Physics

Temperature is the property of a system that determines whether or not the system is in thermal equilibrium with other systems. Body Temperature The property…

Limitation of Rutherford’s Atom Model Although Rutherford’s atom model is more logical than Thomson’s model, it has some defects or limitations. The limitations of this…

Rutherford’s Atom Model In 1911, famous scientist Rutherford proposed a model of an atom. Through extensive experiments he observed the deflection or scattering from different…

Rutherford’s Alpha Particle Experiment Throughout the nineteenth century, scientists had the idea that each atom was composed of positive charges and these charges were distributed…

Thomson’s Atom Model Famous English scientist Joseph J. Thomson after the discovery of electrons in 1897 presented a model about the structure of the atom.…

Successive development of Ideas on Atomic Structure From ancient times different philosophers gave different hypothesis about the structure of matter. First a Greek philosopher named…

Stopping Potential: The smallest magnitude of the anode potential which just stops the photoelectric current is called the stopping potential. The potential difference that we…

Threshold Frequency: In case of emission of photoelectrons there is a minimum frequency which is called the threshold frequency. It is the minimum frequency of…

Photoelectric Work Function: The amount of energy needed to emit the electron from the attraction of the nucleus of the emitter is called the photoelectric…

Time Dilation: A clock in a moving frame will measure slower time compared to that in a clock in a stationary frame of reference i.e.,…