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Mega-Telescopes - Vision Papers

Mega-Telescopes - Vision Papers

 

Description:
Introduction to the recent generation of giant telescopes and the benefits they offer.
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array, atacama, atmospheric, candle, constant, distortion, elt, extremely, giant, gsmt, hubble, large, millimetre, mirror, overwhelmingly, owl, paper, segmented, standard, telescope, vision,

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Madgeburg Hemispheres

Madgeburg Hemispheres

 

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300 years ago, Otto von Guericke arranged a demonstration in Magdeburg, Germany to demonstrate the air pump which he had invented. He made two hemispherical iron vessels which could be put together to form an airtight enclosure. After pumping air out with
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atmospheric, guericke, hemisphere, hyperphysics, madgeburg, otto, pressure, vacuum, von,

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Crushing Coke Can

Crushing Coke Can

 

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A nice demonstration using a simple Coke can of atmospheric pressure.
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atmospheric, hyperphysics, pressure, vacuum,

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Lightning

Lightning

 

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Models for the charge buildup which leads to lightning discharges suggest a buildup of a strong negative charge layer near the bottom of the cloud and the formation of a positive ground shadow. When the buildup is large enough to produce ionization of the
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atmospheric, charge, current, discharge, hyperphysics, lightning, structure, tripolar, voltage,

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NOVA: Atmospheric Pressure

NOVA: Atmospheric Pressure

Information about factors affecting atmospheric pressure  

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From the companion Web site to several recent NOVA programs on Mt. Everest, including "Lost on Everest" and "Everest: The Death Zone," originally broadcast in 1998. This page looks at atmospheric pressure at high altitudes.
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air, altitude, atmospheric, mountain, pressure,

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Atmospheric Pressure

Atmospheric Pressure

 

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The fundamental SI unit of pressure is the Pascal (Pa), but it is a small unit so kPa is the most common direct pressure unit for atmospheric pressure. 1 mm Hg is an old unit of pressure corresponding to the weight per unit area of a column of mercury (Hg
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atmosphere, atmospheric, barometer, mercury, mmhg, pascal, pressure,

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Boiling Point

Boiling Point

 

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The boiling point is defined as the temperature at which the saturated vapor pressure of a liquid is equal to the surrounding atmospheric pressure.
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atmospheric, boiling, hyperphysics, point, pressure, saturated, vapour,

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Crushing Steel Drum

Crushing Steel Drum

 

Description:
A nice demonstration using a simple steel drum of atmospheric pressure.
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atmospheric, hyperphysics, pressure, vacuum,

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Sucking an egg into a bottle

Sucking an egg into a bottle

 

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From Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab instructions on how to suck an egg into a bottle.
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activity, air, atmospheric, bottle, egg, gas, home, pressure,

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STFC Interesting facts - the atmosphere

STFC Interesting facts - the atmosphere

Interesting facts about the atmosphere from the Science, Technology and Facilities Council 

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Interesting facts about the atmosphere from the Science, Technology and Facilities Council
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atmosphere, atmospheric, atmospherics,

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