Radioactivity at Rooks Heath

Safety Before we start we need to reassure all parents, carers and neighbours of Rooks Heath that the radioactive sources used in schools are not dangerous. There are rules and regulations that have to be abided by mainly because some young people can be a bit silly and swallowing an alpha source won’t do you […]

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The Electromagnetic Spectrum by year 12 physics students

Microwaves Thanusiyan Jekanathan 12Y Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimetre, or equivalently, with frequencies between 300 MHz (0.3 GHz) and 300 GHz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave http://ims2012.mtt.org/en/node/184 The existence of radio waves was predicted by James Clerk Maxwell in 1864 from his […]

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Spectroscopy in a suitcase

A Spectroscopy workshop kindly funded by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in collaboration with Imperial College London. Hosted by Ben (PhD student) and Leila (undergraduate) at Imperial College We were very fortunate that Rooks Heath Chemistry and Physics A level students were able to take part in this workshop last December. Spectroscopy is a […]

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