How a nuclear reactor works
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentHow do use fission to generate electricity? This video discusses the basics of a nuclear fission reactor, and the functions of its relative parts
20 Dec
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20 Dec
fission explained
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentNuclear fission – the splitting of the atom… How does this occur and why does it release a large amount of energy? The video covers all this, as well as a brief history of its discovery.
20 Dec
binding energy
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentWhat is binding energy and where does it come from? What holds an atom’s nucleus together? This video discusses the mass defect and its contribution to binding energy
20 Dec
Strong Force Explained
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentWhat hold a nucleus together? Why does it not just fall apart. In this video I discuss the Strong Nuclear Force, in simple terms that holds the atom together. This concept is essential to explain radioactive decay, fission and fusion.
20 Dec
chadwick and the neutron
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentIn this video, I discuss the experiments that led up to Chadwick’s identification of the neutron
20 Dec
Heisenberg and his uncertainty principle
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentWhat is Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle? This strange concept is at the heart of quantum Physics. In this video, I explain, using simple terms, what it mean.
20 Dec
Davisson and germer and proof of matter waves
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentDe Broglie postulated that moving particles have a wavelength, but where was the proof? Enter Davisson and Germer who won the Nobel prize for Physics to show that electrons act like waves
20 Dec
de Broglie and matter waves
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentIn this video, we look at de Broglie and his strange suggestion that is light can have particle like properties, can matter have wavelike properties
20 Dec
Bohr’s Atom
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentIn this video, I discuss the postulates of Bohr’s atom, how it solves the problem of Rutherford’s model and how at the same time explains the lines is spectral analysis, including the Balmer lines
20 Dec
History of Spectral lines and Balmer
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentBefore discussing Bohr, it is helpful to look at the history of spectral analysis in the 1800’s, the Balmer lines and the Rydberg formula that describes them. This is then fully explained by Bohr in 1913
20 Dec
Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentIn the first of a series of videos on the history of the atom, I discuss famous gold foil experiment that established a planetary model of the atom.
20 Dec
HSC Physics 2017 answers to short answer
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentHere are the solutions to the short answer section of the HSC Physics paper for 2017.
20 Dec
HSC PHY 17 answers to short answer questions
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentHere are the solutions to the short answer section of the HSC Physics paper 2017 – THIS DOES HAVE A SMALL ERROR in Q29b
20 Dec
HSC PHY 2017 Multiple choice
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentHere are the answers to the multiple choice section of the PHYSICS HSC paper 2017
20 Dec
HPE HSC physics 2015 Q25 – energy and transformers
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentAn overview of how to best and Q25 in the 2015 HSC physics paper.
20 Dec
HPE HSC physics 2015 Q28 topic: electromagnetism
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentAn explanation of Q28 of the 2015 HSC physics paper. Question deals with Faraday’s Law and Lenz Law.
20 Dec
HSC PHYSICS exam 2015 multiple choice 11-20 Explained
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentA run through of the questions and solutions of the 2015 HSC Physics paper. Done in a way to allow determine the solution yourself before reviewing the answer.
20 Dec
HSC PHYSICS exam 2015 multiple choice 1-10 Explained
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL | No commentA run through of the questions and solutions of the 2015 HSC Physics paper. Done in a way to allow determine the solution yourself before reviewing the answer.
20 Dec
How to tackle a long response question – HSC 2006 21
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentThis video guides you how to deconstruct a longer response question in an HSC physics paper, using Q21 from the 2006 paper. The topic covered is on superconductivity fro the Ideas to Implementation section
20 Dec
HSC Physics Exam 2014 Q27 Explained – Space
In Atal Tinkering Labs ATL, More Info | No commentGoes through Q27 of the 2014 HSC Physics exam paper. Covers rocket launch, Kepler’s 3rd Law and gravitational potential energy