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Include an original free body diagram and an original extended free body diagram representing the ideal...

Include an original free body diagram and an original extended free body diagram representing the ideal disposition of the four main forces acting on an aeroplane during the five different stages of flight. Explain your diagrams and describe the effect of each of these forces in the aeroplane translation and rotation. Include the angle of attack.

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What is compton scattering and why is it important? How can compton scattering be applied to...

What is compton scattering and why is it important? How can compton scattering be applied to an innovation in the future?

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The emission wavelength lies between 275 nm and 450 nm and the light yield per neutron...

The emission wavelength lies between 275 nm and 450 nm and the light yield per neutron is reported to be 20000 photons/MeV neutron energy

(a) What largest work function of a material used for a photo cathode would be acceptable that still allows detection of an emission originating from the scintillator?

(b) What is the maximum kinetic energy of electrons emitted from the photo cathode, given the emission wavelength range of the scintillator?

(c) How much charge is being generated per single neutron, assuming a 3 MeV neutron and a photon-to-electron conversion efficiency (quantum efficiency) of 15%? Would this charge be detectable if you use an Electrometer2 that has a resolution limit of 10 fC?

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8. A pump at the bottom of a 0.60 meter deep fishpond sprays water from the...

8. A pump at the bottom of a 0.60 meter deep fishpond sprays water from the surface at 2.4 liters/minute. If the intake pipe at the bottom of the pond and output pipe at the waters surface each have a 1.2cm diameter
a) what is the total pressure at the bottom of the pond where the intake is located?
b) what is the magnitude of air pressure acting on the spray at its highest point
c) what is the velocity of the water in the spray at the highest point?
d) what is the height of the fountain spray?

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Ernest Rutherford (the first New Zealander to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry) demonstrated that...

Ernest Rutherford (the first New Zealander to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry) demonstrated that nuclei were very small and dense by scattering helium-4 nuclei (4He) from gold-197 nuclei (197Au). The energy of the incoming helium nucleus was 7.97 ✕ 10−13 J, and the masses of the helium and gold nuclei were 6.68 ✕ 10−27 kg and 3.29 ✕ 10−25 kg, respectively (note that their mass ratio is 4 to 197). (Assume that the helium nucleus travels in the +x direction before the collision.)

A)If a helium nucleus scatters to an angle of 116° during an elastic collision with a gold nucleus, calculate the helium nucleus' final speed (in m/s) and the final velocity (magnitude in m/s and direction counterclockwise from the +x-axis) of the gold nucleus. b) What is the final kinetic energy (in J) of the helium nucleus?

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A heat engine made with an ideal gas with f = 5 degrees of freedom has...

A heat engine made with an ideal gas with f = 5 degrees of freedom has 3 steps. Starting with a volume of 8 liters and a pressure of 1.3 × 10^5 Pa, the gas is compressed adiabatically to a volume of 1 liter and a pressure P2. Next the gas expands at constant pressure back to 8 liters, then the pressure drops at constant volume back to 1.3×10^5 Pa. Draw the cycle in a P −V diagram. Calculate the pressure P2. Calculate the efficiency of the engine. Calculate the ratio Tmin/Tmax of minimum and maximum temperatures during the cycle and compare the efficiency of this engine to eCarnot of a Carnot engine operating with the same value of Tmin/Tmax.

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NASA has asked your team of rocket scientist about the feasibiltiy of a new satellite launcher...

NASA has asked your team of rocket scientist about the feasibiltiy of a new satellite launcher that will save rocket fuel. NASA's idea is basically an electric slingshot that consists of 4 electrodes arranged in a horizontal square with sides of length 5.0 m at a height 15.0 m above the ground. The satellite is then placed on the ground aligned with the center of the square. A power supply will provide each of the four electrodes with a charge +Q/4 and the satellite with a charge -Q. When the satellite is released from rest, it moves up and passes through the center of the square. At the instant it reaches the square's center, the power supply is turned off and the electrodes are grounded, giving them a zero electric charge. To test this idea, you decide to use energy considerations to calculate how big Q will have to be to get a 165 kg satellite to an orbit 250 km above the Earth's surface.

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if a rocket was orbiting a planet and then the mass of the planet suddenly decreased...

if a rocket was orbiting a planet and then the mass of the planet suddenly decreased what would happen to the movement of the rocket?

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A computer disk drive is turned on starting from rest and has constant angular acceleration. Part...

A computer disk drive is turned on starting from rest and has constant angular acceleration.

Part A

If it took 0.420 s for the drive to make its second complete revolution, how long did it take to make the first complete revolution?

Part B

What is its angular acceleration, in rad/s2?

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Explain the differences between primary electrons, secondary electrons, Auger electrons, and backscattered electrons and how they...

Explain the differences between primary electrons, secondary electrons, Auger electrons, and backscattered electrons and how they are used in SEM imaging and analysis

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47. a) Imagine that you are conducting an activity with a laser to create an interference ...

47. a) Imagine that you are conducting an activity with a laser to create an interference 


pattern. Use the appropriate equations to predict two ways (other than the way 


described in the following example) to change the interference pattern in order to 


have closer fringes. Explain your predictions.


Here’s an example to get you started:


According to the equation


Δx = Lλ/d , 


the distance between the fringes (∆x) is proportional to the wavelength (since 


they are both numerators). This means that increasing one will increase the other. 


Therefore, decreasing the wavelength will decrease the distance between the fringes. 


(Hint: You can use the “Thomas Young’s Double-slit Experiment” simulation from 


this lesson to verify your predictions.) 


b) If you were using a hands-on activity to verify your predictions and use 


measurements to determine the wavelength of the laser being used, describe any 


safety precautions you would take and sources of error that you might encounter. Be 


sure to explain how you might reduce the effects of the sources of error.


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1) projectile blitz: a) given an initial velocity (Vx0,Vy0) off a cliff of height H, what...

1) projectile blitz:
a) given an initial velocity (Vx0,Vy0) off a cliff of height H, what
is the final velocity? What is the horizontal distance
traveled? How much time is the projectile in the air for?

b) given a launch angle theta for the same case of launching off a
cliff of height H, and given a horizontal distance d to a target that
the projectile is supposed to hit, what speed should the projectile be
launched at?

2) Liz May is travelling South with speed Vm.  Jagmeet Singh is travelling
west with speed Vs. At time 0, May is a distance Ym North of a
political intersection, and Singh is Xs to the east of the
intersection. Find the distance of closest approach.

3) A person of mass m is on a massless weight scale in an elevator of
mass M being pulled up by a cable with tension T. The tension is large
enough to cause positive vertical acceleration. What weight does the
scale read?

4) What banking angle for a circular race track of radius R would
be optimal for race cars going speed V?

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1) A cylinder of Mass M and radius R, and initial speed V, starts rolling up...

1) A cylinder of Mass M and radius R, and initial speed V, starts
rolling up an incline of angle theta relative to horizontal. Assuming
no slipping, how high up does the cylinder get?

2) teeter/totter
a) Peewee has mass m and his big buddy Delilah has mass 2m. If Peewee
sits at one end of a uniform teeter totter of length L and mass M, how
far from the central pivot should Delilah sit (ie on the other end) to
be balanced?

b) Delilah instead chooses to sit at the far end from Peewee. What
vertical acceleration does Peewee experience when they start from a
level teeter/totter from 0 angular velocity at horizontal? Provide an
answer that is a function of the angular displacement (theta) from the
horizontal. What normal force does Peewee experience as a function of
theta?

3) A baseball-crazy astronaut in space catches a fastball. What happens?
Let's treat the astronaut as a rod of length L and mass M and assume
the ball of mass m attaches a distance L/5 from one
end. Compute/describe the resultant motion. Note the moment of inertia
for a solid rod is ML^2/12 for rotation around its center of mass. Hint,
you will have to use the parallel axis theorem for moment of inertia.

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An open container holds ice of mass 0.570 kg at a temperature of -13.7 ∘C. The...

An open container holds ice of mass 0.570 kg at a temperature of -13.7 ∘C. The mass of the container can be ignored. Heat is supplied to the container at the constant rate of 730 J/minute. The specific heat of ice to is 2100 J/kg⋅K and the heat of fusion for ice is 334×10^3 J/kg.

A) How much time [tmelts] passes before the ice starts to melt?
B)From the time when the heating begins, how much time [trise]does it take before the temperature begins to rise above 0∘C?

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A particular conductor is x = 50.0 mm long by y = 10.0 mm wide by...

A particular conductor is x = 50.0 mm long by y = 10.0 mm wide by z = 1.0 mm thick.
This conductor is inserted into a 0.50 T magnetic field aligned parallel to the z-axis. When a 1.00 A current passes through the strip parallel to the x-axis, the Hall voltage is 100.0 µV.

What is the density of charge carriers in the conductor?
(1) 8.9 x 1024 m-3
(2) 3.1 x 1025 m-3
(3) 5.4 x 1025 m-3
(4) 7.2 x 1025 m-3
(5) 9.4 x 1025 m-3

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