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In any metal, there are free surface electrons. For these electrons to escape from the surface of a metal, they require a specific amount of energy, called the 'Work Function'. There are many sources of t...

When the string is plucked, waves will travel from the point where it was plucked to the fixed ends, which cannot move and so must be nodes. The waves will reflect, and the superposition of the reflected ...

Calcium ions enter the presynaptic terminal via voltage gated calcium channels, once the presynaptic terminal is depolarised by an action potential.Calcium ions stimulate vesicles to fuse with the presyna...

^A_Z X --> ^{A - 4}_{z - 2}Y + ⁴₂α
During alpha-decay, the nuclus emits an alpha particle which consists of two protons and two neut...

Firstly, this differential equation should be solved using the separation of variables method, where all y terms are moved the left hand side of the equation and all x terms are moved to the right hand si...