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2 years ago

A particular solid is an excellent conductor of thermal energy. Is it more likely to be a metal or a non-metal?

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It is more likely to be a metal. This is because metals are good heat conductors whereas non metals tend to be poor heat conductors.

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Consider two diffraction gratings. One grating has 3000 lines per cm, and the other one has 6000 lines per cm. Both gratings are

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Answer:

The 6000 lines per cm grating, will produces the greater dispersion .

Explanation:

A diffraction grating is an optical component with a periodic (usually one that has ridges or rulings on their surface rather than dark lines) structure that splits and diffracts light into several beams travelling in different directions.

The directions of the light beam produced from a diffraction grating depend on the spacing of the grating, and also on the wavelength of the light.

For a plane diffraction grating, the angular positions of principle maxima is given by

(a + b) sin ∅n = nλ

where

a+b is the distance between two consecutive slits

n is the order of principal maxima

λ is the wavelength of the light

From the equation, we can see that without sin ∅ exceeding 1, increasing the number of lines per cm will lead to a decrease between the spacing between consecutive slits.

In this case, light of the same wavelength is used. If λ and n is held constant, then we'll see that reducing the distance between two consecutive slits (a + b) will lead to an increase in the angle of dispersion sin ∅. So long as the limit of sin ∅ not greater that one is maintained.

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Uranium-235 decays to thorium-231 with a half-life of 700 million years. When a rock was formed, it contained 6400 million urani

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Answer:

proof in explanation

Explanation:

First, we will calculate the number of half-lives:

$n = \frac{t}{t_{1/2}}$

where,

n = no. of half-lives = ?

t = total time passed = 2100 million years

$t_{1/2}$ = half-life = 700 million years

Therefore,

$n = \frac{2100\ million\ years}{700\ million\ years}\\\\n = 3$

Now, we will calculate the number of uranium nuclei left ( $n_u$ ):

$n_u = \frac{1}{2^{n} }(total\ nuclei)\\\\n_u = \frac{1}{2^{3} }(6400\ million)\\\\n_u = \frac{1}{8}(6400\ million)\\\\n_u = 800\ million$

and the rest of the uranium nuclei will become thorium nuclei ( $u_{th}$ )

$n_{th} = total\ nuclei - n_u\\n_{th} = 6400\ million-800\ million\\n_{th} = 5600\ million$

dividing both:

$\frac{n_{th}}{n_u}=\frac{5600\ million}{800\ million} \\\\n_{th} = 7n_u$

Hence, it is proven that after 2100 million years there are seven times more thorium nuclei than uranium nuclei in the rock.

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2 years ago

Two long, parallel wires are separated by 2.2 mm. Each wire has a 32-AA current, but the currents are in opposite directions. Pa

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Answer:

$B=1.1636*10^{-3}T$

Explanation:

Given data

$d_{wires}=2.2mm=0.022m\\ I_{current}=32A\\$

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Magnitude of the net magnetic field B

Solution

The magnitude of the net magnetic field can be find as:

$B=2*u\frac{I}{2\pi r}\\ B=2*(4\pi*10^{-7} )\frac{32}{2\pi (0.022/2)} \\ B=1.1636*10^{-3}T$

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