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Single electrons travelling at 550 ms^-1 are passed through a diffraction grating with a spacing between the slits of 2.5 micrometers. What would the angle between the zeroth and first maximum of the resulting interference pattern be?

This is a question based loosely around the specification of the OCR A-Level Physics B course, requiring the student to recall two important quantum mechanical relations, first with one from the A2 part of t...
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Do the SUVAT equations work for acceleration that changes with time?

It depends on how much it changes. For instance, if some object does undergo as good as makes no difference constant acceleration, then the SUVAT equations apply quite well to the circumstances at play. If t...
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A car undergoes uniform acceleration from a starting velocity of 10ms^-1 to 20ms^-1 in 10s. Assuming the car's mass is 2000kg, calculate the net force in the direction of the acceleration.

We need to find the net force. We are given a starting and final velocity, the length of time the acceleration took place and the total weight of the car. We can use F=ma to calculate the net force. Since ma...
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What is the difference between a vector and a scalar quantity?

A vector describes both magnitude and direction, whereas a scalar only describes the magnitude. A common example is speed and velocity. Speed is a scalar, it describes only how fast something is going and ve...
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How could I calculate the internal resistance of a cell?

Firstly, we must set-up an experiment and would need the following apparatus: The cell, a voltmeter, an ammeter and a variable resistor (a rheostat for this example). Setup the experiment so that the cell, t...
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