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The word voltage is used colloquially to describe two different things.  The first is electromotive force or e.m.f. Of a battery, cell or generator, which is the energy converted into electrical form per unit charge passing through the device. The other is the potential difference or p.d. Between two points in a circuit, which is the … Read more
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Diamond is one of the most refractive materials that is transparent, although the highest for which I have seen a value is silicon. You can find the refractive index of opaque materials by studying the angle at which reflected light is almost totally plane polarised (Brewster's Law)
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Most meteorites are relatively small, so they would have little effect on the much more massive Moon.  It would take an enormous asteroid to have a significant effect - Ceres is the largest and even that would cause little deflection.  However, the view from Earth would be spectacular.  There is evidence that in Anglo-Saxon times some monks saw … Read more
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You can charge an object by connecting by a wire to something at a high voltage. This is charging by conduction. If you bring a charged object near a conductor, briefly touch the conductor, and then remove the charged object, the conductor will have a charge left on it.  This is charging by induction (in case … Read more