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Undergrad Colors in a plasma globe
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 Research Assistant: Qualifications & Skills Required
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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
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Undergrad Degree of freedom definition help
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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 Questions About Fluids & Buoyancy
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Undergrad Why has evolution failed to utilise radio transmission & 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 A philosophical question about piston and 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 Negative Energy in Newtonian Mechanics: Explained
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Undergrad Investigating Energy Conservation with Sinusoidal Waves
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Undergrad Fluid Dynamics Basics: Mass, Flow Rate & Density
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Undergrad Propagating Wave: Explaining Oscillation & Sine 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 Reflection of Waves on a String: Understanding Mass and Phase Differences"
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Undergrad Standing Wave Equation: Exploring Y = 2Asin(\omegat)cos(kx)
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Undergrad Is it possible to calculate earth's massiveness
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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 Understand Mass Spectrometers: Separation and Analyzing
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High School What is the smallest switching time of a transistor ? :confused:
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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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Graduate References for non-vacuum dispersion relations
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High School Transverse Waves: Why They Can't Travel Through Liquids
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Undergrad How Does the Inverse Square Law Affect Communication with Distant Spacecraft?
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High School Cornstarch Unusual Properties & Extra Water Effects
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Can a Fridge Cool a Room or Will a Canvas Roof Buffer Work?
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Undergrad Conflicting Answers on W|A for 844200 and Units of Measurement
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Graduate What Are the Most Fascinating Idealized Entities in Physics?
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Graduate Now, the question is how to make it thin without reaching that temperature...
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Undergrad Maximum number of mutually immiscible liquid phases
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Undergrad Interesting bouyancy theoretical question
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Graduate OMEGA Formula: Integrating to Find the Answer
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High School Classical Physics-Modern Physics
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Graduate Fe+ Brine Solution forcing by Earth Tides
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Graduate Instant accelelation in travelling wave
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Graduate Understanding Diffusion: Steady State and Boundary Conditions Explained
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High School Understanding Standing Wave Basics for Non-Physicists
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High School What's quality factor in oscillation ?
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High School Why Do Phys Equations Use Squared Signs?
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High School Why does all energy travel in waves?
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Undergrad No problem, glad I could help! Good luck with your modeling!
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Access Needed: Journal "10.1051/jphyscol:1974623" Requested
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Undergrad What if you were in a hollow, extremely strong tube in the middle of a planet?
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Graduate Can constant velocities produce a longitudinal wave?
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Undergrad Gas Animations: Create Videos from Particles Positions
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High School Why Mosquitoes Spin After Being Swatted
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Graduate Relation between occupation probability and first passage probability
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Graduate Stationary waves energy problem
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Graduate Can the Peclet Number Control Diffusion in Nanoscale Laminar Flow Experiments?
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Graduate Gauss' Theorem for gravitational force
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Symbols such as derivative symbols
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Graduate Why is Diffusion Called a Second Rank Tensor Variable?
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What is Rhostat? Learn How It Works
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What is your favorite equation?
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High School Gravitational force, is it inverse square law?
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Undergrad What Are Dot Products and Vector Cross Products in Mathematics?
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High School Wifi n bluetooth technology how?
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Undergrad Is the Average Kinetic Energy the Same as the Kinetic Energy?
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Undergrad Detection of string vibrations using home equipment
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Graduate Where does the energy disappear to?
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Graduate How Do Dipole-Dipole Interactions Influence Molecular Behavior?
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High School Understanding Tidal Forces: An Overview
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High School Is There a Simplified Explanation of Physics?
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Graduate Standing waves in surface vibrations in rods?
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YouTube: Perpetual Energy - How do you explain this?
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Graduate Navier Stokes EquationQuestion about the Diff EQ
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High School When I vibrate one end of a string, the wave is set up?
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Graduate Circular Drum Head Modes: Understanding Why They Don't Always Follow the Rules
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Graduate How Do You Calculate the Standard Deviation of Total Average in MRI ROIs?
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Undergrad Conserved Quantities: Role in Physical Systems
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Undergrad What Are the Emission Spectra Results for H, He, Ne, Hg, and N₂?
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Graduate Anderson localization - waves experiment
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Undergrad How Does Wind Influence Wave Dynamics on the West Coast?
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Undergrad Can Transverse Waves Exist in the Ocean Due to Hydrogen Bonding?
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High School What's the difference between energy and force?
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Graduate Does Energy Decay Occur in Sealed Metal Boxes with Excited Resonant Modes?
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