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A metal detector consists of a battery providing an alternating current to a transmitter coil and a receiver coil connected to a loudspeaker. Using Faraday's Law of Induction explain how a metal detector works. (5 marks)

The alternating current flows through the transmitted coil and produces a magnetic field around the coil. (1 mark) When the detector passes over a magnetic object, the magnetic field passes through the ob...

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State Faraday's Law of electromagnetic induction, both qualitatively and quantitatively. How is Lenz's Law included in this? (4 marks)

emf= (-) d(magnetic-flux)/dt (1 mark)                                                                Faradays law of induction states that the electromotive force induced in any closed circuit is equal to...

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Is momentum a vector quantity? Why?

Yes - Momentum is a vector quantity. A vector quantity possesses both a magnitude and direction. A scalar quantity possesses only a magnitude and no direction. Mass is an example of a scalar quantity (mas...

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A heater uses energy from a laptop computer to keep a mug of coffee hot. Energy is transferred to the coffee at the bottom of the mug. Explain how a convection current is set up in the coffee.

The molecules at the bottom of the mug gain energy and spread out as a result. This means that these molecules are less dense than the ones above them so they rise upwards. As they do so, they lose energy...

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The mercury atoms in a fluorescent tube are excited and then emit photons in the ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Explain (i) how the mercury atoms become excited and (ii) how the excited atoms emit photons.

(i) As they pass through the fluorescent tube, they collide with the mercury atoms within it and this collision transfers energy to the atom. This energy transfer allows the atom's orbiti...

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