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Asian Physics Olympiad Problems and Solutions

39 SOLVED PROBLEMS

Question: 7.EC.2

Measurement of the Specific Latent Heat of Evaporation of Liquid Nitrogen In this part you can use the following equipment:(1) A Styrofoam cup with a cap.(2) Dewar flask with liquid nitrogen.(3) An aluminum cylinder with a hole (item 3, Part 1).(4) Electronic scales with accuracy of 1 g (item 4, ...

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(2a) Below is the table showing the the mass of ev...

Question: 6.EC.2

Magnetic Braking on An Incl ined Plane Introduction When a magnet moves near a non-magnetic conductor such as copper and aluminum, it experiences a dissipative force called magnetic braking force. In this experiment we will investigate the nature of this force. The magnetic braking force ...

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(A) Setup and Introduction ( 1) To minimize the to...

Question: 6.EC.1

Determination of Shapes by Reflection Introduction Direct visual observation, is a method where human beings used their eyes to identify an object. However, not all things in life can be observed directly. For example, how can you tell the position of a broken bone? Is it possible to look at a ...

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Table--1-- There are 3 jumps on the graph. This is...

Question: 5.EC.2

Black Box Apparatus and materials (1) A double beam oscilloscope. (2) A function generator capable to generate sine, triangle and square waves over the 0.02 Hz to 2 MHz range. (3) A “Black Box” with two groups of connectors: the ABCD group and A’B’C’D’ group. Besides, there are also two connectors ...

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(1) The type of the elements Z. Adjust the oscillo...

Question: 5.TC.3

Compression and Expansion of a Two Gases System A cylinder is divided in two compartments with a mobile partition NM. The compartment in the left is limited by the fond of the cylinder and the partition NM (Fig.5-3). This compartment contains one mole of water vapor. ...

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(1) (a) The isotherm curve is shown in Fig. 5 - 4....

Question: 4.EC.II

There are many techniques to study the object with a bore inside. Mechanical oscillation method is one of the non-destructive techniques. In this problem, you are given a brass cube of uniform density with cylindrical bore inside. You are required to perform non-destructive ...

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(a) Derivation of moment of inertia I, For configu...

Question: 4.EC.I

I. Determination of Capacitance Background It is known that capacitors play a significant role in the electrical circuits. There are several methods of measurements of the capacitance of a capacitor. In this experiment you are required to perform the experiment in order to determine the ...

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(\mathrm{a})\,\overline{{{ P}}}={I^{2} }R=\...

Question: 3.EC.B

Objective To study how the frequency of vibration of a tuning fork varies with an equal mass clamped on each of its prongs (at a definite point near the prong tip) , and hence to determine the pair of unknown masses X similarly attached to the prongs.The Stroboscope The experiment will make use of ...

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Step 1. Fundamental Synchronism and Multiple Frequ...

Question: 3.EC.A

Measurement of Reflectance and Determination of Refractive Index I. Background The aim of this experiment is to measure the angular dependence of reflection of polarized light and to determine the refractive index of a semiconductor wafer. When light falls on a semiconductor surface it will be ...

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(1) Determine the plane of polarization of the inc...

Question: 5.TC.2

Optical Fiber An optical fiber consists of a cylindrical core of radius a, made of a transparent material with refraction index varying gradually from the value n = n1 on the axis to n = n2 (with 1 < n2 < n1 ) at a distance a from the axis, according to the formula ...

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(1) (a) At both sides of the point 0 (outside and ...

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