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Particles of the transmitting medium vibrate in the direction of the wave for a
longitudinal wave, but at right angles for a transverse wave:
Sound requires medium but no medium required for electromagnetic wave; speed of
sound lower than that of electromagnetic wave;
Githiari answered the question on September 19, 2017 at 07:10
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A copper calorimeter of mass 60g is filed with 100g of water at 250C. Steam at a normal
temperature and pressure ( N.T.P) is passed thought the water until a temperature 450C is attained.
The final mass of calorimeter and the contents was found to be 163.5g. Calculate the specific latent
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using identical sources of heat, for the same length of...(Solved)
Equal masses of water and paraffin with specific heat capacities CW and CP respectively are heated
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240 v.a.c mains power supply....(Solved)
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- A researcher studying the behaviour of step- up transformer made the following
observations:
“More joules per coulomb and fewer coulombs per second at the output than at...(Solved)
A researcher studying the behaviour of step- up transformer made the following
observations:
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relating the energy change to the frequency f,...(Solved)
An electron in an excited atom falls from energy levels E2 to energy level E1. Write an equation
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Define the term acceleration.
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