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Undergrad Can Liquid Nitrogen Really Overclock a Processor to 6 GHz?
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Undergrad Characteristic X-rays: Direction of Emission?
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Undergrad Decay Method and Time of Nucleus
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Undergrad Does ionisation energy depend on electronegativity?
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Undergrad [semiconduction] Does reverse bias decrease depletion region?
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Undergrad Do semiconductors have to have a full valence band?
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Undergrad Effective mass of Si in semiconductor physics
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Undergrad X-ray Cystallography -Calculating Density
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Undergrad Calculating Evaporation: Pressure, Vapor Pressure & Temperature
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Undergrad Does melting deteriorate the crystalline order?
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Undergrad Resistance calculation of odd-shaped plate
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Undergrad Can a piece of A4 paper reach the moon?
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Undergrad What distinguishes an illuminant from a light source?
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Undergrad Indirect/direct semiconductors
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Undergrad What's the Difference Between Ordinary and Degenerate Semiconductors?
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Undergrad Valance and conduction band in solid.
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Undergrad Creating Patterns with Atoms: Can We Do It?
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Undergrad Why Do Textbooks Still Use Bohr's Atomic Theory Despite Its Limitations?
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Undergrad Determining Shape of Molecules: Water Example
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Undergrad Explaining Bonding & Mass in Chemical Reactions
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Undergrad Determine the dissociation energy with an electron beam
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Undergrad Calculating Current from AL3 Atomic Mass
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Undergrad Does Einsteins coefficient for spontaneous emission depend on energy difference?
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Undergrad Planes of simple cubic structure and X-ray diffraction experiment
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Undergrad Why Don't Atom Forces Follow Inverse Square Law? Help Needed!
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Undergrad Why are there only seven crystal systems and not 11
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Undergrad Rust and Reflection: The Optical Properties of Oxidized Steel
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Undergrad Can You Share Information on Raman Spectroscopy for Graphene?
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Undergrad Molar Mass of Graphene and its strength
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Undergrad $500 Superconductor research project?
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Undergrad Electron Orbitals motion patterns
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Undergrad Linear thermal expansion, theoretical instead of experimental
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Undergrad What does Sn(alpha) mean? Does it have anything to do with Miller
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Undergrad Wavelength and Extinction Coefficients
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Undergrad The Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 goes to
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Undergrad Josephson Effect: AC vs. DC Explained
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Undergrad Optical Conductivity: Explained & Compared to DC Conductivity
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Undergrad Creep in Plastics: Does Strain Cause Creep?
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Undergrad How Do We Calculate Magnetic Susceptibility Using Curie's Law?
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Undergrad What is the impact of proton differences on element properties?
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Undergrad Crazy idea about atomic structure
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Undergrad Potential energy separation curve
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Undergrad Question about Rutherford atomic model
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Undergrad Light Illumination effect on metal conductivity
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Undergrad Electron hole theory in Semiconductors
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Undergrad Why do some materials reflect and others absorb light?
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Undergrad Why don't electrons in the same orbital repel
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Undergrad A description of fire at an atomic level
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Undergrad Ionic Bond Saturation: Binding Force & Packing
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Undergrad A simple model of a transistor/LED/photodiode
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Undergrad Dynamic Equilibrium: Is System Still At Equilibrium During Shift?
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Undergrad Why do electrons form a 'sea' in metallic bonding?
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Undergrad XRD Database: Online Resource for Crystal X-Ray Diffraction Peaks
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Undergrad What is the significance of n+, p+, and p doping in silicon wafers?
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Undergrad Zero Resistivity in superconductors
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Undergrad What are the key differences between the free electron model and plasma?
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Undergrad One dimensional stress,strain,deflection analysis
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Undergrad Why Is the Angle Between Hydrogen Atoms in Water Molecules 105 Degrees?
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Undergrad Some questions on superconductors
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Undergrad The Mysteries of Atomic Clocks
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Undergrad Drawing Reciprocal Lattice: Methods & Steps
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Undergrad Why isn't Beryllium a noble gas?
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Undergrad How do free electrons impact reflectivity
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Undergrad Understanding the Molecular Processes of Melting and Boiling in Matter
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Undergrad What makes a semiconducting material a semiconductor?
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Undergrad How does antiferromagnetism occur?
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Undergrad Understanding Resolution in FTIR Spectroscopy
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Undergrad Understanding Impurity Doping: An Explanation
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Undergrad Energized Electrons in Chemical Bonding
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Undergrad Detection of Gamma Rays | Atomic Nucleus Decay
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Undergrad Graphene Introduction: Find a Good Textbook Here
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Undergrad Understanding Traceless Compression in Solid State Physics: An Explanation
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Undergrad LED Intensity: Voltage & Band Gap Theory
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Undergrad Why is the wavelength in a crystal assumed to be the same as outside?
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Undergrad Bose-Einstein condensates-light stoppers?
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Undergrad Monocrystals vs. Crystals: Understanding the Difference
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Undergrad Diamagnetism is the property of an object
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Undergrad ESR Seminar Prep: Introduction to Electron Spin Resonance
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Undergrad What gain guiding and index guiding mean in the context of lasers?
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Undergrad Notation for semiconductor alloy
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Undergrad Why not indirect band gap for led
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Undergrad Elementary crystal cell or the whole crystal?
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Undergrad What distinguishes insulators from dielectrics?
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Undergrad Good software for analyzing STM images?
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Undergrad Unraveling the Mystery of Neutral Atoms and Electric Fields
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Undergrad What is the debye temperature?
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Undergrad Why does sodium light have two distinct wavelengths?
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Undergrad Numericals Analysis and Physics
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Undergrad How to make Gallium/Molybdenum Alloy?
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Undergrad Demonstrating the stark effect in the lab
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Undergrad A paradox about Drift Velocity
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Undergrad Difference between hole and +ve ion?
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Undergrad Hydrogen Ground State Energies - Question
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Undergrad How are very low temperatures(-180k) measured?
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Undergrad Calculating ratio c/a as 1.633 in HCP?
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Undergrad Energy required for creation of photoelectron
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Undergrad What is off resonance rapi frequency?
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Undergrad Drift speed of electrons and holes in semiconductors
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Undergrad Elastic deformation of a solid body & heat
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