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Total Internal Reflection - The Critical Angle

Total Internal Reflection - The Critical Angle

A lesson on Total Internal Reflection which extends into the detailed mathematics.

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http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/GBSSCI/PHYS/CLASS/refrn/u14l3c.html

Supernova

Supernova

A supernova is an explosion of a massive supergiant star. It may shine with the brightness of 10 billion suns! The total energy output may be 10^44 joules, as much as the total output of the sun ...

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/astro/snovcn.html#c1

Lever Principle

Lever Principle

Java Applet simulating a lever balance experiment, demonstrating that the bar is in balance if the total left side torque equals the total right side torque

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http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph11e/lever.htm

Gauss' Law

Gauss' Law

The total of the electric flux out of a closed surface is equal to the charge enclosed divided by the permittivity.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/gaulaw.html#c1

Total Internal Reflection - Periscope

Total Internal Reflection - Periscope

Single page from a larger site which explains how a periscope works.

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http://gcsephysics.com/pwav16.htm

Resistance (Applet)

Resistance (Applet)

Allows various configerations of resistances to be put together and their total resistance calculated.

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http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/kap20/RR506a.htm

Why the moon is seen red during total lunar eclipse?

Why the moon is seen red during total lunar eclipse?

A simple explanation, accompanied by a clear diagram, of why the eclipsed moon appears red.

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http://www.hk-phy.org/iq/red_moon/red_moon_e.html

$Refraction, Snell's law and total internal reflection$

Refraction, Snell's law and total internal reflection

A concise but detailed explanation of refraction. Clear diagrams and worked examples, some harder than others.

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$Visit Refraction, Snell's law and total internal reflection$

http://buphy.bu.edu/py106/notes/Refraction.html

Critical Angle

Critical Angle

Information on critical angles with links to information on total internal reflection.

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http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/CriticalAngle.html

Free body force diagram block on an inclined plane

Free body force diagram block on an inclined plane

Shows how the normal force, friction and total force change when the body's weight, the coefficient of friction or angle of incline are changed.

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http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/~hwang/forceDiagram/forceDiagram.html

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