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Thank you all for detailed answers. In this connection, I think I can take the privilege of placing some more questions. I have read that more than two or more alpha or beta particles or one alpha and one beta particle will not be emitted by an atom simultaneously. They will be always...

One thing is not clear to me. When alpha or beta or gamma radiation enter into geiger counter, it ionizes the gas and ionization current produces counts in the detector. What exactly this counts indicate? Does it show the number of alpha or beta particles enter into the tube? Since even if one...

Thanks for the reply.Sorry for my delayed response. Regarding the above statement, I could understand the light rays being scattered by an object. But how does it happen in the case of cathode rays? The latter being negative, when they hit the positive anode, will they not be attracted...

In the cathode ray production experiment, at about .01 mm of Hg, cathode rays travel from cathode and move towards anode and produce fluorescence on the walls near the anode.At the same time canal rays also move towards cathode. But only when you use a perforated cathode, the canal rays...

Homework Statement three particles having charges 1:2:3 produce the same point on the photographic film in the thomson experiment. The masses are in the ratio of a) 1:2:3 b)3:2:1 c) 2:3:1 d) 1:3:2 Homework Equations a = F/m = Eq/m The Attempt at a Solution Since all the...

Thank you DrDu. What I want to know is whether magnetic flux will pass through a diamagnetic metal as it passes with ease in a ferro or para magnetic material, since the permeability of a dia is too low when compared to a ferro. Because in many illustrations the first diagram shows penetration...

I need clarifications on Meissner effect. 1. According to this theory, when any diamagnetic substance is cooled below its critical temperature, it becomes a superconductor and it expels magnetic flux from inside. Is it applicable only to a diamagnetic substance or ferromagnetic substances...

Thank you for the reply. If there is no lines of force, then how the calculated value of 1.129 x 10[SUP]11 lines of force from 1 C of charge placed in air or vacuum arrived? What does that number exactly stand for? The value has been obtained from the formula 1/ε for air.

According to Gauss’ law the total number of lines of force over a closed surface is equal to 1/ε times the net charge enclosed within the closed surface. Why should it be a closed surface but not an open surface too? I am unable to find a convincing explanation for it. Since we take into...

In the case of nuclear fission, when U-235 splits into Ba,Kr and three neutrons , then it is shown that the total mass of the products on the right side of the equation is slightly less than that of the reactants on the left side. So this missing mass-the mass defect – is converted into energy...

Thanks for the reply. A little more elaborate discussion is welcome. What I want to clarify is that whether the recent discovery confirms the particle nature of the field. Which means then that the field is not continuous one as Einstein is said to believe strongly? Also I could not...

Can anybody throw light on the following doubts? 1.what is the implication of the recent discovery of the higgs boson in the quantum physics? Does it support the quantum nature of matter and wave and the uncertainty principle? 2. It is said that Einstein did not accept the quantum theory...

I have some basic doubts in the alpha ray scattering experiment by Rutherford and his students way back in 1909. 1.In the formula for the distance of the closest approach, the term velocity of the alpha particle and the charge of the gold nucleus appears. How did they measure the velocity of...

I have studied,as one of the uses of polaroids is, that it can be fitted in the head lights of cars and other vehicles to eliminate the glare. This will certainly act as a boon to the motorists and result in considerable reduction of road accidents during the night time. I have also learned...