Physics

In the year 1860, James Clerk Maxwell published equations that describe how charged particles give rise to electric and magnetic force per unit charge. Maxwell’s… Read More »What are Maxwell’s Equation

In physics, a sinusoidal plane wave is a wave whose value varies as a sinusoidal function of time and of the distance from some fixed… Read More »What is Sinusoidal plane wave: Explanation and Diagram

The shape of p orbital is in a dumbbell shape. There is three p orbital that differs in orientation along a three-dimensional axis. P orbitals… Read More »P Orbital: Explanation and Diagram

The Principal quantum number (symbolized ‘n’) is one of the four quantum numbers assigned to each electron in an atom to describe the electron’s state.… Read More »What is Principal Quantum Number: Explanation and Diagram

Arthur Holly Compton was a physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his 1923 discovery of the Compton effect, which demonstrated… Read More »What is Compton Scattering: Explanation and Diagram

The spin quantum number describes the intrinsic angular momentum of an electron or other particle. Spin quantum number is proposed by George Uhlenbeck and Samuel… Read More »What is Spin quantum number of an Electron

Tunnel diode was invented in August 1957 by Leo Esaki, Yuriko Kurose, and Takashi Suzuki. A tunnel diode is a type of semiconductor diode that… Read More »What is Tunnel Diode

He is best known for his “Schrödinger ’s cat” thought experiment. In the year 1926, Schrödinger published the “Schrödinger equation”. Reference Source: [1] Wikipedia Contributors.… Read More »What is Schrödinger Equation: Explanation and Diagram

Theodore Maiman invented the world’s first laser which was ruby laser on May 16, 1960. Ruby Laser is a solid-state laser that uses a synthetic… Read More »What is Ruby Laser: Explanation and Diagram

He earned a Ph.D. degree at the age of 23. He is best known for his “Schrödinger ’s cat” thought experiment. In 1926, Schrondinger published… Read More »Erwin Schrödinger

Max Born shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1954 with Walther Bothe for his probabilistic interpretation of quantum mechanics. Reference Source: [1] Wikipedia Contributors.… Read More »MAX BORN

Newton’s law of universal gravitation is published in the year 1687. NEWTON’S LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION STATES THAT EVERY OBJECT ATTRACTS EACH OTHER IN THE… Read More »Newton’s law of universal gravitation

PYTHAGORAS THEOREM STATES THAT IN A RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLE THE SQUARE OF HYPOTENUSE IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF THE SQUARE OF THE OTHER TWO SIDES… Read More »Pythagoras Theorem

It is also known as Einstein’s equation. Einstein field equation is published in 1915 in the form of the tensor equation. This equation describes gravity… Read More »Einstein Field Equation

Robert Millikan determined the magnitude of the electron’s charge by oil-drop experiment. He was awarded The Nobel Prize in Physics in the year 1923 for… Read More »Robert Andrews Millikan, Oil drop experiment

Michael Faraday received little formal education, yet he is one of the Most Influential Scientists in History. Galvanometer: A galvanometer is a device is used… Read More »Faraday’s Law of Induction

He was a physical chemist and a Dean of the College of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. The terms photon is coined by… Read More »Gilbert N. Lewis

18th December is the Birthday of Physicist Sir. J.J. Thomson (18 December 1856 – 30 August 1940). Physicist and 1906 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics… Read More »On this Day in Physics

‌Thermionic emission is the emission of electrons from the surface of the metal when high thermal energy is applied to it. This occurs when the… Read More »Thermionic emission

The concept of the pendulum is first to come around in the year 1602, by Galileo Galilei. The pendulum clock was invented by Christiaan Huygens… Read More »Pendulum System

On December 14, 1900, Plack published his findings on Quantum theory in the German Physical Society. His study on black-body radiation shows that the radiation… Read More »Max Planck

Self-inductance is the property of the coil to resist change in the current flowing through it. When the current changes in the coil, an EMF… Read More »Self Inductance

David Bohm made a significant contribution to physics, particularly quantum mechanics. He developed the theory of plasma, his book “Quantum Theory” is published in the… Read More »David Bohm

Newton’s cradle is based on the principle of conservation of energy and conservation of momentum. When a ball from one end is lifted in the… Read More »Newton’s Cradle

In the year 1925 two physicists, Samuel Goudsmit and George Uhlenbeck proposed the concept of Electron Spin. The spin quantum number (ms) describes the angular… Read More »Electron Spin

Archimedes’ principle states that any object completely or partially submerged in a fluid at rest is acted upon by an upward force or buoyant force… Read More »Archimedes’ Principle

Archimedes’ principle states that any object completely or partially submerged in a fluid at rest is acted upon by an upward force or buoyant force… Read More »Archimedes’ Principle

If you placed the current carrying conductor in the magnetic field, then force acts on the conductor is perpendicular to both direction of magnetic field… Read More »Fleming’s Left Hand Rule

Boyle’s law states that the pressure exerted by the given mass of the gas is inversely proportional to the volume occupied by it if the… Read More »Boyle’s law

Charles’s law explains how gas expand when heated. At, fixed pressure volume and temperature of a gas is directly proportional to each other. V1/T1 =… Read More »Jacques Charles

The uncertainty principle states that the position and momentum of a particle cannot be simultaneously measured with absolute precision.