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How Spacesuits Work

How Spacesuits Work

 

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A brief description of how Spacesuits work. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.
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multimedia, oxygen, pressurised, radiation, spacesuit,

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NPL Beginners Guides to Measurement - Temperature

NPL Beginners Guides to Measurement - Temperature

 

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A good overview of temperature including the history of temperature measurement.
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celsius, fahrenheit, history, kelvin, mercury, platinium, pyrometer, radiation, scale, temperature, thermocouple,

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Firewalking Myth vs Physics

Firewalking Myth vs Physics

 

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A quirky example of heat insulation appealing to school pupils. It emphasises the difference between thermal energy and temperature. Includes video clips.
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capacity, conduction, convection, energy, firewalk, heat, insulate, radiation, temperature, thermal, transfer,

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Observing the world of particles

Observing the world of particles

 

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Bubble chambers to multiwire and drift chambers with photographs showing the detection and discovery of various particles, eg positron, quarks.
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alvarez, anderson, anode, bebc, betatron, blackett, bubble, cern, ch, chamber, charpak, cloud, cosmic, drift, electron, emulsion, glaser, meson, multiwire, nuclear, particle, pion, positron, powell, proton, quark, radiation, superheat, track, wilson,

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About Temperature

About Temperature

 

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A description of what heat plus a nice background into the history heat and its study.
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boltzmann, celsius, centigrade, fahrenheit, heat, kelvin, kinetic, point, radiation, scale, temperature, theory, thermodynamics, thermometer, triple,

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Radiation

Radiation

 

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Information site with links concerning the risks of exposure to nuclear radiation. Includes a wide range of referenced sources.
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cosmic, deplete, dose, energy, equivalence, hazard, lightning, nuclear, radiation, radioactive, rays, risk, sievert, uranium,

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The ABC of Nuclear Science

The ABC of Nuclear Science

 

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A well presented and comprehensive introduction to nuclear science. Antimatter, Beta , Cosmic, etc. Excellent graphics
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alpha, antimatter, beta, cosmic, gamma, nuclear, nucleus, radiation, ray,

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Nuclear Physics Applications in Peace and War

Nuclear Physics Applications in Peace and War

 

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A very basic guide from the ThinkQuest competition covering a number of topics. Has no mathematics but good for reactor diagrams and the medicine topic covers treatments.
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agr, bomb, fission, fusion, gamma, magnox, medicine, nmr, nuclear, phwr, pwr, radiation, ray, reactor, stockpiles, x,

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Physics Applets

Physics Applets

 

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A collection of applets (demonstrations) on various topics from the University of Oregon with good explanations.
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atomic, circuit, cosmology, emission, energy, expansion, force, formula, friction, gravity, hubble, impulse, jupiter, kepler, law, lunar, mechanics, moon, multimedia, parallax, phase, planck, planet, potential, radiation, spectra, thermodynamics, unit, weather,

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A Brief Chronology of Radiation and Protection

A Brief Chronology of Radiation and Protection

 

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Though many of the discoveries in radiation were made during the 19th Century there were scientist as early as 500BC contributing to the knowledge of the subject. One of the first documented uses for Uranium dates back to 79AD where Roman artisans used ur
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history, radiation, radioactive, timeline,

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