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Only some humans can see this type of light
Polarized light is an unusual form of light. Can humans see when light is polarized?
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Factors Affecting the Size of an Induced Potential in a Current-Carrying Wire
This is a lecture video that explains the factors that affect the size of an induced potential in a current carrying wire when it is moved relative to a magnetic field. The video discusses electromagnetic induction and demonstrates the...
Professor Dave Explains
Faraday’s Law
A couple hundred years ago, Michael Faraday discovered that a changing magnetic field produces an electric field. What is the relationship between these two fields and how can we calculate it? Faraday's law deals with any open or closed...
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Specular and Diffuse Reflection: Understanding Reflection of Light
This is a lecture video explaining the concepts of specular and diffuse reflection. The video discusses how light rays follow the law of reflection, where the angle of incidence is always equal to the angle of reflection. It gives...
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Reviewing Fundamental Forces
In this video students will come to understand how matter and energy can interact through the four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetic, strong nuclear, and weak nuclear. Viewers will learn how the four fundamental forces were...
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Understanding Sound Propagation and the Mechanics of Human Hearing
This lecture video explains how sound waves propagate, transfer from air to a solid, and how the human ear works. The video then explains how sound waves interact with solids, including reflection, absorption, and transmission. The video...
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Introduction to Radio Waves and Communication
This is a lecture video on radio waves where the instructor explains how radio waves are produced and used to communicate around the world. The video covers the electromagnetic spectrum and explains that radio waves are a classification...
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Calculating the Force on a Conducting Wire in a Magnetic Field
This video explains how to calculate the magnitude of the force acting on a conducting wire when it is placed in a magnetic field. The video starts by explaining the motor effect and how a current carrying conductor experiences a force...
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Exploding soda cans with electromagnets in SLOW MOTION ft Joe Hanson
Watch a soda can rip itself apart in a fiery explosion at 11,000fps with a Phantom high speed camera. Running a current through a coil, produces an electromagnet. Turn up the voltage in this experiment, and make that current strong...
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Understanding Concave Lenses: Formation and Types of Images
This video is an educational lecture that explains the properties of concave lenses, how they form images, and the type of images they create. The video describes the definition of a lens and how it refracts light as it crosses the...
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Loudspeakers and the Motor Effect: Converting Electric Currents into Sound Waves
This is a lecture video explaining how loudspeakers work by utilizing the motor effect, which is when a current-carrying conductor experiences a force when placed in a magnetic field. The video demonstrates this effect on a conductor...
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Real-World Applications of Electromagnetic Devices
This is a lecture on electromagnetic devices, exploring the real-world applications of electromagnets. The video describes how an electromagnet works, with a solenoid and iron core generating a magnetic field when a current is flowing...
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Introduction to Electromagnetism and its Applications
The video explains how an electric current flowing through a conducting wire produces a magnetic field around the wire. The video explores some of the uses of electromagnetism, including electromagnetic lifts used to separate iron and...
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Convex Lenses: Refraction and Image Formation
The video is a lecture on convex lenses, explaining the way they work to bend and focus light. The speaker defines what a lens is, describes how convex lenses function, explains how to construct a ray diagram with a convex lens, and...
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Magnetic Fields: Understanding and Visualization
This video is a lecture on magnetic fields. The speaker explains what magnetic fields are, how they look in the regions around magnets, and how to plot them on diagrams. The video also covers how the magnetic fields of two magnets in...
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Magnetic Fields Around Solenoids: Explained
This video is a lecture on solenoids and the magnetic field that forms around them. The lecturer explains the concept of magnetic fields and how they can form around conducting wires. They demonstrate how the direction of the current...
Professor Dave Explains
Magnets and Magnetic Fields
Magnets are highly misunderstood, and often interpreted as magic. But they're not magic! It's just science. Let's learn about what magnets are and what produces magnetism so that we can sound super smart at dinner parties, yes?
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Uses and Applications of Electromagnetic Waves
In this lecture video, the different types of electromagnetic waves are examined, and their uses and applications are explored. The video begins with an overview of the electromagnetic spectrum, starting with gamma rays and ending with...
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Forces
Real World Science: Force is one of a series of videos that encourages children to explore the world of science in their immediate surroundings. Through observation and experimentation, students will learn properties of forces, Newton's...
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Aurora borealis, Northern Lights and starry sky, Karasjok, Norway, February 2008
Aurora borealis, Northern Lights and starry sky, Karasjok, Norway, February 2008
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Aurora borealis, Northern Lights behind cloud, Karasjok, Norway, February 2008
Aurora borealis, Northern Lights behind cloud, Karasjok, Norway, February 2008
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Aurora borealis, Northern Lights, Karasjok, Norway, impressive display, February 2008
Aurora borealis, Northern Lights, Karasjok, Norway, impressive display, February 2008
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Aurora borealis, Northern Lights and starry sky, Karasjok, Norway, February 2008
Aurora borealis, Northern Lights and starry sky, Karasjok, Norway, February 2008
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Aurora borealis, Northern Lights, Karasjok, Norway, impressive display, February 2008
Aurora borealis, Northern Lights, Karasjok, Norway, impressive display, February 2008