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High School Simulate an altitude at 16000-18000 feet with water depth

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Undergrad Calculating Watt Hours for a time interval less than 1 second

  • pete94857
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Undergrad How is the mass of the Earth or the Sun measured?

  • C18
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High School Is this equation at all sensical?

  • DaveC426913
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Undergrad Maximizing wave reflection from a steel cable connected to a pillar

  • itamar123
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Undergrad How does pi in physics relate to circular motion and waves?

  • NoahOl
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High School Tangential Velocity (maybe)

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High School Can Ionic Compounds conduct electricity in a gaseous state?

  • SliverStrike
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Undergrad What happens to X-rays if they do not meet Bragg's law?

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High School Confusion about Wave Motion

  • ktmsud
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Undergrad Regarding noise propagation

  • Helios047
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Undergrad Gravity at Earth's poles vs equator

  • michelcolman
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Undergrad Does a component of a vector have components?

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Undergrad Sealing vacuum chamber holes air tight

  • zaillian
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Undergrad Why is saxophone growling produced by modulation of the sound waves?

  • Daniel Petka
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High School My head spins when I think about time

  • mixfijoe
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Graduate Electron drift velocity in a gas discharge

  • Timothy S.
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High School Can ground vibrations from a server hub travel through clay pipes?

  • Housey210
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Undergrad Gas Pressures and the Resistance of Materials (Biodigester Generates Methane)

  • Steven Bolgiano
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Undergrad Fluorescent lamps And Fan remote

  • Aryamehr
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High School Is an ellipsoid the best shape for a BBQ?

  • synch
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Undergrad Claude Naiver work on Navier-Stokes equations

  • user079622
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Undergrad What is Surface Plasmon Resonance?

  • PhysicsEnjoyer31415
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Undergrad What are the properties of a Sound Pressure Wave going down into a Cone?

  • gary350
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Undergrad Using a tuning fork vs computer tuner for violin

  • sussertown
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High School Sound Intensity doubles if number of noise sources double?

  • Kashmir
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Undergrad Could vibration carry electricity or something else?

  • uncleoscy
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High School What Causes the Void Formation in Discarded Yogurt During Disposal?

  • ROGER WALL
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High School Sine wave noise at different frequencies

  • Ephant
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High School Airflow around a vertical cylinder (such as a cigar)

  • DaveC426913
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Undergrad Infinite flow with capillary tubes?

  • Warp
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Undergrad Feynman lectures on physics: random walk

  • YanaFFF
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High School Why Do Poached Eggs Stay In The Center?

  • bmarc92
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High School Is the Longer Path Quicker in Physics?

  • valenumr
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Undergrad Sound power, amplitude, frequency, and decibels

  • ngn
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Undergrad For fun: How fast would an open-front CRT kill an average human? [A?]

  • DynV
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Can a mathematician solve high school physics tasks without physics knowledge?

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High School Log relationship between thickness of material and sound absorbed?

  • Marcogoodie
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Undergrad Why singing a note while playing a note creates a difference frequency

  • Daniel Petka
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High School Does a dropped coin convert more energy to sound or heat on impact?

  • Darmstadtium
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High School Speed of sound in steel at different temperatures?

  • Dante Meira
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High School Why does a plasma ball emit light?

  • ahmeds
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Undergrad Ultrasound penetration through stacked aluminum sheets with acoustic impedance

  • ChrisCOD
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High School What is the difference between standing wave and resonance?

  • jinweiiii
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Undergrad What happens if you connect the ocean floor and the surface with a pipe?

  • abrek
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Undergrad How Can I Create a Flavored Coating for Ice Spheres in Cocktails?

  • AstroBar
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Undergrad Is nonlinear acoustics in mainstream physics?

  • Squizzie
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Undergrad Uncertainties accumulate when measuring longer lengths?

  • fog37
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Undergrad Reported uncertainties for time and distance in physics experiment

  • fog37
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High School How to statistically calculate the final value?

  • Lotto
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Undergrad How does a free surface flow cause non-linearity?

  • binbagsss
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Undergrad Can 20-40 kHz ultrasound penetrate 60 cm of air and 3 cm of bone?

  • Sibilo
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Undergrad How much ultrasound energy reaches a target through an aluminum plate?

  • ChrisCOD
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High School Non-Sinusoidal Standing Waves Existence?

  • QuantumCuriosity42
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Undergrad Interesting sound-making hydrogen-burning device

  • Spinnor
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Undergrad Transverse and longitudinal waves comparison

  • physicsmaster123
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Undergrad The physics behind mixing coloured pigments (questions inside post)

  • TomP86
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High School How are fractures in airplane structures detected by ultrasound?

  • pgirl1729
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Undergrad What power rating do UV-A Tubes have? (tanning salons)

  • Arceus
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High School What causes ±0.1 m/s² gravity variations beyond altitude and latitude?

  • StarHunter
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Undergrad Error on a weighing scale due to wrong size

  • cloa513
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High School Units of S/N ratio in some papers

  • HAYAO
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High School Some questions about humidity and storing DVDs in a closed cardboard box

  • carlos78
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Undergrad Is the energy destroyed in this experiment?

  • new_scientist
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High School What is meant by "local melting"?

  • Lotto
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Undergrad Understanding the propagation of sound on molecular Scale

  • Slimy0233
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High School The SpaceX Launch and Aftermath

  • TonyStewart
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High School Water surface behavior under pressure change

  • Bjott
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Undergrad Resources explaining vectors beyond magnitude and direction

  • Trying2Learn
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High School Should I use True North or Magnetic North to align my sundial?

  • gary350
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High School How does the density of air affect the note you hear?

  • rafk_1
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Undergrad Neil DeGrasse Tyson on "sharing water" with historical figures

  • willym
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High School How long does it take to reach harmful CO2 levels in a room?

  • Airbreather
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Undergrad Surface area and length (percent increase relationship)

  • simito_
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Graduate Conservation Laws from Continuity Equations in Fluid Flow

  • Stuart_M
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Undergrad At what level will the water settle in this system?

  • mcmpw
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Undergrad Measuring Low Resistance: Why Meter Bridge is the Preferred Choice

  • phymath7
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Undergrad Pickleball Physics -- Player reaction time vs aging

  • tjmoorpark
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Undergrad What is the benefit of measuring both direct and reverse current?

  • phymath7
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High School Negative pressure in a car to power it

  • Bike Mi Vie
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High School Air volume in a tank at different pressures

  • Edm
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Undergrad Equations for Spherical Resonators

  • DrewPear
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High School How Do Oscillations and Particles Interact in Electromagnetic Fields?

  • nrckls
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High School Hydrodynamics Effects: Are They the Same?

  • dom_quixote
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Undergrad Don't Ever Mention "Centrifugal Force" to Physicists

  • Argonaut
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Undergrad What is the best way to shield / jam ultrasound?

  • michael93
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Undergrad Relationship between the Different Frequency vs Decibel Graph Peaks

  • Darmstadtium
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High School Atmospheric pressure, vacuum, etc.

  • tomlib
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Undergrad The effect of temperature on the damping of a guitar string

  • SamuuLau
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Graduate Helmholtz Resonator: attenuation vs. amplification

  • DrChef
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High School Why is there so much multplication in physics?

  • dainceptionman_02
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High School Does a vacuum ejector with lower supply pressure produce less suction?

  • nicolas1409
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High School Energy needed to stop the Earth's inner core ---and its effects?

  • xpell
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High School Questions about Knudsen flow for a fluid experiment

  • Chain Shawn
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High School How to calculate measurement error by using other quantities?

  • Lotto
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Graduate Hydrodynamic stability- Rayleigh equation - Couette flow

  • URIA
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Graduate Is Orbital Velocity the Same as RMS of Eddy Velocities in Turbulent Flow?

  • rdemyan
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Graduate How Does Anisotropy Affect the Calculation of Taylor Microscale in Turbulence?

  • rdemyan
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Graduate Equations of State in Modern Classical Physics (Thorne/Blandford)

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