Articles related to "Michael Faraday"



Faraday Cages and Lightning Safety
An enclosed metal shell acting as a Faraday cage can offer protection from lightning and other electrical effects.
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Michael Faraday, Life and Works
Brief biography of Michael Faraday, greatest experimental scientist in history, famous for his breakthroughs in electricity and electrochemistry.
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Understanding the Faraday Cage
A Faraday cage is an enclosed conducting shell that shields its interior from strong electric fields and electromagnetic waves.
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Working Principle of the Electronic Transformer
Transformers are commonly made by winding two coils around an iron core. Their function? Supply voltages needed to drive a myriad of electronic gadgets and equipment.
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Electromagnetic Induction
Why is it when a magnet is moved in the direction of a copper wire coil, a current can then be measured in the coil?
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The Royal Institution Re-opens
Over 200 years after it was founded, The Royal Institution is getting a major facelift to enhance its role in communicating science to the general public.
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Twist Endings That Redeem Movies
Sometimes a movie coasts along at an average level until the entire journey is elevated by the power of a surprising ending. Spoilers follow in discussion.
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Electricity Terms to Learn
In this article, electrical terms are identified and explained. A list of Scientists are included, for further research.
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The Chemistry of Benzene
The solution to the problem of a mysterious chemical. Delocalised electrons make the molecule reactive and dangerous
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The Peculiar Vocabulary of Physics
Over time, the field of physics has discovered many new phenomena that defy easy description or naming. What do you call something that has never been seen before?
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George Porter - Nobel Laureate and Champion of Science
Lord George Porter shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967 for his work in developing a way to see the various stages of chemical reactions. During his life, he encouraged students to study science and encouraged increased government funding for science.
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Hans Christian Oersted
Biography of Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist and chemist, who established relationship of electricity and magnetism, grounding the science of electromagnetics.
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Heinrich Hertz Biography
A brief biography of Heinrich Hertz, who discovered the radio waves, and that heat and light are electromagnetic waves, a precursor to wireless telegraphy.
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James Clerk Maxwell Biography
Life and works of James Clerk Maxwell, considered the 19th century's greatest scientist, famous for electromagnetism and Maxwell's Equations.
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Oersted's Electromagnetic Effects
During a class, Oersted noticed that a compass near a wire carrying electricity was affected by the current induced magnetic field.
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Servants of the Supernatural
In Servants of the Supernatural, Antonio Melechi vividly charts the golden age of the Victorian séance.
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Understanding Faraday's Law
A changing magnetic field will induce an electric current and corresponding electric potential difference according to Faraday's Law of electromagnetic induction.
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Understanding Lenz's Law
Lenz's law, giving the direction of induced electromagnetic fields, is a consequence of the law of conservation of energy.
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American Pie | Arlington Road
There's something all-American about apple pie and terrorism.
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