Govt Exams
Fluorine has the highest electronegativity value (3.98) on the Pauling scale. Electronegativity is the tendency of an atom to attract electrons in a chemical bond. As we go from fluorine down the halogen group, electronegativity decreases.
Sound cannot propagate through vacuum because it requires a medium (solid, liquid, or gas) to travel. Sound travels fastest in solids, slower in liquids, and slowest in gases. Frequency determines pitch.
The First Law of Thermodynamics is the Law of Conservation of Energy, which states that energy is neither created nor destroyed but only transformed.
The Doppler effect causes the observed frequency to increase when a sound source moves towards the observer due to compression of sound waves.
A plane mirror has infinite focal length because it does not converge or diverge light rays.
The electromagnetic spectrum in order of increasing frequency: Radio < Microwave < Infrared < Visible < Ultraviolet < X-ray < Gamma.
Carbon-14 has a half-life of approximately 5,730 years, making it useful for dating archaeological artifacts.
At -40°, both Celsius and Fahrenheit scales show the same value: -40°C = -40°F.
Acetylene (C₂H₂) is commonly used in oxy-acetylene welding and cutting due to its high flame temperature of about 3,300°C.
Electromagnetic induction is the process where a changing magnetic field produces an electric current, as discovered by Faraday.