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I Simple suction air filter: items and preventing implosion
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I Determining the energy released by a flame
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I Derivation of the Fokker-Planck Equation by Continuity
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I Two sheets of glass stick together. Why?
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B Is Center of Mass a vector or scalar quantity?
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B Solubility of Gases: Questions & Answers
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A What exactly is the detector of an ellipsometer measuring?
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A Can a simply supported beam be a cylinder?
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I Been out of the loop -- Progress on Unifying Equation?
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B Is the value of g negative or positive?
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I Rocket-Powered Dragsters: Faster than Wheel-Driven?
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I Most Ridiculous Papers You've Ever Read
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B EM Drive: Why Isn't Anyone Discussing It?
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I What caused a rainbow near the setting sun?
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I Physics of Heat Transfer in Glass Windows
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I Solve Boom Crane Position with Lagrangian Equation | Wind Loading Included
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B FPS System: Why 1 Slug = 15.59 kg?
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B Time: Physical Existence or Perception? Current Opinions
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B How can I make an original cloud chamber?
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I Where do we use infinity in physics, and why?
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Why 1 liter * atm = 101.33 joules ?
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I Air flow from atmosphere into a tank
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I Origin Point in Chaotic Motion: Conventional vs Relative
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B Can we take a shrinking frame of reference?
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I Partition Function and Degeneracy
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I Applying physics to economics/finance
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I Is Hot Ice Possible Under High Pressure?
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B Can You Identify This Mysterious RF Signal at Night?
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Why Did My Bed Sheet Glow Green When Touched?
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I Remembering Lenz's Law: An Easier Way?
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B Kepler's Law of Areas: Radially Directed Force
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I Viscosity, two immicible phase flow, wettabilility
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B A doubt about tangential and normal aceleration, pilot g forces
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B Why can't induced EMF in a straight conductor produce a current?
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B Are inflatons the same as fewer gravitons?
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B Why do RMS values change during rectification?
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B Exploring the Concept of Moment Conservation in Structural Engineering
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B Would a Feather Experience Gravitational Attraction to a Battleship?
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I Antimatter opposite parity to its matter partner?
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B E = mc^2, Wikipedia Mass–energy equivalence Clarification
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I What would the world be like if c→∞ and h=0?
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Evaluating partition function (stuck for weeks)
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B What Are the Advantages of Single Stage Rockets Over Multi-Stage Rockets?
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I Question on convention - R vs r using universal law of grav.
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I What will happen in this case -- 2 chambers connected by a tube....
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I The manufacture of ionization smoke detectors
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B Understanding Transformer Equations and Flux Linkage in AC Power Sources
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B Could church domes be used to project clouds on the floor?
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B Can a single nuclear bomb power the world for 2 trillion years?
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B Did I Just Create 2.5 Kilograms of Energy?
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I Calculate force needed to move an object during a turn
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B Is it always better to use multi stage rockets?
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Insights Real Research in Unexpected Places - Backyards, Barns, Bayous - Comments
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What is the world's lowest vacuum pressure achieved?
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B Determinism: how important is determinism in physics?
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Quick question about sponges and vacuums
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I As close as possible, without touching
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B How Does Latitude Affect Gravity and Centripetal Force on Earth?
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I Units of Amplitude & Frequency in Coding (n=0 to 52920)
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B What is the formula for gravity loss on a rocket launch and how was it derived?
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B Bike Wheels: Do Different Sizes Spray Differently?
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Solving the Andromeda Problem: A Newbie's Guide
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I What Blower Specifications Are Needed for an Effective Linear Air Track?
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B What Led Galvani to Link Frog Movement with Electricity in 1771?
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A Problem with a convolution algorithm
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B When Will I Start to Fall After a Rope Is Cut?
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B Can Anything Survive a Black Hole's Gravitational Pull?
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B Does Normal force always HAVE to be perpendicular to plane ?
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B Calculate Solenoid Self Force Pressure w/ Corrected B Field
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I Who first developed the Rossby number and how was it derived?
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B Energy States: Solid, Liquid, Gas & More?
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I How Do Osmotic Membranes Function and Prevent Solute Leakage?
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B Meter Defined by Speed of Light: Uncertainty of Measurement
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I Find CM of a Rod w/ Length & Mass Attached | 3L/4
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I Black Hole Formation: Fermion Pressure & Neutron Stars
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I Mastering Simple and Physical Pendulum Motion with Newton's Laws and Hooke's Law
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I Surface roughness and Magnus force of a cylinder
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A Force generate by compressed nitrogen at different volume
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B Lenz's law questions from a dad of a smart son
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I How Does Gravity Affect Swimming?
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B Is There a Connection Between Thermostats and Shower Water Temperature?
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I Meaning of "c number equations"?
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A Curve Fitting Data: Gamma Spectroscopy Lab Results
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B Why gas clouds collapse if the forces are conservative?
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I Standing wave in cylindar vs cone
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I Who wrote the law: Wc = - delta U ?
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B How can we measure Fragmentation/ discontinuity ?
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B Average Value Uncertainty: How to Compute?
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B Does the Earth's Mass Change Due to Biological Processes?
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B Resonance of air between two loudspeakers
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B Moving to a higher harmonic in a standing wave
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I Why Are There Only Three Basic Units in Physics?
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B Vocabulary: What do you call spinning on the opposite axis?
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I Correlation functions and correlation length
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B What Happens in a Uniform Magnetic Field: The Stern-Gerlach Experiment
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B What Makes Ice Skating Possible: Is It Just Pressure or Something More?
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B Can you achieve equal stereo-to-mono sound with a single track in Audacity?
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I Fundamental Forces: Electromagnetic, Gravity, Strong & Weak Interactions
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I What happens if the angle < Brewster's angle?
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B Is the Speed of Light 1 Planck Length per 1 Planck Time in Vacuum?
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