Physics
Mnemonic device
ROY G. BIV Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain Reports Of Young Girls Banging Inside Vatican
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet : the colors of the rainbow, in order.
nr 7 - submitted by Anonymous (10-12-2005)
Mnemonic device
Better Be Right Or Your Great Big Venture Goes West
Ohms value of the color bands of resistors (dark first, light last) Color first&second bands third band Black 0 .0 Brown 1 0 Red 2 00 Orange 3 000 Yellow 4 0,000 Green 5 00,000 Blue 6 000,000 Violet 7 0,000,000 Grey 8 00,000,000 White 9 000,000,000
nr 41 - submitted by Anonymous (10-12-2005)
Mnemonic device
Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly
To remember the resistor color code (Rarely used now that the world has gone surface mount)
nr 54 - submitted by Jon D (10-26-2005)
Mnemonic device
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Power equals I squared R
Power in watts = V * V * I(or in SI P=U*I)
nr 55 - submitted by Jon D (10-26-2005)
Mnemonic device
Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly.
For color bands on transisiters. Black, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet Gold, White
nr 147 - submitted by Anonymous (08-30-2006)
Mnemonic device
Better Be Ready Or Your Great Big Venture Goes West.
It is the resistor color code:Black, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Gray, White. Numerically 0-9 to get the value of a resistor via the color coded bands.(From an old Boy Scout book on Electricity or Electronics)
Also note that red through violet are the colors of the rainbow (in order) although the ROY G. BIV mnemonic for rainbow colors includes indigo between blue and violet.
Also note that red through violet are the colors of the rainbow (in order) although the ROY G. BIV mnemonic for rainbow colors includes indigo between blue and violet.
nr 150 - submitted by Dave Filicicchia (09-11-2006)
Mnemonic device
Richard Of York Got Buggered In Venice
Colors in order. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.
nr 330 - submitted by Anonymous (02-08-2007)
Mnemonic device
Bad Booze Rots Our Young Guts, But Vodka Goes Well
Resistor color band digit order: Black [0], Brown [1], Red [2], Orange [3], Yellow [4], Green [5], Blue [6], Violet [7], Gray [8], and White[9].
nr 390 - submitted by Anonymous (05-24-2007)
Mnemonic device
Good Models know how Dunkin donuts can make U not petit
giga, mega, kilo, hecto, deca, deci, centi, milli, micro (symbol looks like a U), nano, pico
nr 457 - submitted by Anonymous (09-13-2007)
Mnemonic device
King Henry Died While Drinking Chocolate Milk.
This mnemonic device will help with the metric system prefixes. Kilo, Hecto, Deka,whole, deci, Centi, Milli
nr 594 - submitted by Anonymous (10-16-2008)