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High School 273 + degree Celsius = Kelvin Why 273?

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Graduate Thermodynamics question (propellant gas)

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Undergrad What happens to temperature when compressing air adiabatically to 200 atm?

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Graduate Conceptual question about gas expanding against piston

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Undergrad Regarding the second law of thermodynamics.

  • A Dhingra
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Graduate Calculating force of hydraulic cylinder

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High School Energy Transfer: Which Line Transfers Energy Faster?

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High School PV=nRT: Volume of Container or Gas? Impact on Temperature?

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Undergrad Specific Heat of Sodium vs Absolute Temperature

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Undergrad Meaning of the adiabatic constant

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High School Does Wind Feel Cold Because of Heat Transfer?

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Graduate Relationship between EM Radiation Energy and Electric/Magnetic Field Magnitude

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Undergrad Vacuum Pump Solution for Perfectly Sealed Chamber

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High School At what temperature does Petroleum burn?

  • CognitiveNet
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High School Why does food get colder on the sides quicker than in the middle?

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Undergrad I have just realized that I never saved my college thermodynamics

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Undergrad Does a black body radiate all colors of the rainbow?

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Undergrad Whiskey Stones - ice, stone, steel: which is best?

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Undergrad Exploding Soda Can Mystery: Uncovering the Truth

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Graduate Can gravity be explained as an entropic force in relation to thermodynamics?

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Undergrad Specific Heat Capacity of Tantalum

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High School Second Law of Dynamics: Important Consequences

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Undergrad Emissivity and IR Thermometers

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Graduate Zero-point energy + Thermal runaway

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High School Are Gamma Rays Always Part of Nuclear Reactions?

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Undergrad Effects of Altitude on Convection Coefficient

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Undergrad Thermal Conductance Through Two Materials

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Graduate Entropy Change from Joule Expansion

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Undergrad Heat Transfer Application Question

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Graduate Few Fundamental Thermodynamics Questions

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Undergrad Is Ice Melt Linear? Investigating Possible Errors in a Lab Experiment

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Undergrad Questions about the downward gravitational force and Newton's second law

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Graduate Heat transfer and airflow question

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Graduate Thought experiment about energy

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Undergrad Is There a max temperature? My question about it.

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Undergrad Does Increasing ICE Engine Efficiency Lower Exhaust Temperatures Proportionally?

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Undergrad Tempertaure of a moving object vs. stationary one

  • Giga_Man
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Undergrad How Quickly Do the Exhaust Gases Coming off a Fire Cool Down?

  • Prince Rilian
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Graduate Heat capacity of gas at zero K

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Undergrad Condensation on a cold glass during a hot day

  • mathman44
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Graduate Temperature of the Heat Death of the Universe?

  • Alutoe
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Graduate Concept of Entropy. (Question)

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Undergrad Finding power needed to heat an oven through radiation and conduction

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Undergrad Is Water or Ice better for dissipating heat from a copper tube

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Graduate I want a deep clarification in entropy

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Undergrad Can Matter Exist as a Gas at Zero Kelvin?

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Graduate The fluctuation-dissipation theorem for a non-periodic driver

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Undergrad Does entropy decrease during the formation of stars and the freezing of water?

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Undergrad Producing heat(fire) using magnifying Glass

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Graduate Observing Optical Phenomena with 500THz Generator

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High School Difference between heat and temperature

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Undergrad Help me understand how much heat sink possible with frozen H2O

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High School Why Are Cooling Boxes in Refrigerators Often Positioned at the Top?

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Undergrad Vaporisation of coffee in a sealed cup

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Graduate Validating Third Law of Thermodynamics

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Undergrad Heat transfer of a cup of coffee

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High School Understanding Winter Thermal Conduction on Wooden Floors

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Graduate Is Muon-Catalyzed fusion possible with room temperature, gaseous Deuterium?

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Undergrad Question for all those who can answer

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Undergrad Why does ice cool liquid more than 32 degree aluminum cubes?

  • maximiliano
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Undergrad Temp within Comporessed Air tank

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Graduate The effects of the alpha, beta and gamma radiation on humans

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Undergrad I got burned by a helium tank valve. How?

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Graduate Why are specific heat high in water but low in ethylene glycol?

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Graduate Radiation from a Charged Black Hole Orbiting a Planet

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Graduate Is Newton's Third Law a Manifestation of Fundamental Laws?

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Graduate Does the Third Law of Thermodynamics Apply in Quantum and Cosmic Contexts?

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Undergrad Reusing lost energy from Compressed air

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Undergrad Specific Heat: Bond or Freedom of Degree Based, Or Size?

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Undergrad Thermal Equilibrium between a Hot and Cold Body

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Undergrad Negative Ion Emission: Heat, Piezoelectric Effect & Object Differences

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Graduate What is the Entropy of Liquid Nitrogen at 77.244K and 1bar Pressure?

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Undergrad Rradiators at high temperatures

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Undergrad Clarification regarding Newon's first law.

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Undergrad Thermodynamics for a geothermal heat pump

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High School Wind chill: how to calculate? Is there such thing as wind warmth ?

  • pa5tabear
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High School Water Temperature Difference with Depth

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Graduate Temperatures Required for Explosive Expansion of Air?

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Graduate Equivalence of Canonical and Microcanonical Ensembles in Thermodynamic Limit

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High School Is My Battery Safe After Extended Heat Exposure?

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Undergrad Thermodynamics Help: Texts & Websites for Understanding

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Undergrad Why does temperature difference between 2 bodies affect rate of heat transfer?

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Undergrad What is the molar volume of gas at S.T.P. and S.A.T.P.?

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High School Spectrum observed on heated vessel

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Undergrad Solar Panel Efficiency and Temperature

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High School Manual or automatic save power in water heater geyser

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Undergrad Is there any way that Newton's second law can be derived from the

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Graduate What is the film coefficient for a hot object moving through open air?

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Graduate Is stored energy present in a bar that expands freely due to thermal induction?

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Undergrad Question About Measuring Specific Heat Capacity

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Graduate Cherenkov Radiation: Can Neutrinos Emit Light?

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Graduate How Do You Calculate Entropy and Reversibility in Irreversible Processes?

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High School Third Law of Motion :Confusion

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Undergrad Question about the Carnot engine

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Graduate Carnot Cycle and Reversibility

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High School Why the heat capacity of water is high?

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Graduate Coefficient of thermometric conductivity

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Graduate Hii have a few questions about entropy:why does the definition

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Graduate Air Conditioner Efficiency - Humidity & Precooling

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Graduate Metal Stretch Force Calculation (engineering)

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