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Graduate Is directional gas flow possible in a circular closed pipe system?
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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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Graduate Heat & Physics Q: Is There a Cosmic Temp Limit?
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Graduate Amount of Propane Required to Melt 1L Aluminum
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Undergrad Entropy - can only calculate entropy only at constant temperature?
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Undergrad Room heat loss to open door? - Program Idea
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Graduate Information - Energy equivalence
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Undergrad Internal energy equals to average kinectic energy ?
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Undergrad Entropy & Free Energy Change: Understanding at Equilibrium
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Undergrad Expanding a gas through a valve or through a turbine
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