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Problem involving thermal radiation and specific heat

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Percentage transmittance gamma ray through lead

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2-body scattering and Mandelstam Variables

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Friction between cart and a surface covered with a liquid?

  • Phys112
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Angular Velocity of a wheel problem

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Tone hearing frequency concept question

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Thickness of a cylinder in a compound thin cylinder

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What is with this projectile simulation?

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Moseley's law and the determination of the screening constant

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How to calculate wavelength electron given speed

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Electric potential of charged concentric spheres

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How Can I Calculate the Angular Speed of a Ring Rolling Without Slipping?

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Tension in a rope hanging between two trees

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Elastic collision -- Energy & Momentum

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Falling Cantaloupe - Distance Above Ground

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Finding charge given the electric field at origin is zero

  • paulie
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What direction does a compass point to in a magnetic field?

  • Notaphysicsmajor
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How to Calculate Energy in EM Waves?

  • Arman777
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Vertical and horizontal components,physics As level help :(

  • Maryam9
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RLC Circuit DC Homework Solution

  • Arman777
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Simplified Trebuchet Physics: Solving for Omega | Homework Equations

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Inclined plane in a circular motion

  • Mogdan
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Flute player initial frequency?

  • Wimpalot
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RC Circuit defibrillator Question

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The sensitivity of the galvanometer

  • Asmaa Mohammad
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Can a 2MeV photon produce a proton-antiproton pair?

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Electric currents and Magnetic fields

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Laser Physics - Diameter of a Spot on the Moon from a Laser

  • ChrisJ
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Solving a Friction-Constrained Motion Problem

  • Buffu
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Spinning block with decreasing radius

  • Buffu
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Max values of current and charge using differential equations

  • Arman777
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Minimum Kinetic energy of the hydrogen atom

  • Rahulrj
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Field strength to deflect electron in a cathode-ray tube

  • David23454
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How Long for a Block in SHM to Hit a Wall After Spring Snaps?

  • Physicist1234
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When does a pebble placed on a rolling wheel start to slide?

  • Buffu
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Sound Waves in Different Mediums

  • Joseph Phan
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Splitting/Exploding object & Momentum

  • Deadawake
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Estimating Electromagnetic Radiation from a Cellular Phone

  • JordanD
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Phase difference and Standing waves vs Progressive waves

  • Lamar Ngolo
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Hearing the Train Whistle Frequency: Calculating fs

  • chem31sa6
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The voltage across an AC source and a resistance in series

  • Asmaa Mohammad
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Why Is It Sin Theta Instead of Cos Theta in Magnetic Flux Calculation?

  • watthappening
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Question regarding a magnetic field path around a gapped core

  • doktorwho
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Solving a Homework Problem with Mass, String, and Friction

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Points on an elliptical orbit where V(radia) is zero.

  • Ali Baig
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Pressure drops in hydraulic dampers

  • Tommtb
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Relation between Levi-civita and Kronecker- delta symbol

  • Pushoam
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Thermal Expansion: Volume vs. Linear - 0.11L Spilled

  • Alex126
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Magnitude of Force Exerted on Middle Block in a Three-Block System

  • ConfusedMonkey
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Finding distance traveled by rebound when measured for surface

  • Ithilrandir
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Pair Production Velocity Calculation

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Findings need confirmation about change of weight

  • Crowxe
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Resistance of rice cooker's heating element?

  • Dinie
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Water flowing from one vertical cylinder to another

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Variation of EM radiation with frequency

  • Pushoam
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Change in Earth's gravity & rotational KE due to changes in Radius

  • baldbrain
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Generalized Galilean transformation

  • Pushoam
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Minimum Height of a Vertical Reflector

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Two students on sled passing 2 kg object on frictionless ice

  • Yoonique
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What are the Best Demonstration Ideas for Archimedes' Principle?

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Acceleration associated with the Earth’s spin

  • Pushoam
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Calculating total resistance of a combination circuit

  • Ketchup4684
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Circuit Problem -- Combining 4 resistors to make 95 Ohms

  • a1234
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A hydrogen atom transitions from n= 5 state to the ground state

  • ikihi
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Interesting physics topic for a presentation

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How Does a Diffraction Grating Resolve Different Wavelengths of Sodium Light?

  • Eagertolearnphysics
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Archived Derive the general solution for current in a lossless transmission line

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What is the work function of the photoelectric material?

  • ikihi
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Raft buoyancy with man and elephant loading

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What is the energy of the alpha particle and recoiling nucleus?

  • says
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Intensity after Laser Round Trip

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Direction of Normal Force on Object B: A Scientific Inquiry

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Freewheeling bicycle and friction

  • Worthatry
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How high can a high jumper clear on the moon compared to on Earth?

  • Jimmy87
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Equivalent capacitance of a system of 2 spheres

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Thin film constructive interference

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Time to Max Compression of a Spring

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Tip current in STM (fractional error problem)

  • Ziggy12
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Expression for the instantaneous angular velocity

  • Rahulrj
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Change of internal energy of an ideal gas

  • DevonZA
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Ice cube melting in warm water temperature change

  • zanyzoya
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Uncertainty of the function? My answer is a bit different

  • giantf
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Calculating Momentum in an Observer's Frame of Reference

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Current division in a series-parallel circuit

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Why Does Unpolarized Light Lose Half Its Intensity Through a Polaroid?

  • superslow991
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How Does Charge Distribution Affect Electrostatic Field Dependence?

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Maximum angular velocity of disc skidding across surface

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Finding the average magnitude of the drag force

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What is the electric field above a uniformly charged plane?

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How Does LIGO Detect Gravitational Waves Using Laser Interferometry?

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