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How Is Time Factored Into the Derivation of the Ideal Gas Law?
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Why a finite angular displacement is not a vector?
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What is the meaning of squaring a number
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Why is the general form of the wave equation a second order partial derivative?
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Simulating the Solar System with N-Body Simulation in Java
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What mathematical factors influence the shapes produced in cymatics experiments?
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What effects the displacement of object from a slingshot
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Interference-based Rotation Sensing: Utilizing Split Beams and Phase Changes
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Conservative Force: Is F Dependent on Velocity?
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Two bikes, different wheel diameter
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How do you calculate force needed to pull apart an object?
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Applying the ideal gas law in the Earth's atmosphere
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Finding Harmonic Vibration from Frequency
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Is a Rainbow Close to the Ground Possible? A Camera Optics Mystery
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Modeling boiling in a closed container with a small hole
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Einstein on Matter & Energy: Debunking Misconceptions
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Gases I could expect to see using an IR receiver
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Designing a compressed air vehicle
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Oxidization of III-V Materials
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The Falling Plate Paradox: Does Gravity or Perfect Vacuum Have More Force?
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What is Nothing? Research & Explanation
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Are present and future perspectives different?
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Gas in a semi permeable membrane - one for the gas experts
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Diffusion distance (microfluidics)
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Why can't we see N2 and H2 in color?
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2 theories, same experimental predictions, can one fail but
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Understanding Intensity and Amplitude of Physical Waves | School Physics UK
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Can a real image be formed by a virtual image?
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Camp fire melting ice in a strange way
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What happens to a person in free-fall at the center of the Earth?
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What is the Equation for Determining the Resonant Frequency of a Drum Shell?
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What Is the Best Term for an Object Not Moving and Not Accelerating?
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Emission radiance in participating media
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Combining 4 Forces: What You Need to Prove Theory
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Where is the best place to push a kid on a swing?
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Can Waves Inhibit Sound and Heat Effectively?
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Normal force cancels out the force of gravity?
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What is the opposite of a field theory?
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Relationship of curl and cross product.
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Coin Experiment: Upright on Rim, Why?
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Physics of Sight: How Does it Work?
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How Do Skyscrapers Withstand Strong Winds?
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Does a rigid rod store any energy?
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Please teach me a little about nodal and anti nodal lines
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Is an asthma inhaler (MDI) an example of vaporization?
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Where can i get more info on this formula? (trailer towing force)
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Home Improvement Project & PV=nRT
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Calculating Bungee for Theatre, Dance and Circus: A Textbook Guide
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What is the relationship between intensity and amplitude?
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Physics equation for the stable height of the pole?
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Inverse of wien's displacement
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Vertical force generated by a wheel
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How to know the level of a tank by displacing the liquid
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Vector & Scalar: A Detailed Overview
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Dew point more important than boiling point
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Can Low Grade Energy Be Efficiently Converted to High Grade?
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Are matter and energy interchangeable?
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The Warp Drive Problem: Can Negative Energy/Matter Exist?
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Ising Model and Partition FUnction
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What Forces Act on a Chainring During Cycling?
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Build a LCD Flicker Meter Using Photodiode and Current Amp
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Why is math crucial for understanding and achieving advancements in physics?
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Explaination to potentiometers ?
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Is Everything in Physics Just a Collection of Properties?
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Double Slit Probability Amplitude Orientation
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What Happens Inside a Black Hole?
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What are the potential interactions between waves and matter?
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Understanding Kinematic Viscosity Units
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How much steel is needed to suspend a balloon at 50 ft below sea level?
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Calculating flow of air from explosive decrompression
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Modeling the Kinematics of a Tennis Serve
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Can Energy Be Recycled Using This Setup?
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What are the limits of λ and E parameters in the Kerr Optical Effect?
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How to calculate theoretical values for a ride?
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How does split step Fourier method help four wave mixing?
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Does standing tiptoes reduce the absortion of virabtions?
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Square wave and sine wave -- How standing waves are formed?
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The Doppler Effect on a still object?
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Material that'll help improve write-ups for lab experiments?
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Does antimatter have its own sort of properties?
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Why is blowing stronger than sucking?
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Can evaporation take place in this scenario?
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Complex Wave Orientation Correction
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