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How Should I structure my experiment report?

Your experiment report should be created using the "IMRaD" format. This stands for "Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion." Each of these sections should be split into smaller sub...
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What is the Doppler effect?

The Doppler effect is the change in frequency that occurs when a source is moving relative to an observer. If the source moves away from the observer, the wavelength will be increased and therefore the frequ...
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of circumference 27km uses magnetic fields to accelerate a proton repeatedly in a circular path. Calculate the flux density of a uniform magnetic field required for the proton to travel at a tenth of the speed of light.

Firstly, we must clearly set out the information we have. The particle in question is a proton, which has a mass of 1.67e-27 kg, and a charge of 1.6e-19 C. The path it takes has a circumference of 27000m, me...
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What is Coulomb's law

These are usually 2 or 3 mark questions and should be a really easy source of marks in any paper. The marks will be awarded for stating the 2 key point of the law and in some cases for writing out the equati...
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What can the nucleus emit during radioactive decay?

There are three possible emissions from a nucleus decaying radioactively. The first is the emission of an alpha particle. Alpha particles consist of neutrons and protons. Secondly a beta particle can be rele...
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