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1
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What does the electrostatic force tell us if the sign is negative?

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The force is attractive

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What is the magintude of the electric field strength at a given point?

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The force per unit charge that a positive test charge would experience without effecting the field strength.

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What occurs when a positive test charge is moved closer to a negative point charge?

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Work is done by the electrostatic force therefore the elelctric potential of the particle decreases

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What is the electric potential energy of a postive test charge in an electric field defined as?

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The work done required to move the test charge from infinity to the position it is in

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What happens to the electric potential energy of a positive test charge if you move it closer to a positive source charge?

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It becomes more positive (Increases)

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What has done the work if the electric potential energy of a small positively charge particle at a given position is -3J?

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3J of work is done by the electrostatic force to move the particle from infinity to that point

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What is the potential gradient at a point on a potential graph?

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The change in potential per unit distance at that point

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What is the magnitude of the electric potential gradient at a point equal to?

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The magnitude of the electric field strength at that point

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What graph can we find the potential difference from by calculating the area underneath it?

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Electric field strength against distance graph

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What is the difference between a good conductor and a good insulator?

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A good conductor has lots of free electrons whereas a good insulator doesn’t have many (e.g. Silver and Diamond)

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What is a capacitor made of?

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Two conducting components, seperated by an insulated material

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What is the potential difference across a battery?

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The difference in potential energy per coulomb between one terminal and the other

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What is electric current?

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The coulombs of charge moving past a given point per second

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14
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When does a capacitor stop charging?

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When the potential difference across the capacitor is the same as the potential difference across the battery

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What is the capacitance of a capacitor?

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The charge per unit volt between the capacitor plates

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How can we find the capacitance from a graph?

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Plot a graph of charge against potential difference and find the gradient

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17
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What are dielectrics?

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Insulating materials that polarise in the presence of an electric field

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18
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What happens as we increase the permittivity of a dielectric?

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It becomes easier to polarise therefore the weaker the electric field is that passes through it

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What is the relative permittivity of a material? (Dielectric Constant)

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The ratio of the permittivity of the material to the permittivity of free space

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What relationship does capacitance have with permittivity and the area of each plate?

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They are directly proportional

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Why does increasing the area of each plate increase the capacitance?

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More charge can be stored on each plate

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What are the three factors which affect capacitance?

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The permittivity of the insulator, the area of the plates and the distance between each plate?

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Why is the distance between the plates inversely proportional to the capacitance?

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Since the electric field strength remains constant, the potential difference increase which means the capacitance decreases.

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24
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How can a constant current be achieved when discharging a capacitor?

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Use a variable resistor and decrease the resistance as the capacitor discharges

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What is the relationship between charge and time when a capacitor discharges through a fixed resistor?

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Exponential

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What is the time constant?

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The time it takes the charge stored in the capacitor to fall by 37% of the charge stored in the fully-charged capacitor.

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How do we find the time taken for the charge on a capacitor to halve?

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Multiply the time constant (RC) by 0.69

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What does the area represent underneath a current/time graph?

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The initial charge of a capacitor

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29
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When we start charging an uncharged capacitor through a fixed resistor, what happens after a time of one time constant?

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The charge stored increases by 63% and the current decreases by 37%

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30
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What does the magnitude of the Force of a current carrying wire depend on?

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The length of wire in the field, the current, the magnetic field strength and the angle between the current and the magnetic field lines

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31
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What is the magnetic flux density defined as?

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The force per unit current per length of wire when the wire is perpendicular to the magnetic field.

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32
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How do you find the current required to levitate a wire in a magnetic field?

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Set F as the weight of the wire in F = BIL

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33
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What conditions must be met for a particle to experience a force in a magentic field?

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It has a charge and is not moving parallel with the field

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34
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What must be changed if we use Fleming’s left hand rule for negatively charged particles?

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The velocity must be in the opposite direction

35
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What is the formula for the radius of a charged particle’s circular path in a uniform magnetic field?

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r = mv/BQ

36
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What is within and between the D’s of a cylcotron?

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There is a uniform magnetic field within the D’s and an alternating electric field between them.

37
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What is the purpose of the alternating electric field and uniform magnetic field in the cyclotron?

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The electric field increases the proton’s speed and the magnetic field forces the protons round a circular path.

38
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What must the time period of the alternating electric field equal to in a cyclotron?

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The time taken for a proton to complete one full cycle around the cyclotron

39
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What is the formula for the time period for a proton to complete a full cycle around the cyclotron?

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T = 2πm/BQ

40
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What happens when a wire cuts through magnetic field lines?

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An EMF is induced in the wire (Electromagnetic Induction)

41
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What is Lenz’s law?

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The direction of the induced emf opposes the change that caused it

42
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What pole does the thumb point towards in the right hand grip rule?

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The north pole

43
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What happens if we move a magnet towards a coil?

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The coil develops a magnetic field which repels the magnet therefore, if the end of the magnet is the north pole, the part of the coil closest to the magnet will also become a north pole.

44
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If a coil is repelling a magnet, which direction is the initial velocity of the magnet?

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Towards the coil

45
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What is Faraday’s law?

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The magnitude of the emf induced in a coil is equal to the rate of change of flux through the coil

46
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What is the magnitude of the emf in a wire dependent on?

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The rate at which it cuts through magnetic field lines

47
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What are the four ways to induce an EMF in a coil?

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Change the flux density.
Change the area of the coil.
Rotate the coil.
Move a coil into or out a magnetic field.

48
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In what graph is the gradient the EMF?

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Flux linkage against time

49
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In what graph is the area the change in flux linkage?

A

EMF against time

50
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At what point is the EMF of a coil at its maximum when moving a magnet through it?

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Just as it enters and leaves

51
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What happens when a coil is rotated within a magnetic field?

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An alternating current is created

52
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How do you find the mean induced EMF when generating AC?

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Divide the flux linkage by the time taken for a 90 degrees turn (BAN/t1/4)

53
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How do you find the maximum EMF?

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BANω

54
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How do you reduce the uncertainty when measuring voltage from an oscilloscope?

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Increase the Y-Gain so it just fits on the screen

55
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How do you find the mean power?

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Half the peak power

56
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How can a coil provide an AC to another coil without being connected to it?

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An AC is passed through the the first coil which creates a magnetic field which is constantly changing, this then means the 2ns coils oppose to change is also constantly changing which means so does the current across it

57
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What is the purpose of the iron core in a transformer?

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To maximise the flux through the secondary coil

58
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What happens as you increase the number of coils on a coil in a transformer?

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The alternating voltage across the coil increases

59
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How can you reduce eddy currents in an iron core?

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The core is made from alternating layers of iron and insulation (Lamination)

60
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What are the four main sources of inefficiency in a transformer?

A

Eddy currents in the core.
Heat loss through coils.
Not all flux from the primary coil going through the secondary coil.
Magnetising and demagnetising the core.

61
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What are the four solutions to stop the previous inefficiencies?

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Laminate the core to stop eddy currents.
Use thick copper wires with high resistance to stop heat loss.
Wrap both coils around the same part of the core.
Use a soft, magnetic core like iron.

62
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How are transformers used in the national grid?

A

Step-up transformers are used between power stations and transmission lines which reduces current and power lost as heat.
Step-downs are then used to reduce the voltage to a safe level for domestic use.

63
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What is the magnitude of the gravitational force of two objects proportional to?

A

The mass of both objects

64
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What is the magnitude of the gravitational force of two objects inversely proportional to?

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The distance from the centre of both objects squared (Inverse square law)

65
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What is a point mass?

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Where the mass is concentrated at a single point

66
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What is gravitational field strength?

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The gravitational force per unit mass of a test mass

67
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What is a test mass?

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A particle with a very small mass used to test a gravitiational field without affecting it

68
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What is gravitational potential energy?

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The amount of energy/work done required to move a mass from infinity to a given point in a gravitational field

69
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What is gravitational potential energy at infinity?

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Zero

70
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What happens to the GPE as it gets closer to the source mass?

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The more negative the GPE becomes

71
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What is escape velocity?

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The minimum velocity required for an object to move from a point in a planet’s gravitational field to a point where the gravitational field is negligible.

72
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What is gravitational potential?

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The work done to move a 1kg mass from infinity to a point in the field

73
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What are equipotentials?

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A set of points which have the same gravitational potential

74
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What is potential gradient?

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The change in potential per unit distance at that point.

75
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What does the area between two points below a gravitational field strength graph tell us?

A

The gravitational potential difference

76
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At what seperations are equipotentials when the gravitational field strength is high?

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Large seperations

77
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What do satellites do in low Earth orbits?

A

They move over lots of different points on the surface and orbit relatively close to the surface

78
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What do satellites do in geostationary orbits?

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They appear to stay still in the sky over a single point on the surface and orbit at distances relatively far from the surface

79
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How do you derive the escape velocity?

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Set the equations of kinetic energy and gravitational force equal to each other

80
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What is the formula for the total energy of a satellite?

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-GMm/2r

81
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Why is gravitational potential difference a negative value?

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Because work needs to be done to move an object from the inside of the field to the outside. Since infinity is zero, below infinity must be negative

82
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How is the orbital period realted to the radius of a circular orbit?

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T^2 = k x r^3

83
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How could you find the speed of an orbiting satellite?

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Set the centripetal force to the gravitational force and sub in v=2πr/T

84
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What is an eddy current?

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As the primary coil induces emf in the secondary coil, it induces mini currents within the core.

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