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Optics & Total Internal Reflection
Total internal reflection is the fundamental physics principle behind rainbows, the brilliance of diamonds, fiber optic cables, and other technologies.
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Dispersion & Refraction in Optics
When white light passes through a prism it spreads out into all the colors of the rainbow. Physics tells us this results from refraction and dispersion.
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Refraction of Light
In optics, Snell's law of refraction tells us that light is refracted, or bent, when it passes from one medium to another.
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Essential Oil Quality Testing
Pure essential oils are subjected to a number of quality tests to establish their composition; essential oil quality testing includes GC-MS and GLC testing.
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Reflection vs. Refraction
Even though reflection and refraction of light are important concepts in optics, they are often confused. The two concepts are unraveled here.
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How to Tell Moissanite and Real Diamonds Apart
Moissanite gemstone is so similar to diamonds that even expert jewelers and gemologists can't tell the two apart - leaving the market ripe for diamond forgeries and fraud
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Fiber-optic Cables
This article is about function, description, and structure of Fiber-optic cable. Also there is mention of some uses of fiber-optic cables
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SHATTERED: Forensic Glass Analyses
Hasty criminals can often leave shattered glass in their wake. They don't realize that the hard, clear stuff can tell us more than they expect.
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Summer Reading - 11th Grade
Wells, Angelou, Salinger and Fitzgerald are the most commonly read authors in the summer before junior year - find out what they're all about!
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Telling the Difference Between Gemstones
Most people rely on color to identify a gemstone, however this is not a reliable method. Rather, science has developed a number of ways to identify gems.
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Gemstones More Valuable Than Diamonds
While many people think diamonds are the most precious gems on Earth, some gemstones have unique characteristics that make them much more valuable overall.
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Invisibility - To Bend or Break from the Ether
People throughout history have romanticized about being invisible. Now scientists are synthesizing new materials that could turn this fantasy into a reality.
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