The separation of white light into its component colors is called
a. polarization.
b. diffraction.
c. dispersion.
d. refraction.
c
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a. Carbon dioxide b. Water vapor c. Nitrogen d. Oxygen e. Helium
Two spaceships traveling in opposite directions along parallel lines measure their own and the other spaceship's length while passing one another. The crew on spaceship A says that their ship is 1000 m long and that ship B is 800 m long. The crew on ship B says that their ship is 1000 m long and that ship A is 800 m long. At what speed does each crew say that the other ship is traveling relative to their own ship?
A. 0.36c B. 0.60c C. 0.64c D. 0.80c E. 1.25c
Nitrogen gas is used to harden iron by diffusing the nitrogen into BCC iron at 700°C. If the surface concentration of nitrogen is maintained at 0.1 weight percent, what is the expected concentration of nitrogen 1 mm from the surface after 10 hours? You can assume that at small values of z, erf(z) is approximately equal to z.
What will be an ideal response?
Stars support their weight by generating ____
a. magnetic fields throughout the star b. magnetic fields throughout the star c. energy in their centers d. magnetic-plasmas at their core e. energy-plasmas at their core