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Specific Heat
The specific heat is the amount of heat per unit mass required to raise the temperature by one degree Celsius.
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Scirus
A science specific search engine aimed at researchers looking for high level information.
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Line Spectra
Basic page on the theory of how light is made when electrons in specific atomic energy levels move to give photons.
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Phonons and the Debye Specific Heat
Explanation of phonons and topics surrounding this.
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Wavefunction
Each particle can be represented by a wavefunction which can then be used to describe the probability of finding it in a specific place at a certain time.
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Answer to a question about thermal conductivity
A very specific area of the MadSci website, where a physicist responds to the question 'What causes different metals to conduct heat at different rates?'
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Lightspan
Lightspan.com is a free education portal for educators, parents, and students, providing resources, research tools, and grade-specific activities.
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Archimedes' principle
This site gives a colourful description of Archimedes principle, boyancy, density and specific gravity.
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How Nanotechnology Will Work
A brief description of how Nanotechnology Will work. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com. A visually appealing general introduction, which avoids nearly all technical and other ...
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Wilhelm Rontgen
Wilhelm Rontgen (1845 - 1913) first work was on the specific heats of gases and the thermal conductivity of crystals. Among other problems he studied were the electrical characteristics of quartz; ...
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