Calorimetry!

Calorimetry again – yay or nay? So this is the fourth time I’ve done calorimetry in class, but to be honest, I always have to refresh my knowledge on the topic every time because the concept is quite tricky at least for me. And yay at least this time there are a few changes in […]

Temperature measurement and thermometers

When you place a hot object in contact to a colder object, the heat from the hotter object will transfer to the colder object until they are both of the same temperature. This state is called thermal equilibrium. This is actually how thermometers work – heat will transfer from the surroundings towards the thermometer until […]

Interference

As part of its wave-like nature, light can exhibit interference. In a narrow single slit source, the waves that pass through this slit experience interference, creating diffraction patters that can be observed on a surface it is projected on. The same also happens when there are double slits, but the diffraction patters differ this time. […]

Reflection and Refraction

Last week was the beginning of our experiments in 103.1. The Monday class have told us that due to conflict with materials because of Physics 73.1 classes, they started with experiments in optics instead of thermodynamics which was supposedly their schedule. We were also originally supposed to start with thermodynamics so we figured our case […]