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Viscosity

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the flow of a liquid, how fast a liquid flows

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Low viscosity

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runny

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High viscosity

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sticky, thick

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Laminar Flow

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At low velocities a fluid tends to flow without lateral mixing and adjacent layers slide past one another - liquid is streamlined, no abrupt changes in direction or speed

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Stoke’s Law relies on

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Laminar flow

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Turbulent flow

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different layers of fluid cross over and mix, there is changing speeds and directions and little eddies are formed throughout the path - this occurs when the rate of flow reaches a critical level or an obstacle is in the way

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Thixotrophy

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Normally it doesn’t flow but when a force is exerted on it the viscosity lessens and it flows. When the force is again removed the viscosity increases and it stops flowing again (e.g. margarine)

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Negative thixotrophy

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normally it flows but when a force is exerted on it it hardens

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How to measure flow rates?

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measure mass (mass flow rate) or volume (volume flow rate) collected in a time interval

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Hard material

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a material that is not readily scratched or indented (e.g. diamond)

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Stiff material

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  • doesn’t easily change shape when a force is applied - large load causes small deformation
  • doesn’t extend much (e.g. steel)
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Elastic material

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  • retains original shape when stretched

- when an object returns to its original shape after the load is removed (e.g. rubber)

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Plastic material

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  • extends irreversibly

- when an object is deformed and doesn’t return to its original shape after the load is removed

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Ductile material

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-can be drawn into wires (e.g. copper)

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Malleable material

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  • can be deformed and moulded into shape with a force

- can be hammered into sheets (e.g. gold)

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Strong material

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  • large force is required to make it break

- high breaking stress (e.g. steel)

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Brittle material

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  • little force is required to crack and break it

- no plastic deformation (e.g. glass)

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Tough material

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  • requires lots of force to break

- high energy density (e.g. mild steel, rubber tyres)

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Forces on a falling/rising ball bearing through a fluid

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Upthrust, Viscous Drag, Weight

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Viscous drag force

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described by the relationship known as Stoke’s law

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Archimede’s principle

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the size of the upthrust on the ball bearing - buoyancy force on an object in a fluid is equal to the mass of the displaced fluid

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How does temperature affect the viscosity?

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the higher the temperature the lower the viscosity

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Why are small objects used to test viscous drag and viscosity?

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because larger objects have a big enough drag that it can’t be ignored unlike the drag on smaller objects

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Viscous drag

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  • particles move past each other with different velocities, frictional forces between them can slow the flow
  • size of the force depends on the viscosity of the fluid
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Weak material

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-low breaking stress (e.g. polystyrene)

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Flexible material

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-has a low young modulus (e.g. natural rubber)

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Soft material

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-surface is easily scratched (e.g. plastic)

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Hooke’s Law

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Force is proportional to the extension

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Tensile

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forces stretch the spring

30
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Compressive

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forces squash the spring

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How would you identify a stiff material on a force extension graph?

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There would be a straight line - the steeper the line the stiffer the material

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How would you identify a plastic material on a force extension graph?

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The line would curve

33
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What regions can be identified on a force extension graph?

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  • elastic region
  • elastic limit
  • limit of proportionality
  • plastic deformation
  • break point
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What is the limit of proportionality on a force extension graph?

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the point where the material is still elastic and will return to its original shape but doesn’t act normally

35
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What is the elastic limit?

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where the material turns from elastic to plastic so no longer returns to its original shape

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What is the break point?

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the end of the line - the force will cause the material to break

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Where is the plastic deformation?

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where the line begins to curve

38
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Stress

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force per unit area

39
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Strain

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ratio of extension to original length

40
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Refraction

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as light/ a wave passes through a boundary into a more/less dense material it will change speed causing it to change direction

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Polarization

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light goes in all directions however when a polarizing lens is used it blocks the light in one plane (going in one direction)

42
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Polarized glasses

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stop light going in one plane, reducing the amount of light going into your eye

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Magnetic field

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a region in which a magnet experiences a force - its direction is that in which the north seeking pole of a needle would point

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Electric field

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a region in which a charged particle experiences a force - its direction is the direction of the force on a positively charged particle

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Electromagnetic waves

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electric and magnetic waves - oscillate at 90° to each other and the direction of travel

46
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Which waves can be plane polarized?

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only electromagnetic can be plane polarized and are affected by a polarizing filter - not longitudinal

47
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Polarizing filters angle

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work at 90° to each other

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