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Graduate How Does Rubidium Iodide Electrolyte Affect Pseudocapacitor Energy Density?
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Undergrad Was Feynman right about energy?
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Graduate Solving Forced Wave Equation with Causal Boundary Conditions
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Undergrad Does the Cheerio Effect Occur in Zero-Gravity?
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Graduate Deriving 1D Wave Equation for Vibrating Guitar String
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Undergrad How Do Spinning Tops and Suspended Magnets Exhibit Surprising Physics?
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High School Are Tiles Non-Conductors? Earth Safety in Physics Lab
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High School LEDs for Growing Indoor Plants: Efficient Luminous Efficacy
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Undergrad How Should Wind Turbine Blades Be Designed for Maximum Efficiency?
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Undergrad Gravitation law equation as R approaches zero
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High School Can You Create a Smoke Ring Using Only Air in Cold Weather?
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High School Why positive or negtive pole of battery can not attract small objects ?
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Graduate Order parameter, correlation function and length
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Undergrad What happens to energy in standing waves?
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Dipole Moment (D): Definition & Explanation
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High School Is there some sort of state of matter between a liquid and a gas?
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Undergrad Finding Polar & Azimuthal Angles of 3D Vector
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High School Comparing Energy Expenditure: Treadmill vs Outdoor Running
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Undergrad Low absorption , high absorption
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High School Innovative Ideas for Teaching Tires & Physics to my Class
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Graduate Lorrain & Corson: Help with Derivation of Fig 18.9/7.20
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Graduate Wave Theory Questions & Answers
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High School Doppler Effect from Physics 101
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Undergrad How Can Amplitude Decay be Modeled with a Pendulum and Friction Coefficient?
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High School Debunking the Myth: Does 1 Cubic Meter of Air Really Weigh 1kg?
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Graduate Modeling climate with rigid bodies
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Undergrad Why Do Equations for Doppler Effect Differ for Moving Source and Observer?
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High School How Do Significant Figures Reflect Measurement Uncertainty?
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High School Zoom in is equivalent to move forward?
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High School What is the location of Patm=0kpa?
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Graduate What is the boundary condition for a moving solid boundary in a viscous fluid?
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Graduate What causes the stability and formation of smoke rings and air rings in water?
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Undergrad Convert 55lb-65lb Draw Weight to 1/2kx^2
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High School FM vs AM Broadcast: Advantages & Disadvantages
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High School What Is a Deformable System in Physics?
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Graduate Energy-Standing and Travelling waves
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Graduate Wave on a string, something like E and B?
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High School What liquids have the ability to freeze quickly?
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Undergrad Clear explanation of Doppler effect assimmetry
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Undergrad Measuring the thickness of a thin film of bismuth for Hall Effect experiment.
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Graduate What is the derivation of the wave equation for traveling waves?
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High School Energy proportional to Amplitude squared?
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High School Middle of Earth: Atom or No Atom?
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Undergrad Flow through pipes and throttling valves .NEED HELP
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Graduate What is the difference between dynamical symmetry and geometrical symmetry?
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Undergrad Vacuum Systems with Series Connected Pumps - Get Answers Now
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High School If I take an empty ordinary drinks bottle, place it in my mouth and
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High School Energy in Vibrations: 100Kg at 10Hz & 10mm/s
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Graduate Energy losses in a vibrating string
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Graduate The different Fourier Transforms
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Undergrad What is CFD where can i get it how can i learn it
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Undergrad What is the purpose of collimators in cancer therapy?
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Graduate Why must stream function be 2d?
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Graduate Getting down of battery in ideal situation
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High School For two abjects of same material the following law must obeyed
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High School Matter cannot be created nor destroyed
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What are the 8 formulas I need to locate in my textbook?
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High School How do I convert g/cm3 to Kg/ft3?
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Graduate Understanding the Principles of Hashin-Shtrikman Bounds: A Simple Explanation
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Graduate Maximum Surface Area of a Flat Surface
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Graduate Inner Ear Cooling Experiment: Non-Toxic Substance for Convection Study
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High School What is the theory of a raindrop?
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Graduate Why are things NOT scale-invariant?
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Undergrad Gravitational Force at the Center of the Earth?
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Undergrad Monopole crystal radio antenna length
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Graduate Researching Open Air Column Resonance - Surprising Results
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Undergrad Omega0=2*delta - Understanding Resonance Phenomenon
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Graduate Explaining Wave Equation Solution for Vibrating Strings
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High School Does the Size of a Manometer Tube Affect Pressure Measurement Accuracy?
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Undergrad While reading gravitation chapter I
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High School Is a Backflow Valve Necessary for Swimming Pool Levels?
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Undergrad How do I calculate / convert GPM to PSI ?
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Undergrad How Do Brightness and Luminosity Differ in Energy Terms?
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Graduate Maximizing Plug Flow Efficiency for CSTR Blending: Expert Tips & Strategies
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Undergrad What increases at the speaker with the increase of loudless-intensity?
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Graduate Simulating Random Walk: Calculating Diffusion Length
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Undergrad How Did Scientists Determine Avogadro's Number?
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High School Maximizing Battery Life: Tips for Storing Electronic Devices
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Undergrad Closed loop of classical string
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Graduate What Drives Capillary Action and Its Origins?
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Graduate Non-dimensionalization of a wave equation with point source
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Graduate Splitting wave equation into x-component and y-component
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High School What is the difference between a parameter and a variable?
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Undergrad What Is the Definition of Mass in Physics?
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Undergrad Do you think cell phones pose a health risk?
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Undergrad Inverse Square Law in 1 dimensional space
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High School Does the Medium Affect Gravitational Constant G?
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