$

(B)

The charge on both conductors is given by,

$Q = C \Delta V$

Where, C = capacitance of cylindrical capacitor and value of $C = 12.06 \times 10^{-13}$ F, $\Delta V = 350 \times 10^{-3}$ V

∴ $Q = 4.22 \times 10^{-19}$ C

The magnitude of charge on both conductor is same as above but the sign of charge is different.

Charge on inner conductor is $+Q$ and Charge on outer conductor is $-Q$ .

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3 years ago

The energy of a photon of light is __________ proportional to its frequency and __________ proportional to its wavelength.

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Answer:

D) directly, inversely

Explanation:

The energy of a photon of light is directly proportional to its frequency and inversely proportional to its wavelength.

Frequency is the number of waves that passes through a point per unit of time.

Wavelength is the is the distance between successive crests or troughs on a wave.

Mathematically, frequency is related to wavelength and velocity using;

Energy = h x f

where h is the Planck's constant

f is the frequency

Since c = f ∧

where f is the frequency of the wave

∧ is the wavelength of the wave

c is the speed of light

So;

f = c/∧

Therefore;

E = $\frac{h c}{wavelength}$

From the equation, we see an inverse relationship between E and wavelength and a direct one with frequency.

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3 years ago

Why are strong forces able to hold atomic nuclei together?

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The nucleons(protons and neutrons) are held together by means of this strong force. If this strong never existed, all the nucleus will blow themselves due to strong repulsive force between protons(neutron has no charge).
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Suppose that you needed to make a pen for some small animals. You have 12 m of fencing. You decide to make a circular pen, becau

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Answer:

1.909 m

Explanation:

Length of fence = 12 m

r = Radius of circle made by the provided fence

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$C=2\pi r$