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Use well labeled diagrams to explain the following two phenomena: the first is that at sunset (or sunrise) the sun appears to be much redder than at mid-day, the second involves the pattern of polarization of the sky when the sun is about to set. Where is the sky most polarized? What orientation is this polarization and why?
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Heat transfer
in a test in a double tube heat exchanger the following data are
obtained
For hot fluid
Flow = 11.6 gal / sec
Outlet temperature = 30.1 ° C
Inlet temperature = 32 ° C
For cold fluid
Flow 11gal / min
Outlet temperature 25.1 ° C
Inlet temperature 24.2 ° C
For the fluid consider
k = 0.49 w / mK
cp = 3729.95 J / kgK
Prandtl number = 14.29
Density = 1035.02kg / m3
Get:
1) the interior and exterior convection coefficient
2) The heat transferred and the average log temperature
3) Area
Explain your procedure as widely as possible.
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Discuss the big bang theory of the universe:
Why do we believe the Universe had a beginning?
What is the evidence that the Universe is expanding?
What is dark energy and how is that related to what the Universe looks like and what will happen to it in the future.
What is inflation?
How does Einstein’s theory of General Relativity fit into this?
Is this changing our view of our place in the cosmos as drastically as the Heliocentric theory changed?
What is the multiverse theory and how does it fit into religion?
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Calculate the amount of energy required to escape from the surface of the following bodies, relative to that required to escape from the surface of Earth.
(a) Uranus
energy to escape Earth
(b) Mars
energy to escape Earth
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Explain how a p - n junction works like a solar cell.
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Please Summarize the follwing article (this is for a presentation)
"When you release a yo-yo, gravity acts on its center of mass to
pull the yo-yo downward. Because the string of the yo-yo is wrapped
around the yo-yo's axle, and because one end of the string is
attached to your finger, the yo-yo is forced to rotate as it drops.
If the yo-yo could not rotate, it would not drop.
Just as any object falling in a gravitational field, the rate of
drop increases with time and so, necessarily, does the rotation
rate of the yo-yo. The rate of drop and the rotation rate are
greatest when the bottom is reached and the string is completely
unwound. The spinning yo-yo contains angular momentum (or
rotational kinetic energy) derived from the gravitataion potential
energy through which the yo-yo has dropped.
Usually, the string is tied loosely around the axle so that the
yo-yo can continue to spin at the bottom. Because the full length
of the string has been paid out, the yo-yo can drop no further and,
consequently, the rotation rate cannot increase further. If left in
this condition, the friction between the axle and the string will
eventually dissipate the energy of rotation or, equivalently, the
angular momentum of the yo-yo and the yo-yo will come to
rest.
However, a momentary tug on the string causes the friction between
the string and the axle briefly to increase so that the axle no
longer slips within the string. When the axle thus stops slipping,
the angular momentum of the spinning yo-yo is sufficient to cause
the string to wind around the axle. This, of necessity, causes the
yo-yo to begin to 'climb' back up the string. After the first one
or two rotations, the string can no longer slip, so the process of
climbing up the string continues beyond the momentary application
of the tug.
As the yo-yo continues to climb back up the string, the angular
momentum (or kinetic energy of rotation) of the yo-yo is converted
back into gravitational potential corresponding to the increasing
height of the center of mass of the yo-yo. For this reason, the
yo-yo's angular momentum and, hence, its rotation rate, steadily
decreases as the yo-yo rises. This is, of course, the reverse of
the process when the yo-yo was dropped.
If not for frictional losses, the yo-yo would climb all the way
back up the string to your hand just as its rotational rate
decreases to zero. But, due to friction, the yo-yo does not in fact
quite get back up to your hand before it stops rotating.
Thereafter, the process repeats, with the yo-yo returning short of
its previous height on each cycle. Eventually, the yo-yo comes to
rest at the bottom.
Of course, as everyone knows, it is possible to keep the yo-yo
going indefinitely by giving it a slight upward pull on each cycle.
This pull can be combined with the tug required to initiate the
climb back up the string. The pull serves to give the center of
mass of the yo-yo a little extra kinetic energy to compensate for
frictional losses, so that the yo-yo can be kept going
indefinitely.
Yo-yos can also be thrown horizontally, or launched in other
directions. The principle of operation is then just the same except
that the kinetic energy of the center of mass, which is converted
into spin as the string unwinds, results from being thrown, rather
than from falling through a gravitational potential."
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As an airplane is taking off at an airport its position is
closely monitored by radar. The following three positions are
measured with their corresponding times:
x1 = 264.08 m at t1 = 4.90 s,
x2 = 312.33 m at t2 = 5.40 s,
x3 = 364.72 m at t3 = 5.90 s.
What is the acceleration of the airplane at t2 = 5.40 s?
(Assume that the acceleration of the airplane is constant.)
a=_______m/s^2
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Two radio antennas are 140 m apart on a north-south line. The two antennas radiate in phase at a frequency of 5.2 MHz. All radio measurements are made far from the antennas. The smallest angle, reckoned east of north from the antennas, at which constructive interference of two radio waves occurs, is closest to:
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Find three applications of quantum tunneling used in electronics and explain the principles in detail.
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28) What process(es) cause the gaps in the rings of Saturn?
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Problem (M-33). You are given a crystal of strontium at room temperture, or 300K. Draw the crystal structure and find the number density of conduction electrons in the classical picture. Is this a non-metal?
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The frequency of light reaching Earth from a particular galaxy is 16% lower than the frequency the light had when it was emitted.
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