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The image shown above depicts how additional neutrons create different isotopes of hydrogen. Isotopes have the same number of electrons, and therefore have the same chemical properties. There is, however, a difference in the element’s physical properties due to their difference in mass (number of...
Since physics has not lost its experimental side (and will never do so), I’m trying to mentally reconcile the mathematical notion ofinfinitywith the experimental side of physics. I’ve always thought that man-made machinery cannot truly probe infinity, no matter how hard we tried, or how f...
The operation does not change the macroscopic properties of the gas, such as temperature or volume. So, neither heat nor work are provided to the system. But, once this has occurred, the gas particles go backward through the same sequence of collisions as the previous one. So, at time 2...
A special case was his obstruction of all plans to equip the Uranium Club with cyclotrons, which would have allowed to study the properties of "Element 94". Although several cyclotrons would have been mandatory if German nuclear physics was to keep up with the international standard, he never...