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  • Electric flux

    Correction Physics Electric Charges and Fields

    OpenAI Codex review: read full lesson, FAQs and practice; independently checked equations, numerical answers, signs and physical assumptions. Corrected misleading or missing qualifications; saved only as unpublished draft.

  • Electric dipole

    Correction Physics Electric Charges and Fields

    OpenAI Codex review: read full lesson, FAQs and practice; independently checked equations, numerical answers, signs and physical assumptions. Corrected misleading or missing qualifications; saved only as unpublished draft.

  • Dipole in a uniform field

    Correction Physics Electric Charges and Fields

    OpenAI Codex review: read full lesson, FAQs and practice; independently checked equations, numerical answers, signs and physical assumptions. Corrected misleading or missing qualifications; saved only as unpublished draft.

  • Continuous charge distribution

    Correction Physics Electric Charges and Fields

    OpenAI Codex review: read full lesson, FAQs and practice; independently checked equations, numerical answers, signs and physical assumptions. Corrected misleading or missing qualifications; saved only as unpublished draft.

  • Gauss’s law

    Correction Physics Electric Charges and Fields

    OpenAI Codex review: read full lesson, FAQs and practice; independently checked equations, numerical answers, signs and physical assumptions. Corrected misleading or missing qualifications; saved only as unpublished draft.

  • Applications of Gauss’s law

    Correction Physics Electric Charges and Fields

    OpenAI Codex review: read full lesson, FAQs and practice; independently checked equations, numerical answers, signs and physical assumptions. Corrected misleading or missing qualifications; saved only as unpublished draft.

  • Electrostatic potential energy

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: Main infinity-zero discussion omitted finite-work condition already explained in FAQ; promoted it to the lesson. Mechanical energy conservation now states only conservative forces do work.

  • Electrostatic potential

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: Example4 incorrectly used K=qΔV for kinetic gain; corrected ΔK=−qΔV. Practice proton loss had a positive qΔV despite ΔV=−200V; corrected ΔU and gain separately.

  • Potential due to a point charge

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: V=Er labelled magnitudes was ambiguous for negative sources; now |V|=|E|r and signed radial component Er explicit.

  • Potential due to a dipole

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: FAQ exact axial kp/(r²−a²) lacked positive-side exterior r>a condition. Far-field summaries and derivative FAQ now state their scope; point dipole excludes origin.

  • Potential due to a system of charges

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: Standalone shell questions omitted uniform spherical charge distribution; made explicit. Kinetic-energy sign example now states only electric force acts.

  • Equipotential surfaces

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: Field direction needs nonzero E and a smooth surface; an equipotential gives a normal axis, while neighbouring potentials determine sense.

  • Potential energy of a system of charges

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: All examples, pair counting, square energies and FAQ answers correct; added explicit quasistatic assembly and exclusion of divergent point-charge self-energy.

  • Potential energy in an external field

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: Infinity reference cannot be used for an ideal uniform field; finite-reference option added. Dipole energy now explicitly assumes fixed permanent rigid moment.

  • Electrostatics of conductors

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: Electrons do not literally stop microscopic motion: revised to zero net drift. Surface boundary field now signed vector in vacuum; off-centre sphere uniform exterior needs isolation/no external field.

  • Dielectrics and polarisation

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: P=ε₀χE now defines total interior E. Field reduction limited to fixed source charge/wide-slab model; fixed voltage battery case distinguished.

  • Capacitors and capacitance

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: Faraday FAQ confused amount of charge in C with Faraday constant in C/mol; corrected and linked exact SI definitions.

  • The parallel plate capacitor

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: Outside zero field restricted to ideal infinite-sheet model; plate gap must be small relative to each lateral dimension.

  • Effect of a dielectric on capacitance

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: Bound charges cancel field rather than remove free plate charge. General KC0 requires homogeneous linear medium filling entire field region.

  • Combination of capacitors

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: Series proof wrongly inferred zero net capacitor/junction charge from zero wire field; replaced with conserved charge of isolated initially neutral junction and counterexample for charged junction.

  • Energy stored in a capacitor

    Correction Physics Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

    OpenAI Codex full content review: Clarified reversible stored charging work versus extra circuit dissipation; formula assumes constant linear capacitance.

  • Electric current

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Clarified signed forward-minus-backward charge amounts, conventional-current arrow and uniform-area restriction; distinguished SI adoption from effective date and orbital time-averaged magnitude.

  • Electric currents in conductors

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected bound-electron polarisation, metallic-solid scope, equilibrium zero net drift, charge screening versus removal and negative mobile charge; clarified metallic band alternatives.

  • Ohm’s law

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Added fixed physical conditions, uniform isotropic conductor and nonzero-current ratio; stretching now assumes unchanged resistivity; quick answer no longer calls resistivity material-only.

  • Experiment: resistance using Ohm’s law

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected ammeter wire-plus-voltmeter loading; added low-voltage lab supply and maximum rheostat setting before closure; reading uncertainties explicitly assigned and first-order maximum estimate distinguished.

  • Drift of electrons

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected individual-electron speed claim and false every-electron-in-slab crossing claim; derived net transport, steady-state scope and mean transport timescale. Accurate page alt/caption supersede misleading old asset title.

  • Limitations of Ohm’s law

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Added negative differential versus static resistance distinction, nonzero-current ratio and operating-range restrictions for GaAs and Ohm’s law.

  • Resistivity of various materials

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Illustrative NCERT ranges no longer imply unique semiconductor identification; intrinsic regime qualified; replaced unverifiable NASA resistivity attribution with grade-specific Kanthal1.09e−6Ωm and removed dated price ratio.

  • Temperature dependence of resistivity

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected reference-temperature coefficient criterion with exact converted coefficient; distinguished classical speed explanation from lattice scattering and intrinsic regime; clarified849°C vs NCERT847°C intermediate rounding.

  • Electrical energy and power

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Scoped IV heat to resistors, receiving-end transmission voltage and AC transformers; bulb comparison qualified; fuse time-current behaviour and limits of classroom10A estimate corrected with Eaton primary source.

  • Combination of resistors

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Added positive finite resistor/ideal wire/series junction assumptions and strict-inequality scope; power-rating sum depends on cooling; open failure distinguished from shared fault protection.

  • Cells, emf and internal resistance

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected galvanic versus electrolytic source terminology and terminal voltage existence in open circuit; included idealr0 exception, internal work direction and constant-source finite-positive-r model.

  • Cells in series and in parallel

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected continuous optimum versus discrete allowed integer groupings and fixed-current versus fixed-load internal heat claim; charging-direction current does not imply primary-cell rechargeability.

  • Kirchhoff’s rules

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Required independent loops, negligible node charge storage and lumped quasistatic scope; all induced emfs including external flux must be included. Independently solved cube terminal classes and NCERT networks.

  • Wheatstone bridge

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Added functioning detector and energised-source conditions for null test; sensitivity depends on source/detector/arm resistances; unbalanced bridge needs more than series-parallel reductions alone.

  • Metre bridge

    Correction Physics Current Electricity

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected absolute midpoint/end-error cancellation claims, first-order unequal-end cancellation and uncertainty interpretation;6.2% example explicit; added opposite-end deflection check and diameter measurement precautions.

  • Magnetic force

    Correction Physics Moving Charges and Magnetism

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected signed charge versus force magnitude |q| in principal formula, summary and metadata; Fleming rule now applies only to magnetic part. Added same-frame and uniform external-field scope.

  • Motion in a magnetic field

    Correction Physics Moving Charges and Magnetism

    OpenAI Codex full review: Added missing nonrelativistic assumptions to frequency/period claims, corrected at-any-speed parallel-E FAQ and clarified q as magnitude, signed axial displacement versus pitch length, and antiparallel straight-line case.

  • Biot–Savart law

    Correction Physics Moving Charges and Magnetism

    OpenAI Codex full review: Added steady-current/vacuum/r>0 and finite-element approximation conditions; finite-wire endpoint angles require signs outside segment. Moving-charge approximation excludes radiation terms; μ0 now approximate consistently and SI effective date explicit.

  • Field on the axis of a loop

    Correction Physics Moving Charges and Magnetism

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected centre weakest in entire plane to disk interior; divergence belongs only to ideal filament. Added thin-flat N-turn, fixed-current rewinding and arc-lead assumptions; far-axis coordinate is distance.

  • Ampere’s circuital law

    Correction Physics Moving Charges and Magnetism

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected zero-integral inference: constant magnitude alone does not imply B=0, tangential signed component is required. Added orientation in BL reduction, ideal filament limitation and hollow-pipe cavity distinction.

  • The solenoid

    Correction Physics Moving Charges and Magnetism

    OpenAI Codex full review: Restricted uniform/radius-independent field to ideal infinite winding or central region of long finite air-core solenoid; clarified discrete winding, return lead, saturation and toroid leakage approximations.

  • Force between parallel currents

    Correction Physics Moving Charges and Magnetism

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected unconditional repulsive levitation stability: vertical stability requires constraint and fixed current, lateral displacement is unstable. Replaced pressure handwave, qualified symmetric perpendicular segments and infinite-wire divergent torque.

  • Torque on a current loop

    Correction Physics Moving Charges and Magnetism

    OpenAI Codex full review: Alignment needs damping to settle; fixed-current/fixed-moment and flexible-loop assumptions explicit. Dipole equivalence restricted to far field. Existing NCERT energy-sign correction retained; original forward motion cannot determine angular speed.

  • Moving coil galvanometer

    Correction Physics Moving Charges and Magnetism

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected uniform radial field to nearly constant magnitude at active sides, slow-AC exception and same-movement resistance comparison. Added conversion domains, fixed geometry for N scaling and model-only loading example.

  • Experiment: galvanometer resistance

    Correction Physics Moving Charges and Magnetism

    OpenAI Codex full review: Added valid resistance ranges, zero-corrected linear scale and source resistance correction. Distinguished figure-of-merit k from torsion constant; graph fitting does not eliminate systematic error and extrapolated intercept can be uncertain.

  • The bar magnet

    Correction Physics Magnetism and Matter

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected false claim that zero net magnetic moment rules out local poles/fields; distinguished an infinite wire from a finite zero-moment source.

  • Gauss’s law for magnetism

    Correction Physics Magnetism and Matter

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected universal closed-loop claim: divergence-free lines have no local endpoints but need not all close. Exact flux uses surface integral with outward normals; matching open surfaces require consistent orientation.

  • Magnetisation and magnetic intensity

    Correction Physics Magnetism and Matter

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected general H=external-only claim throughout body, FAQs, summary and quick answer: finite samples have demagnetising fields; H=nI and Bm=μ0M require ideal uniformly filled long solenoid.

  • Magnetic properties of materials

    Correction Physics Magnetism and Matter

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected induced-moment energy from −m·B to effective −½αB² for m=αB, checked by integration and primary research.

  • Experiments of Faraday and Henry

    Correction Physics Electromagnetic Induction

    OpenAI Codex full review: Qualified current-duration and pointer-reset claims with resistive approximation and finite transients; motion must change linked flux.

  • Magnetic flux

    Correction Physics Electromagnetic Induction

    OpenAI Codex full review: Replaced literal field-line count and finite-sum equality with visual analogy and exact surface integral; signed projected area and normal conventions explicit.

  • Faraday’s law of induction

    Correction Physics Electromagnetic Induction

    OpenAI Codex full review: Added missing resistive approximation to I=ε/R and current-following-emf claims; inductive energy can sustain lagging current.

  • Lenz’s law

    Correction Physics Electromagnetic Induction

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected FAQ claiming current can oppose emf only with cell/capacitor: inductive stored energy is another cause; Lenz law fixes polarity rather than arbitrary existing current.

  • Motional emf

    Correction Physics Electromagnetic Induction

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected magnetic force doing work qvBl: motional line integral supplies emf, total magnetic force does no net work on each charge, external mechanical work supplies electrical energy.

  • Eddy currents

    Correction Physics Electromagnetic Induction

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected only-metals and all-energy-always-heat claims; distinguished passive braking from mechanical transfer and transient field storage.

  • Inductance

    Correction Physics Electromagnetic Induction

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected universal constant/current-independent L claim for nonlinear ferromagnetic cores; fixed geometry, linear reciprocal medium and saturation/hysteresis scope explicit.

  • AC generator

    Correction Physics Electromagnetic Induction

    OpenAI Codex full review: Specified ideal rotating-coil geometry, constant speed, initial normal and phase; output current requires a connected load and can be phase shifted.

  • AC voltage applied to a resistor

    Correction Physics Alternating Current

    OpenAI Codex full review: Qualified sinusoidal constant-R operating-temperature model; corrected half-cycle sign and specified triangle/sawtooth ranges.

  • Phasors

    Correction Physics Alternating Current

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected LC-combination always-out-of-phase assertion, and whole-diagram rotation claim: relative phases preserved but fixed-time instantaneous values change.

  • AC voltage applied to an inductor

    Correction Physics Alternating Current

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected false claim symmetric source forces zero integration constant: ideal L can retain initial dc current. Every phase/example result now explicitly scoped to zero-offset sinusoidal solution.

  • AC voltage applied to a capacitor

    Correction Physics Alternating Current

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected absolute no-DC-lamp-glow claim with possible charging flash and no sustained current; AC glow requires sufficient current.

  • Series LCR circuit

    Correction Physics Alternating Current

    OpenAI Codex full review: Specified sinusoidal steady state, positive constant R and fixed source amplitude for resonance peak; undamped R=0 forced resonance has no finite sinusoidal steady state.

  • Power in ac circuits

    Correction Physics Alternating Current

    OpenAI Codex full review: Fixed reactive-power sign inconsistency with NCERT current-phase convention; wattless components stated as magnitudes, signed conventional Q=−VI sinφ.

  • Transformers

    Correction Physics Alternating Current

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected primary back-emf sign and ideal-transformer assumptions: negligible winding drops/magnetising current, not universally small load currents.

  • Displacement current

    Correction Physics Electromagnetic Waves

    OpenAI Codex full review: Qualified vacuum-gap, negligible-fringing/quasistatic and axial-symmetry assumptions; distinguished full-area displacement current from smaller-loop fraction.

  • Electromagnetic waves

    Correction Physics Electromagnetic Waves

    OpenAI Codex full review: Restricted perpendicular/in-phase E/B=c and equal energy shares to freely travelling plane vacuum wave, rather than near fields, standing superpositions or arbitrary media.

  • Electromagnetic spectrum

    Correction Physics Electromagnetic Waves

    OpenAI Codex full review: Replaced unsupported Wikipedia sources for Gunn devices, microwave heating, ozone height, glass UV transmission and gamma energy with primary NASA/NOAA/FDA/CNSC/research evidence.

  • Spherical mirrors

    Correction Physics Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

    OpenAI Codex full review: Qualified paraxial/small-aperture mirror formulas, real versus virtual object signs, convex-image claims and finite versus infinite images. Half-aperture completeness and brightness now state field/illumination assumptions. Recomputed all worked images, jogger average/inst

  • Refraction

    Correction Physics Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

    OpenAI Codex full review: Resolved NCERT Fig9.27 printed47°/answer-key41° mismatch: literal result33.7° first, alternative38.2° explicitly separate. Visually checked current PDF printed249. Added phase-speed, isotropic stationary-interface, fixed-frequency and near-normal apparent-depth assumptions

  • Experiment: glass slab

    Correction Physics Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected liquid-method wording: translate whole microscope with focus unchanged; clarified constant-offset cancellation and conditional thickness advantage. Uncertainties are conservative first-order bounds with assumed per-reading error; shared top-surface reading is cor

  • Total internal reflection

    Correction Physics Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

    OpenAI Codex full review: Qualified ideal lossless TIR: evanescent field exists but no average transmitted normal power; fibres still have attenuation/bending losses. Acceptance calculation now states air, straight step-index and meridional rays; includes axial ray, excludes exactly grazing entry,

  • Lenses

    Correction Physics Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

    OpenAI Codex full review: Added thin/paraxial equal-surrounding-medium and index contrast assumptions; convex/concave power and image rules no longer universal. Corrected dimensionally incomplete power explanation to deflection per ray height; single-surface example now specifies curvature orientat

  • Experiment: focal lengths

    Correction Physics Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

    OpenAI Codex full review: Clarified positive-distance magnitudes, thin/paraxial model and worst-case first-order uncertainty. Six reversed pairs give12 plotted points, not12 independent observations; parallax is a convenient method rather than the only method. Qualified convex-mirror image claims a

  • Prism

    Correction Physics Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

    OpenAI Codex full review: Specified same external medium, higher prism index, principal-plane ray and emergence range; fixed universal two-incidences and both-bends claims. Critical incidence means threshold grazing emergence, with TIR strictly beyond it; symmetric path is parallel to base only for

  • Experiment: prism i–δ graph

    Correction Physics Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected hollow-prism wall explanation: glass index cancels between parallel interfaces but air-to-liquid net angular refraction remains. Illustrative samples, material-dependent angle range and monochromatic comparisons made explicit; graph fitting follows trend rather t

  • Optical instruments

    Correction Physics Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

    OpenAI Codex full review: Separated signed/magnitude magnification, conventional near point, optical tube length and lens separation; near-point L-based compound formula now approximate. Removed obsolete fundamental9×/1cm limits, specified Keplerian versus Galilean telescope and historical observer

  • Huygens principle

    Correction Physics Wave Optics

    OpenAI Codex full review: Qualified isotropic phase-speed/ray-normal and no-absorption assumptions; coherent ideal line source replaces generic glowing filament as cylindrical-wave source. Clarified outgoing-wave/backwave construction versus real reflection and the approximate, geometry-specific ob

  • Refraction and reflection by Huygens principle

    Correction Physics Wave Optics

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected energy-is-only-amplitude explanation: photon energy unchanged at a stationary transparent boundary, but intensity also depends on medium properties and reflected power. Distinguished phase optical path from dispersive pulse transit time; Fermat means stationary o

  • Coherent and incoherent addition

    Correction Physics Wave Optics

    OpenAI Codex full review: Added matching polarisation, local intensity, initial phase and finite observation-time assumptions; coherent orthogonal polarisation has zero ordinary intensity cross term. Fixed amplitude sign, false spatially uniform incoherent illumination and overly broad only-one-sou

  • Young’s double-slit experiment

    Correction Physics Wave Optics

    OpenAI Codex full review: Specified symmetric initial phase, coherence, polarisation, small-angle and finite-slit-envelope conditions; adjacent bright-dark separation is half fringe width. Missing-geometry NCERT10.6 now gives general D/d answers before labelled assumed numerical values; finite-scre

  • Diffraction

    Correction Physics Wave Optics

    OpenAI Codex full review: Corrected two-slit intensity construction to product of diffraction envelope and interference factor, not added intensity patterns. Specified scalar uniform Fraunhofer/small-angle scope and no-first-minimum case a<λ; exact sine minima added to formula sheet. Independently

  • Polarisation

    Correction Physics Wave Optics

    OpenAI Codex full review: Separated ideal polariser transmission from real losses/leakage; circular/elliptical polarisation is not random unpolarised light, and a rotating analyser alone cannot distinguish circular from unpolarised. Display test now requires known linear LCD output, with an inconcl

  • Brewster’s law

    Correction Physics Wave Optics

    OpenAI Codex full review: Specified lossless isotropic non-magnetic different-index interface, relative index and initially unpolarised input; p-only incidence has zero reflected beam, index-matched interface no reflection. Removed universal most-s-power-transmitted claim (diamond counterexample co

  • Electron emission

    Correction Physics Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected physical assumptions, explanatory precision and source/metadata consistency; independently recalculated examples. Unpublished review draft.

  • Photoelectric effect

    Correction Physics Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected physical assumptions, explanatory precision and source/metadata consistency; independently recalculated examples. Unpublished review draft.

  • Experimental study of the photoelectric effect

    Correction Physics Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected physical assumptions, explanatory precision and source/metadata consistency; independently recalculated examples. Unpublished review draft.

  • Photoelectric effect and the wave theory

    Correction Physics Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected physical assumptions, explanatory precision and source/metadata consistency; independently recalculated examples. Unpublished review draft.

  • Einstein’s photoelectric equation

    Correction Physics Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected physical assumptions, explanatory precision and source/metadata consistency; independently recalculated examples. Unpublished review draft.

  • Photon

    Correction Physics Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected physical assumptions, explanatory precision and source/metadata consistency; independently recalculated examples. Unpublished review draft.

  • Wave nature of matter

    Correction Physics Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected physical assumptions, explanatory precision and source/metadata consistency; independently recalculated examples. Unpublished review draft.

  • Rutherford’s nuclear model

    Correction Physics Atoms

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected model domains, spectroscopy and quantum-state explanations; independently recomputed numerical examples and checked primary sources. Unpublished review draft.

  • Atomic spectra

    Correction Physics Atoms

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected model domains, spectroscopy and quantum-state explanations; independently recomputed numerical examples and checked primary sources. Unpublished review draft.

  • Bohr model

    Correction Physics Atoms

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected model domains, spectroscopy and quantum-state explanations; independently recomputed numerical examples and checked primary sources. Unpublished review draft.

  • Line spectra of hydrogen

    Correction Physics Atoms

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected model domains, spectroscopy and quantum-state explanations; independently recomputed numerical examples and checked primary sources. Unpublished review draft.

  • De Broglie and Bohr’s postulate

    Correction Physics Atoms

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected model domains, spectroscopy and quantum-state explanations; independently recomputed numerical examples and checked primary sources. Unpublished review draft.

  • Composition of the nucleus

    Correction Physics Nuclei

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected nuclear/atomic model boundaries, decay and fusion explanations, historical and current source claims; independently checked all numerical examples. Unpublished review draft.

  • Size of the nucleus

    Correction Physics Nuclei

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected nuclear/atomic model boundaries, decay and fusion explanations, historical and current source claims; independently checked all numerical examples. Unpublished review draft.

  • Binding energy

    Correction Physics Nuclei

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected nuclear/atomic model boundaries, decay and fusion explanations, historical and current source claims; independently checked all numerical examples. Unpublished review draft.

  • Nuclear force

    Correction Physics Nuclei

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected nuclear/atomic model boundaries, decay and fusion explanations, historical and current source claims; independently checked all numerical examples. Unpublished review draft.

  • Radioactivity

    Correction Physics Nuclei

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected nuclear/atomic model boundaries, decay and fusion explanations, historical and current source claims; independently checked all numerical examples. Unpublished review draft.

  • Nuclear energy

    Correction Physics Nuclei

    OpenAI Codex full content review: corrected nuclear/atomic model boundaries, decay and fusion explanations, historical and current source claims; independently checked all numerical examples. Unpublished review draft.

  • Metals, insulators and semiconductors

    Correction Physics Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice, corrected conceptual limits and verified worked answers independently. Content and five-width layout checks accompany this unpublished revision. Simulations excluded.

  • Intrinsic semiconductor

    Correction Physics Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice, corrected conceptual limits and verified worked answers independently. Content and five-width layout checks accompany this unpublished revision. Simulations excluded.

  • Extrinsic semiconductor

    Correction Physics Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice, corrected conceptual limits and verified worked answers independently. Content and five-width layout checks accompany this unpublished revision. Simulations excluded.

  • p-n junction

    Correction Physics Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice, corrected conceptual limits and verified worked answers independently. Content and five-width layout checks accompany this unpublished revision. Simulations excluded.

  • Semiconductor diode

    Correction Physics Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice, corrected conceptual limits and verified worked answers independently. Content and five-width layout checks accompany this unpublished revision. Simulations excluded.

  • Junction diode as a rectifier

    Correction Physics Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice, corrected conceptual limits and verified worked answers independently. Content and five-width layout checks accompany this unpublished revision. Simulations excluded.

  • Zener diode

    Correction Physics Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice, corrected conceptual limits and verified worked answers independently. Content and five-width layout checks accompany this unpublished revision. Simulations excluded.

  • LED, photodiode and solar cell

    Correction Physics Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice, corrected conceptual limits and verified worked answers independently. Content and five-width layout checks accompany this unpublished revision. Simulations excluded.

  • Experiment: identifying components

    Correction Physics Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice, corrected conceptual limits and verified worked answers independently. Content and five-width layout checks accompany this unpublished revision. Simulations excluded.

  • Logic gates

    Correction Physics Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice, corrected conceptual limits and verified worked answers independently. Content and five-width layout checks accompany this unpublished revision. Simulations excluded.

  • Importance of chemistry

    Correction Chemistry Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

    Clarify matter, branches of chemistry and disinfection; correct sample precision in cisplatin example.

  • Nature of matter

    Correction Chemistry Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

    Correct states-of-matter generalisations, brass classification and plasma definition; distinguish molecular compounds from ionic lattices.

  • Properties of matter

    Correction Chemistry Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

    Correct pressure significant figures and SI definition; clarify density and temperature statements.

  • Uncertainty in measurement

    Correction Chemistry Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

    Correct uncertainty interpretation, significant-figure assumptions and engineering notation; explain procedure-specific uncertainty.

  • Laws of chemical combination

    Correction Chemistry Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

    Clarify Avogadro particles and gas conditions, composition evidence and mass-measurement precision.

  • Dalton’s atomic theory

    Correction Chemistry Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

    Correct isobar mass-number error, preserve molecular formulas in particle counting and qualify modern limits of Dalton’s postulates.

  • Atomic and molecular masses

    Correction Chemistry Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

    Distinguish isotope mass from average atomic mass and clarify atomic-weight terminology and rounded constants.

  • Mole concept

    Correction Chemistry Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

    Correct molar-mass units and post-2019 approximation; clarify mass units, particle counts and significant figures.

  • Percentage composition

    Correction Chemistry Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

    Correct oxygen-by-difference assumptions, empirical-ratio rounding, purity inference and formula-unit distinction.

  • Stoichiometry

    Correction Chemistry Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

    Correct steam volume, solution mixing and limiting-reactant assumptions; remove unsupported ethanol molarity estimate and fix precision.

  • Sub-atomic particles

    Correction Chemistry Structure of Atom

    Clarify charge signs and excess-electron counts, include buoyancy qualification and exact elementary charge, and refine subatomic FAQ.

  • Atomic models

    Correction Chemistry Structure of Atom

    Correct bromine isotope reasoning, isotope-effect claims and penetration generalisations; clarify particle counts and precision.

  • Developments leading to Bohr’s model

    Correction Chemistry Structure of Atom

    Correct cosmic-ray classification and photoelectric assumptions; clarify optical power and quantitative precision.

  • Bohr’s model

    Correction Chemistry Structure of Atom

    Clarify Balmer UV limit, ensemble line counts and direct-transition assumptions; fix photon-energy sign and He+ radius precision.

  • Towards the quantum mechanical model

    Correction Chemistry Structure of Atom

    Correct uncertainty lower-bound interpretation and non-relativistic assumptions; clarify thermal wavelength and probability distributions.

  • Quantum mechanical model

    Correction Chemistry Structure of Atom

    Correct spectral-model limits, spin projection, probability density and exchange description; qualify filling-order and magnetic assumptions.

  • Why classify elements?

    Correction Chemistry Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

    Qualify family predictions, reactivity and configuration rules; repair biological analogy and synthetic-element wording.

  • Genesis of periodic classification

    Correction Chemistry Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

    Clarify hydrogen placement; verify historical predictions and existing germanium melting-point correction.

  • Modern periodic law

    Correction Chemistry Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

    Correct nuclear-charge units, periodicity meaning, completed period7 and old group-label mapping; clarify Pd and isotope exceptions.

  • Naming elements above 100

    Correction Chemistry Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

    Correct naming-stage and approval explanation; distinguish honorees, former names and predicted superheavy configurations.

  • Configurations and the periodic table

    Correction Chemistry Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

    Align quick answer and FAQs with Pd and transition-metal exceptions; qualify orbital energies and valence-electron definition.

  • s, p, d and f blocks

    Correction Chemistry Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

    Correct block exceptions, group16/electron-gain claims and Gd group assignment; remove invented metallic-trend weighting.

  • Periodic trends

    Correction Chemistry Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

    Correct hypervalent bonding, formal oxidation state and noble-gas claims; resolve ambiguous practice and qualify periodic trends.

  • Kössel–Lewis approach

    Correction Chemistry Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

    Distinguish formal from physical charges, clarify valence/duplet rules and isolated structures, and scope expanded-octet models.

  • Ionic bond

    Correction Chemistry Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

    Clarify full stability balance, conductivity scope and thermodynamic conventions while retaining verified Born–Haber examples.

  • Bond parameters

    Correction Chemistry Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

    Correct CO2 resonance reasoning and bond-angle definition; qualify bond-order trends, charge averages and dipole-based ionic estimates.

  • VSEPR theory

    Correction Chemistry Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

    Correct ClF3 repulsion comparison and domain counting; qualify shortcuts, hybridisation labels and shape arguments.

  • Valence bond theory

    Correction Chemistry Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

    Clarify elementary VB limits, phase conventions and rotational barriers; distinguish schematic H2 enthalpy from exact well depth.

  • Hybridisation

    Correction Chemistry Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

    Treat hybridisation as a model, correct lone-pair charge counting and CO2 pi description, and qualify hypervalent d labels.

  • Molecular orbital theory

    Correction Chemistry Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

    Correct dimer nonexistence and stability claims, nuclear repulsion and MO probability interpretation; qualify LCAO approximations.

  • Homonuclear diatomic molecules

    Correction Chemistry Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

    Correct categorical dimer nonexistence and equal-order stability ranking; distinguish C2+ model occupancy from actual quartet ground state.

  • Hydrogen bonding

    Correction Chemistry Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

    Correct hydrogen-bond scope and strength generalisations, bare-proton imagery and chloride example; qualify intramolecular and dimer effects.

  • Metallic bonding

    Correction Chemistry Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

    Clarify core electrons, conduction and cohesion comparisons; remove electron-count-only inference and refine mercury explanation.

  • Thermodynamic terms

    Correction Chemistry Thermodynamics

    Clarify internal energy, system boundaries and reference zeros; qualify ideal isolation and fix the living-cell example.

  • Work, enthalpy and heat capacity

    Correction Chemistry Thermodynamics

    Correct free/adiabatic expansion and constant-volume conditions; state heat/work assumptions and make the piston endpoint physically consistent.

  • Calorimetry

    Correction Chemistry Thermodynamics

    Clarify calorimeter boundaries, work and heat-loss corrections; improve numerical precision and food-energy explanation.

  • Reaction enthalpy and Hess’s law

    Correction Chemistry Thermodynamics

    Clarify molar reaction quantities, standard states and formation zeros; refine thermochemical coefficients, sample units and temperature assumptions.

  • Combustion, bond and lattice enthalpies

    Correction Chemistry Thermodynamics

    Distinguish mean from sequential bond enthalpies, qualify solution/lattice criteria and thermal corrections, and clarify Hess endpoints.

  • Enthalpy of neutralization

    Correction Chemistry Thermodynamics

    Qualify neutralisation heat, use stoichiometric equivalents, and improve calibration, mixing-temperature and heat-loss interpretation.

  • Experiment: enthalpy of solution of copper sulphate

    Correction Chemistry Thermodynamics

    Match calibration fill and initial temperatures; correct Hess-cycle concentration assumptions and dissolution interpretation.

  • Spontaneity, entropy and Gibbs energy

    Correction Chemistry Thermodynamics

    Correct zero-K motion and useful-work sign; distinguish actual from standard Gibbs driving force and fix entropy/stability conditions.

  • Gibbs energy and equilibrium

    Correction Chemistry Thermodynamics

    Correct enthalpy-only equilibrium inference, reversibility and temperature extrapolation; clarify activities and1atm versus1bar reference.

  • Equilibrium in physical processes

    Correction Chemistry Equilibrium

    OpenAI Codex review: Clarified phase coexistence, reservoir equilibrium, Henry-law species and volatility limits; refined examples and revision metadata.

  • Dynamic equilibrium in chemical processes

    Correction Chemistry Equilibrium

    OpenAI Codex review: Corrected fixed-volume thermodynamic criterion, isotope-exchange inference and phase-exhaustion limits; qualified rate analogies.

  • Law of chemical equilibrium and equilibrium constant

    Correction Chemistry Equilibrium

    OpenAI Codex review: Distinguished activity and concentration constants, exercise datasets and significant figures; aligned reaction-manipulation assumptions.

  • Homogeneous equilibria

    Correction Chemistry Equilibrium

    OpenAI Codex review: Corrected dimensional Kp/Kc comparisons, units and standard-state conversion; specified ideal-gas and dissociation assumptions.

  • Heterogeneous equilibria

    Correction Chemistry Equilibrium

    OpenAI Codex review: Corrected phase-exhausted equilibrium, pure-phase activities and silver-oxide net ionic expression; labelled stipulated CaCO3 data.

  • Applications of equilibrium constants

    Correction Chemistry Equilibrium

    OpenAI Codex review: Replaced universal conversion thresholds with mass-balance reasoning; corrected Q misconception, ICE constraints and practice example.

  • Equilibrium constant, reaction quotient and Gibbs energy

    Correction Chemistry Equilibrium

    OpenAI Codex review: Clarified reaction Gibbs slope, dimensionless activities, zero-Q limits and biochemical coupling conventions.

  • Factors affecting equilibria

    Correction Chemistry Equilibrium

    OpenAI Codex review: Specified perturbation constraints, Kp/Kc temperature distinction and catalyst limits; corrected ammonia-removal wording and examples.

  • Ionic equilibrium in solution

    Correction Chemistry Equilibrium

    OpenAI Codex review: Corrected weak-electrolyte percentage definition, water background ions, dissociation terminology and continuum-solvation assumptions.

  • Acids, bases and salts

    Correction Chemistry Equilibrium

    OpenAI Codex review: Clarified Arrhenius scope, proton-pair donation, ammonia amphiprotism and BeCl2 structure; improved acid/base practice explanations.

  • Ionization of acids and bases

    Correction Chemistry Equilibrium

    OpenAI Codex review: Corrected ascorbic constant, ammonium hydrolysis and pH/activity assumptions; qualified polyprotic and hydrolysis approximations.

  • Experiment: acid-base titration with an indicator

    Correction Chemistry Equilibrium

    OpenAI Codex review: Corrected titrant placement, endpoint/equivalence distinction, indicator wording, dilution preparation and measurement precision.

  • Buffer solutions

    Correction Chemistry Equilibrium

    OpenAI Codex review: Distinguished exact activity identity from prepared-concentration approximation; corrected buffer capacity and dilution claims.

  • Solubility equilibria of sparingly soluble salts

    Correction Chemistry Equilibrium

    OpenAI Codex review: Corrected supersaturation, free-ion versus total solubility, Fe hydrolysis and reference-constant issues; qualified model calculations.

  • Classical idea of oxidation and reduction

    Correction Chemistry Redox Reactions

    Correct Hg relative-composition and H2S oxidation reasoning; clarify classical-rule limits, combustion, corrosion and photosynthesis.

  • Redox reactions as electron transfer

    Correction Chemistry Redox Reactions

    Clarify electron transfer, half-reaction states and product scope; qualify displacement predictions and deposition mass assumptions.

  • Oxidation number

    Correction Chemistry Redox Reactions

    Correct redox classification rules, oxidation-state exceptions and formal assignments; update IUPAC terminology and chemical fluorine synthesis claim.

  • Redox reactions and electrode processes

    Correction Chemistry Redox Reactions

    Distinguish standard from actual cell driving force, correct activity-based standard conditions and clarify electrode, salt-bridge and displacement behaviour.

  • General introduction to organic chemistry

    Correction Chemistry Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques

    OpenAI Codex read the full lesson, FAQs and practice, verified source-specific claims, corrected chemistry and naming overclaims, and independently recomputed formulas, isomer counts and analytical answers. New unpublished draft; simulations unchanged.

  • Tetravalence of carbon and shapes

    Correction Chemistry Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques

    OpenAI Codex read the full lesson, FAQs and practice, verified source-specific claims, corrected chemistry and naming overclaims, and independently recomputed formulas, isomer counts and analytical answers. New unpublished draft; simulations unchanged.

  • Structural representations

    Correction Chemistry Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques

    OpenAI Codex read the full lesson, FAQs and practice, verified source-specific claims, corrected chemistry and naming overclaims, and independently recomputed formulas, isomer counts and analytical answers. New unpublished draft; simulations unchanged.

  • Classification of organic compounds

    Correction Chemistry Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques

    OpenAI Codex read the full lesson, FAQs and practice, verified source-specific claims, corrected chemistry and naming overclaims, and independently recomputed formulas, isomer counts and analytical answers. New unpublished draft; simulations unchanged.

  • IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds

    Correction Chemistry Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques

    OpenAI Codex read the full lesson, FAQs and practice, verified source-specific claims, corrected chemistry and naming overclaims, and independently recomputed formulas, isomer counts and analytical answers. New unpublished draft; simulations unchanged.

  • Isomerism

    Correction Chemistry Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques

    OpenAI Codex read the full lesson, FAQs and practice, verified source-specific claims, corrected chemistry and naming overclaims, and independently recomputed formulas, isomer counts and analytical answers. New unpublished draft; simulations unchanged.

  • Organic reaction mechanism

    Correction Chemistry Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques

    OpenAI Codex read the full lesson, FAQs and practice, verified source-specific claims, corrected chemistry and naming overclaims, and independently recomputed formulas, isomer counts and analytical answers. New unpublished draft; simulations unchanged.

  • Purification of organic compounds

    Correction Chemistry Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques

    OpenAI Codex read the full lesson, FAQs and practice, verified source-specific claims, corrected chemistry and naming overclaims, and independently recomputed formulas, isomer counts and analytical answers. New unpublished draft; simulations unchanged.

  • Qualitative analysis of organic compounds

    Correction Chemistry Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques

    OpenAI Codex read the full lesson, FAQs and practice, verified source-specific claims, corrected chemistry and naming overclaims, and independently recomputed formulas, isomer counts and analytical answers. New unpublished draft; simulations unchanged.

  • Quantitative analysis

    Correction Chemistry Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques

    OpenAI Codex read the full lesson, FAQs and practice, verified source-specific claims, corrected chemistry and naming overclaims, and independently recomputed formulas, isomer counts and analytical answers. New unpublished draft; simulations unchanged.

  • Types of solutions

    Correction Chemistry Solutions

    OpenAI Codex review: Corrected alloy/phase classification, fluoride threshold and IV-fluid overclaims, colloid size boundaries and original-state labels.

  • Concentration of solutions

    Correction Chemistry Solutions

    OpenAI Codex review: Clarified temperature invariance conditions, ppm reporting bases, analytical electrolyte composition and appropriate rounding.

  • Solubility

    Correction Chemistry Solutions

    OpenAI Codex review: Corrected universal gas-solubility claims, Henry-law conditions and methane source; refined saturation, diving and oxygen examples.

  • Vapour pressure of solutions

    Correction Chemistry Solutions

    OpenAI Codex review: Specified ideal liquid/vapour assumptions, Henry/Raoult limits, equilibrium composition and the limits of surface-blocking analogies.

  • Ideal and non-ideal solutions

    Correction Chemistry Solutions

    OpenAI Codex review: Corrected azeotrope criteria and fixed-pressure limits, concentration basis and insufficient heat/volume evidence for deviation sign.

  • Colligative properties

    Correction Chemistry Solutions

    OpenAI Codex review: Clarified ideal-model assumptions, onset of freezing, osmotic flow, tonicity and practical reverse-osmosis limits.

  • Abnormal molar masses

    Correction Chemistry Solutions

    OpenAI Codex review: Distinguished measured van’t Hoff factors from particle counts, corrected ion-pairing claims and recalculated weak-acid dissociation.

  • Electrochemical cells

    Correction Chemistry Electrochemistry

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice; corrected model assumptions, scientific overclaims and identified factual errors, and independently checked calculations. New unpublished draft; no simulation changes.

  • Galvanic cells

    Correction Chemistry Electrochemistry

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice; corrected model assumptions, scientific overclaims and identified factual errors, and independently checked calculations. New unpublished draft; no simulation changes.

  • Nernst equation

    Correction Chemistry Electrochemistry

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice; corrected model assumptions, scientific overclaims and identified factual errors, and independently checked calculations. New unpublished draft; no simulation changes.

  • Conductance of electrolytic solutions

    Correction Chemistry Electrochemistry

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice; corrected model assumptions, scientific overclaims and identified factual errors, and independently checked calculations. New unpublished draft; no simulation changes.

  • Electrolytic cells and electrolysis

    Correction Chemistry Electrochemistry

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice; corrected model assumptions, scientific overclaims and identified factual errors, and independently checked calculations. New unpublished draft; no simulation changes.

  • Batteries

    Correction Chemistry Electrochemistry

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice; corrected model assumptions, scientific overclaims and identified factual errors, and independently checked calculations. New unpublished draft; no simulation changes.

  • Fuel cells

    Correction Chemistry Electrochemistry

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice; corrected model assumptions, scientific overclaims and identified factual errors, and independently checked calculations. New unpublished draft; no simulation changes.

  • Corrosion

    Correction Chemistry Electrochemistry

    OpenAI Codex read the published lesson, FAQs and practice; corrected model assumptions, scientific overclaims and identified factual errors, and independently checked calculations. New unpublished draft; no simulation changes.

  • Rate of a chemical reaction

    Correction Chemistry Chemical Kinetics

    Clarify rate definitions, signs, phase concentrations and experimental assumptions; correct tangent slope and precision interpretation.

  • Factors influencing rate

    Correction Chemistry Chemical Kinetics

    Correct overall versus partial order, elementary-step molecularity and factor-two kinetics; clarify apparent laws and rate-control assumptions.

  • Experiment: iodide and hydrogen peroxide

    Correction Chemistry Chemical Kinetics

    Correct clock-rate approximation and mechanism inference; clarify endpoint chemistry, dilution controls and practical measurement limits.

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