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Undergrad Which thermodynamics concepts confuse or confused you the most?

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High School Simple energy calculation help

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Graduate Any energy generation process means mass loss?

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Graduate Partition function related to number of microstates

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Graduate Air absorbing moisture by blowing across pond

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High School Limitations of temperature in a large body of water

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Undergrad Second law of thermodynamics problem

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Undergrad Specific heat capacity of Argon dependence on temperature

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Graduate Is directional gas flow possible in a circular closed pipe system?

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Undergrad Why is entropy defined as a state property?

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High School Evaporation of h202 in a h20 solution

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Graduate What is the reason for absolute zero temperature?

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Graduate How Does Energy Influence the Stability of Systems?

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Undergrad Time taken by gas to fill empty vessel

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Undergrad Why does solder (or braze alloy) flow towards heat?

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Graduate Can I Use High Pressure Natural Gas to Cool My Home?

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Graduate Universal motor and the second law of thermodynamics

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Graduate Heat pump COP theoretical maximum

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Undergrad The specific heat capacity of solids

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Undergrad How Can Fermat's Principle Prove the Second Law of Reflection?

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Graduate Isothermal Expansion of Water/Moving Boundary

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Graduate Why is it not possible to derive Cv from equation of state?

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High School Strange ice formation, gravity-defying ?

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Graduate Entropy and Internal Energy in Fermi-Dirac statistics

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Graduate How Does Gibbs Free Energy Relate to Phase Changes?

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Graduate Comparing NEP and noise temperature?

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High School Conduction between two materials

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Graduate How do conduction-band electrons affect heat transfer in conductors?

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Undergrad Steam Blocked: What Happens to Temperature at 3.8 bar?

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Graduate Where Does the Energy of Cyclotron Radiation Come From? Solving the Paradox

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Graduate Is this use of the grad function correct?

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Undergrad Understanding Body Heat Wavelength: FAQ and Applications

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Graduate How does statistical mechanics explain temperature?

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High School Help please on setting up experiment to test insulation

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Graduate Candles on ridiculously sensitive scales

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Graduate What is the Mechanism Behind the Emission of Thermal Radiation?

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Graduate Equation of polytropic process as dS=f(n)

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Graduate Entropy of the universe increases

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High School What do the symbols H and U represent in thermodynamics equations?

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High School I think all electric heaters are equally efficient

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High School Will a push out window or half slide window cool down a room faster?

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Graduate Adiabatic Availability and Changing States

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Undergrad Is entropy the same as heat capacity?

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High School What is burning and how occured heat and light

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Graduate Physics: Reconciling Entropy & Energy

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Graduate Assumed violation of physics - Heat vs. Work

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Graduate Two questions about thermal radiation heat transfer

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Undergrad What Temp is an Object Orbiting the Sun?

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Undergrad Thermodynamics - Burning Butane in an Oven

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High School Where Does Energy Go? | Law of Conservation

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High School Harness Friction & Heat Energy: Is It Possible?

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Undergrad Thermodynamics: Is Stirling engine reversible or irreversible?

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Undergrad Heat sinking to Aluminum block and dissipation

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Undergrad Newton's Second Law force equations help

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Graduate Does Gradient of Fugacity Create Entropy?

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Graduate Dimensionless analysis in engine cooling

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Graduate What Do Subscript Variables Indicate in Thermodynamic Equations?

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Graduate My Attempt At Re-entry Temp. Calculation

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Undergrad Detecting visible light EM radiation with an antenna

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High School Why do different car engines need different engine oils? I assume viscosity

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Undergrad Methane? how much will it expand if we vapourize it

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Graduate Conceptual thermodynamics question

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Graduate Confused about thermodynamic quantities and their minimums.

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Undergrad Substance evaporation temperature

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Undergrad Thermal losses through single glazing

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Undergrad Wet vs Dry Cold: Is There Really a Difference?

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Undergrad Is Tidal Energy a creation of energy?

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Undergrad What Insights Can a V(p) Graph Offer in Balloon Inflation Studies?

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Undergrad Does increasing the temperature of an object increase it's mass?

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Undergrad Heat loss of a cargo container in space

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Graduate Can entropy be used to measure time?

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Graduate Thermo Question: The math behind systems in thermal contact

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High School Cooling Air Pipes: Questions and Answers

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Graduate Why is Entropy a concave function of internal energy?

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Graduate Can a Planet of Only Water Exist with Different Ice Structures?

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Graduate Understanding the State Property of Entropy in Thermodynamics

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Undergrad How does the entropy behind osmosis work?

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Graduate Can Understanding Gravity Help Us Grasp Absolute Zero?

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Undergrad Meaning of symbols in given equation

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Graduate Maximizing Functions with Legendre Transforms

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Undergrad Throttling Ideal Gas: Is Temperature Change Involved?

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Graduate If entropy is a state function, how can it keep on increasing?

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Undergrad Volume Expansion of Solid and Hollow Objects at Different Temperatures

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Undergrad Average thermal conductivity (?)

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Undergrad Understanding Energy Transfer: Thermodynamics in an Insulated Box Scenario

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Undergrad Origin of thermal radiation in humans.

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Undergrad Heat transfer through radiator reflector foils with data

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Graduate Calculating Insulation Thickness

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Undergrad Constant term in the adiabatic equation

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Undergrad Comparing Kelvin and Celsius Temperatures in a Rigid Container

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Undergrad Compressing Mixture for More Powerful Explosion?

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Graduate What Are Negative Temperatures and How Do They Defy Absolute Zero?

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Undergrad Enthelpy and work(at constant temperature) are state function

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Graduate Question about cherenkov radiation

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Undergrad Calculate the change of volume from volume expansion coefficient

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Graduate What is the relationship between thermodynamics and classical mechanics?

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Undergrad Difference betweem conduction and diffusion?

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Graduate Why is convection heat transfer rate independent of relative velocity?

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Undergrad Solving the Mystery of "Heavier" Gas Mass

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Graduate Thermal radiation between monatomic gases

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