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High School Difference between FM and AM broadcasts

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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 Is there an interactive physics training software?

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High School Middle of Earth: Atom or No Atom?

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Undergrad Using a throttling valve to reduce pressure in gravity-fed water distribution

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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 a 100kg mass vibrating at 10Hz with 10mm/s speed

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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 What are the Hashin-Shtrikman bounds?

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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?

  • Kaoi
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Undergrad Monopole crystal radio antenna length

  • davidhills
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Graduate Why does my copper pipe resonance follow f=c/L² instead of f=nv/2L?

  • cleb
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Undergrad Omega0=2*delta - Understanding Resonance Phenomenon

  • JohnGreen
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Graduate Why is string tension assumed proportional to displacement ratio?

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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 Plug flow section in series with CSTRs for residence time distribution

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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 Does reversing a battery in storage prevent discharge?

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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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Undergrad Cathode Rays Experiment some missunderstood parts

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Graduate Potentail Energy beyond infinity

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Undergrad 1st and 2d order phase transitions

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Undergrad Mass Flow through a 1.5 Pipe @ 300kpa

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Undergrad What is the Quantitative Measure for Frequency Beats in Recorded Drum Sounds?

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Graduate Physicists Explain Amoeboid Movement

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Undergrad What skills do research assistants in mechanical engineering need?

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High School What is Sub i? Meaning and Usage in Physics Equations

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If a black object warms faster during the day, does it cool faster at night?

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Undergrad Understanding Non Equilibrium Systems: Definition and Examples

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Air Conditioner: Cool Your Home Comfortably

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Undergrad Sonometer Experiment: Measuring AC Mains Frequency

  • Ali Asadullah
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Undergrad Degree of freedom and constraints in classical mechanics

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Undergrad Orthotropic materials defined by 9 constants

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Graduate Does Capillary Diameter Affect Flow Rate Stability in a Decreasing Vacuum?

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Graduate Diffusion equation in sperical coordinates

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Graduate What is the point of repeating TR signals in MRI

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Undergrad Why denser objects sink and how to predict floating depth

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Undergrad Why haven't animals evolved radio transmission and reception?

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Graduate Langmuir waves dispersion relation

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High School Why Do Liquids Behave Differently Than Solids?

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Graduate Dispersion of soluble matter in tube

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Undergrad Force needed to pull a piston from a sealed tube with vacuum

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Undergrad Will Siphons Function in a Vacuum Without Air Pressure?

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Graduate Introduction to Dirac's Conjecture

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Undergrad What does negative energy mean in Newtonian mechanics?

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Undergrad Where does energy go when two waves interfere destructively?

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Undergrad Can you find fluid density from velocity and force?

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Undergrad What does oscillation physically mean in a propagating wave?

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Undergrad What Does Perfectly Rough Mean in Surface Interactions?

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Graduate Geometrical interpretation of gradient

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Graduate Calculation of material properties in transformation media

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High School Object Property: Describing an Object

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Graduate Why does wave reflection on a string depend on mass ratio?

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Undergrad Why does the standing wave equation depend on which waves you add?

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Undergrad How massive would Earth need to be for oxygen to liquefy in the atmosphere?

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Graduate Understanding Dispersion Relations in Fluid Dynamics

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Undergrad Can a dielectic MATERIAL IS A INSULATOR?

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Undergrad How do mass spectrometers separate and analyze particles?

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High School What is the smallest switching time of a transistor?

  • Ali Inam
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Graduate End correction of the pipe mouth(standing wave)

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High School Highest one could suck a drink up this straw?

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Graduate Sinusoidal wave traveling along a composite string

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Undergrad Mohr circle for 3dimensional stress state

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Graduate I'd like to see your point of view

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