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==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[The comic shows four rows each with a drawing and an explanation text belonging to each drawing. They alternate between having the drawing on the left and the right side. Above the first row is a large header:]
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:<big>Physics Cost-Saving Tips</big>
 
  
:[The first row has a drawing of a diagramatical spinning disc, at an angle. It is identified with an 'I', with a dotted axial arrow labelled 'L' and a rotational movement labelled 'ω' (small omega).
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:[Title]
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:Physics Cost-Saving Tips
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:[To the right of the diagram is this text:]
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:[A diagramatical spinning disc, at an angle]
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:[It is identified with an 'I', with a dotted axial arrow labelled 'L' and a rotational movement labelled 'ω' (small omega)]
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:[It sits on the left, and to the right of this is text...]
 
:Try replacing regular vectors with pseudovectors whenever possible
 
:Try replacing regular vectors with pseudovectors whenever possible
  
:[The second row shows a square wave with three maxima between four minima. Below the central maxima and the two nearby minima are five arrows pointing down (two bending left two right one straight down). Each arrow points to one of five sine waves below the square wave, in three rows, with different wavelengths. The one with the shortest wavelength is the top left, then the wavelength becomes longer for the one to the right and even longer for each of the next two, in the next row with the final very long wave with longest wavelength at the bottom, with the straight down arrow pointing to that. The long waves at the bottom has the same frequency as the square wave.]
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:[A square wave with three maxima (between four minima), and arrows pointing down into a collection of five sine waves of different wavelengths]
 
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:[One of the waves having the same frequency as the square wave and the rest of them are of shorter lengths with more peaks and troughs]
:[To the left of the waves is this text:]
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:[It sits on the right, and to the left of this is text...]
 
:A square wave can be broken down into an infinite supply of valuable sine waves
 
:A square wave can be broken down into an infinite supply of valuable sine waves
  
:[The third row shows two atomic models. The left containing two protons (white with a "+" sign), two neutrons (black) and orbited by two electrons (white with a "-" sign, small outlines, dotted orbits/movement lines). The right model is drawn similarly but without the black neutrons.]
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:[Two atomic models]
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:[The left containing two protons (white with a "+" sign), two neutrons (black) and orbited by two electrons (small outlines, dotted orbits/movement lines), labelled below with the text of superscript atomic weight and element symbol]
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:[The atoms have labels below and there is an extra message for the second model:]
 
 
:<sup>4</sup>He
 
:<sup>4</sup>He
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:[The right model has just the two protons and the two electrons, labelled below with the text of an atomic weight and elemental symbol, and some subtext within brackets]
 
:<sup>2</sup>He
 
:<sup>2</sup>He
:<small>(Decays fast- use quickly)</small>
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:(Decays fast - use quickly)
 
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:[Both models sit on the left of the comic, and to the right is text...]
:[To the right of the models is this text:]
 
 
:Cut waste by buying lighter isotopes that don't have any dead-weight neutrons
 
:Cut waste by buying lighter isotopes that don't have any dead-weight neutrons
  
:[The fourth row shows a flat rectangular bar, drawn in perspective with a scattering of four small circles with "-" sign inside them and ten lines looking like parts of circles, all on the top face towards the far end.]
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:[A flat rectangular bar, drawn in perspective with a scattering of dots/small circles on the top face and on the forward-facing one the label]
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:Iron
 
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:[An arrow points to the dots, from the text...]
:[A bending arrow goes from a label above the bar and points to one of the circles. And on the forward-facing side of the bar there is a label.]
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:Free electrons
:Arrow: Free electrons
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:[It sits to the right, and there is text to the left...]
:Label: Iron
 
 
 
:[To the left of the bar is this text:]
 
 
:Conductors are a great source of free electrons
 
:Conductors are a great source of free electrons
 
:(May carry charges)
 
:(May carry charges)

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