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Photoelectric effect

An account of Einstein's discovery of the photoelectric effect and its implications.

http://www.einsteinyear.org/facts/photoelectric_effect/

The Brazil Nut Effect

Why do raisins always rise to the top of cereal pack? It's the Brazil nut effect.

http://www.null-hypothesis.co.uk/article/1303

The Mpemba Effect

There is in fact a large body of literature about initially hot water freezing faster than cold water and this phenomenon has been labeled the "Mpemba effect".

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/freezhot.html#c3

The Mpemba Effect

The Mpemba Effect is a bizarre phenomenon where hot water freezes faster than cold water. This site gives a basic introduction to the ideas involved.

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/mpemba.htm

The Photoelectric Effect

Java Applet simulating a photoelectric effect experiment, measuring current and stopping potential for a variety of metals and monochromatic wavelengths. A sophisticated simulated experiment.

http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/photoeffect.htm

Temperature effect on atomic motion

You can move the cursor up and down to see the effect of increasing temperature on the speed of particle motion.

http://ippex.pppl.gov/interactive/fusion/controlatomtemp.html

Arthur Holly Compton (1891 - 1961) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1927 for the discovery of the phenomenon named after him the Compton effect. The Compton effect is a reduction in the energy ...