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By: Rory McCulloch
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Decks in this class (19)

Chapter 1 - Imaging
Define wave front,
What is the curvature of a circle...,
Define plane wave front
31  cards
Chapter 2 - Signalling
Explain what a signal is and give...,
What is an analogue signal and wh...,
Give two advantages of digital si...
17  cards
Chapter 3 - Sensing
What is an ion,
What gives metals their electrica...,
Define current
25  cards
Chapter 4 - Testing Materials
What does hard mean,
What does brittle mean,
What does stiff mean
26  cards
Chapter 5 - Looking Inside Materials
Explain lord rayleighs oil drop e...,
To what order is the diameter of ...,
What can atomic force microscopes...
25  cards
Chapter 6 - Wave Behaviour
Explain superposition,
What is wavelength on a displacem...,
What is amplitude
42  cards
Chapter 7 - Quantum Behaviour
Describe photons,
What is energy quanta,
What is the value of planck const...
14  cards
Chapter 8 - Motion
What is displacement,
What is velocity
2  cards
Chapter 9 - Momentum, force and energy
0  cards
Chapter 10 - Imaging
0  cards
Chapter 11 - Modelling Oscillations
0  cards
Chapter 12 - The Gravitational Field
0  cards
Chapter 13 - Our Place In The Universe
0  cards
Chapter 14 - Simple Models Of Matter
0  cards
Chapter 15 - The Boltzmann Factor
0  cards
Chapter 16 - Electromagnetism
What is a magnetic field,
What is magnetic flux,
What are lines of flux
8  cards
Chapter 17 - The Electric Field
0  cards
Chapter 18 - Looking Inside The Atom
0  cards
Chapter 19 - Using The Atom
0  cards

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