PHY 114: General Physics Laboratory Lab 1: Absorption of Nuclear Radiation 09/04/13 Abstract Nuclear physics was practiced to find the value of tau. After 8 trials of using a G-M counter and 8 different mass thicknesses of polyethylene‚ a graph was formed and tau was calculated to be 0.1931 cm^2/g‚ an error of 3.57% from the accepted value of 0.2 cm^2/g. Experiment was also used as an intro to using basic lab equipment‚ computer programs and calculating errors. With many different
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PHY 114: Absorption of Nuclear Radiation Abstract: The purpose of this experiment was to determine the mass thickness attenuation factor for beta rays when they pass through polyethylene sheets of varying thicknesses. This was done by using an apparatus that measured the seven different intensities and then taking these values‚ putting them through a number of calculations and finally generating a graph of ln(I_corr) versus the thickness of the polyethylene sheets. Once this graph
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Nuclear Radiation There are many ways that the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still and the short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" are similar. "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury is a science fiction story that deals with nuclear radiation and what the future world would be like if there was an atomic bomb. This short story is a good example of what could happen in the future. The Day the Earth Stood Still is a movie that also has the same genre‚ that it is science fiction. It helps
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Abstract: This experiment explores the technique of absorption spectroscopy. The procedures deal with the wavelengths and absorption of dyes in a sample of grape Kool-aid. The use of Beer’s Law helps to determine values of absorption. Introduction: This experiment demonstrates another technique used in the analysis molecules with light. The study of light absorbed my molecules is known as absorption spectroscopy. This is very easily the opposite of emission spectroscopy because it occurs when
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Discussion The various stages of nuclear division were observed in this experiment. These stages are prophase‚ metaphase‚ anaphase and telophase. There are two types of nuclear division include mitosis and meiosis. Mitotic cell division is involved in the formation of an adult organism from a fertilized egg‚ asexual reproduction‚ regeneration‚ and maintenance or repair of body parts. Mitosis typically results in new somatic‚ or body cells. Meiosis results in the formation of either gametes in animals
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THE NEGATIVE PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION Page 1 Abstract Nuclear radiation has been a major problem since 1941 when the Second World War began. A major contribution to World War Two is the nuclear bomb‚ also known as the Atom bomb. Once the two bombs were dropped‚ the usually terminal Leukemia was derived throughout Japan. There are three types of radiation‚ Alpha‚ Beta‚ and Gamma radiation. In my study of radiation I discovered that radiation can damage many cells in your body
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Module : Heat Transfer – Free Convection and Radiation Laboratory Date : 22nd March 2012 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 AIMS & OBJECTIVES 3 Objectives 3 To investigate Free Convection and Radiation 3 Theory 3 EXPERIMENT 3 Apparatus Used 3 Procedure 4 RESULTS‚ CALCULATIONS‚ OBSERVATIONS & CONCLUSIONS 5 Observations During Tests 5 Table 1 5 Table 2 5 Calculations 6 Calculating Power (Watts) 6 Calculating Heat Transfer Emissivity (Ɛ) 6 Emisssivity of a black body
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types of radiation surrounding us. As human beings‚ we are primarily exposed to natural forms of radiation such as radon‚ cosmic (space) radiation‚ and naturally occurring radioactive elements found in the Earth. We are also exposed to man-made radiation including medical radiation. Nearly half of the radiation in which the US population is exposed to comes from medical sources such as CT scans‚ x-rays‚ and nuclear medicine. In 1899‚ Ernest Rutherford discovered that the radiation emitted by
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Blackbody Radiation Lab 11 Go to http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Blackbody_Spectrum and click on Run Now. 1) In this lab‚ you will use the Blackbody Spectrum Simulation to investigate how the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation emitted by objects is affected by the object’s temperature. In this simulation‚ you can input the temperature and observe the spectrum of the radiation emitted. a) The temperature of stars in the universe varies with the type of star and the age
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First Name‚ Last Name Date Period Heat Absorption Lab First Name‚ Last Name Date Period Heat Absorption Lab Heat Absorption Lab Problem: Does color affect heat absorption? Research: Some colors reflect light and heat energy. Other colors absorb light and heat energy. Hypothesis: If I place black‚ white‚ red‚ green‚ blue and yellow paper under a lamp‚ then __________ paper will absorb the most heat.
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