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$Refracted Light$

Refracted Light

Light travels at different speeds through different materials. When light slows down or speeds up, it bends in a new direction. This bending of light is called refraction.

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http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/refracted.htm

How laser speed guns work

A good explanation of how laser speed guns are used to measure a car's speed. There are links off to related questions.

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http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-driving-safety/safety-regulatory-devices/question396.htm

Maxwell Speed Distribution

The speed distribution for the molecules of an ideal gas is given by Maxwell's speed distribution

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/kintem.html#c3

Speed of Light

A basic site dealing with the speed and wavelength of electromagnetic waves.

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http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/waves_particles/lightspeed-1.html

Speed Of Light

Experimental measurements of the speed of light have been refined in progressively more accurate experiments since the seventeenth century.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/relativ/ltrans.html#c3

The Speed of Sound

The first analytical determination of the speed of sound was given by Isaac Newton in Proposition 49 of Book II of the Principia.

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http://mathpages.com/home/kmath109/kmath109.htm

Speed of Sound Calculator

A simple program that allows you to calculate the speed of sound according to temperature humidity and pressure.

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http://resource.npl.co.uk/acoustics/techguides/speedair/

Speed Of Sound

Short page of information on the speed of sound in air and some other gases.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/souspe.html#c1

Roemer's Hypothesis

Roemer's observations of the periods of Jupiter's moon allowed the first estimate of the speed of light, and confirmed the speed of light as finite. A good site relevant to all college students.

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http://mathpages.com/home/kmath203/kmath203.htm

Relative Velocity

Shows a simulation for crossing a river in a boat. Speed of river, boat angle and speed can be changed.

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http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/java/RelV.html

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