What is the bends? | Short Circuit
. How bubbles in the blood cause the bends.
Height and pressure | Short Circuit
Effect of height above the surface of the Earth on pressure - diving patient on a helicopter flight.
The decompression chamber | Short Circuit
Spec references J249: P1.3c, P1.3d, P1.3f. How a decompression chamber works - animation and analogy with diving context .
The effect of pressure on gases | Short Circuit
Spec references J249: P1.3c, P1.3d, P1.3f. The effect of pressure on bubble size - animation.
Atmospheric pressure | Short Circuit
. Atmospheric pressure is related to the weight of the air above you.
Dissolved gases under pressure | Short Circuit
. Spec references: J249: P1.3c, P1.3d, P1.3f Analogy between dissolved gases in the blood and fizzy drinks.
Pressure and water depth | Short Circuit
Spec references J249: P1.3c, P1.3d, P1.3f. Effect of water depth on an enclosed volume of air - scuba diver.
Physical Processes 3: Temperature and Heat | Scientific Eye
The show delves into the nature of heat as a form of energy transfer,
Pressure | Short Circuit
Bringing chemistry, physics and biology to life using real-life examples, 3D graphics and practical experiments.
Richard Hammond explores the miniature universe around us, from microscopic changes to ice crystals that can tri...
Nuclear physicist Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of the discovery that everything is made of atoms, and of the minds behind the scientific bre...
Dr Gabrielle Walker and Dr Andrea Sella investigate what happens when pressure is applied to ice and how this allows us to ice skate.
Dr Gabrielle Walker and Dr Andrea Sella investigate the properties of ice crystals, to explain why ice floats.
Jim Al-Khalili explains Heisenberg's famous Uncertainty Principle that explains why an atom can't be visualised.
Spec references J248: C2.2h J250: C2.2h. Professor Jim Al-Khalili explains how chemical properties are de...
Jim Al-Khalili attempts to explain one of the most difficult scientific concepts, but one that underpins everything.
Spec references J248: C1.2a J250: C1.2a. Detailed desciption of how Rutherford's alpha particle scattering experiment was develo...
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