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Showing posts with label Nota Fizik SPM Physics Notes. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Nota Fizik SPM Physics Notes. Show all posts

2008-05-01

Applying Archimedes' Principle

Steel is denser than water. However they still float, why? Have you ever wondered why hot air balloon floats in the air? Even though the mas...

2008-04-28

Applications of Pascal's Principle in Everyday Life

A hydraulic system is a device in which a small applied force can give rise to a larger force. The principle in the hydraulic system is wi...

2008-04-23

Basic Hydraulic System

A hydraulic system operates based on Pascal's principle. In this hydraulic system, a small force, F1 is applied to the small piston re...

2008-04-20

Analysing Pascal's Principle: Transmission of pressure in liquid

Liquid pressure can be used to transfer energy from one place to another. Have you ever wondered how this idea is being adopted in some of t...

2008-04-15

Instruments for measuring atmospheric pressure

Instruments for measuring atmospheric pressure: 1. Mercury Barometer A mercury barometer consists of a thick-walled glass tube, which is c...

Instruments for measuring Gas Pressure

There are several instruments for measuring gas pressure, I will explain only two here 1. Manometer A manometer consists of a U-tube fille...

2008-04-12

Atmospheric pressure and altitude

Atmospheric pressure and altitude 1. Atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude, or the height above of sea level. At higher altitudes, th...

Application of Atmospheric pressure

Applications of atmospheric pressure: Drinking Straw 1. When drinking with a straw, one has to suck the straw. This causes the pressure ...

2008-04-10

Understanding Gas pressure and Atmospheric pressure

1. Existence of Gas pressure: Imagine when someone throws a stone to you. It feels painful isn't it. Imagine all of your classmates th...

2008-04-09

Understanding Pressure in Liquids

1. For a liquid at rest, the pressure at a certain point in the liquid is the same in all directions. 2. The pressure in a liquid is due t...

2008-04-08

Understanding Pressure

Pressure involves the concept of force and surface area. 1. Pressure on an area, A is the normal force, F, which is being applied perpendi...

2008-04-06

Analysing Electromagnetic Waves

1. Electromagnetic waves consist of vibration of magnetic field and electric field which are perpendicular to each other. 2. Therefore, ...

2008-03-30

Speed of Sound, Loudness and Amplitude of Sound

Speed of Sound 1. The speed of sound, v , in a medium can be defined as v = fλ , where λ is the wavelength and f is the frequency. The ...

2008-03-27

Analysing Sound Waves

1. Sounds are mechanical waves. They are caused by vibrating objects. Hence, all vibrating objects produce sound. As an example: The strings...

2008-03-25

Analysing Interference of Waves

Principle of Superposition 1. The principle of superposition states that at any instant or moment, the wave displacement of the combined m...

2008-03-24

Analysing Diffraction of Waves

1. Diffraction of waves is a phenomenon in which waves spread out as they pass through an aperture or round a small obstacle. Source: ...

2008-03-21

Analysing Refraction of Waves

Any type of wave can be refracted, refracted is a change in direction. Refraction occurs when the speed of a wave changes, as it moves from...

Analysing Reflection of Waves

1. Reflection of waves occur when a wave strikes an obstacle. The wave undergoes a change in the direction of propagation or transmission wh...

2008-01-17

Damping and Resonance of Waves

Displacement –time and Displacement –distance graphs. Wave motion occurs because of the vibration of particles from their resting position...

2008-01-11

Understanding Waves

Waves Understanding Waves Wave and Energy A Wave is a disturbance that transfers energy between 2 points through vibrations (or oscillati...

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