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Graduate Anti-matter and thermodynamics

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Graduate Another question on radiation of time varying arbitrary source.

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Graduate Brightness temperature calculation

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Graduate What is temperature in non-molecule substance?

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Undergrad Momentum as a function of temperature

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Undergrad Can Newton's Second Law be absolutely proven mathematically?

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Graduate Please explain Taylor expansion in radiation.

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Graduate Improving the temperature stability of a temperature controlled water bath

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Undergrad Richard Feynman's description of Fire

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Undergrad Hello intelligent peopleI need a little help8 liter of air

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Undergrad The Greenhouse Effect vs. Blackbodies vs. Global Warming?

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Undergrad Newton's second law and Springs

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Need help rigging something to chill soil.

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Undergrad Concentrating radiation from blackbody with lens

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Undergrad How can energy lost due to expansion be minimized in heat engines and ships?

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High School Hi,I'm in high school and have been given an assignment regarding

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Undergrad Freezing Liquid with Compressed Nitrogen - Is it Possible?

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Graduate Is there a difference between statistical and thermodynamic entropy?

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Undergrad SLOT second law of thermodynamics

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Graduate Does the first law of thermodynamics apply to the cosmological universe?

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Undergrad How Can I Calculate Rocket Exhaust Temperature?

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High School Why is black colour good absorber and radiator of heat ?

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Graduate Feed Water Heater Energy Balance: Closed Systems

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Undergrad Isn't second law of thermodynamics wrong?

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High School Why Copper is a Better Heat Conductor than Iron

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Undergrad Density and the ideal gas equation

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Graduate Can green plants reverse entropy?

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Graduate Entropy vs Life: Does Nature Use Life to Increase Entropy?

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Graduate Boltzmann Equation-where'd the 3 come from?

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Graduate Transient analysis in heat transfer

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Undergrad Can EM Radiation Frequency Be Changed and Who Carries Different Frequencies?

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Graduate Can radiation pressure drive a piston? A thought experiment

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Undergrad Which Burns More? Water or Steam at 100°C

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Undergrad How much energy could be collected from such a setup?

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Graduate Clarification on thermodynamics concepts of state function, exact differential

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Undergrad Entropy of Ice Cube vs Room Temp Water

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Undergrad Is Mass Transport the Same as Forced Convection in Thermal Engineering?

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Graduate Thermodynamics as probability rather than unbreakable law?

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Graduate Something I don't understand about work, heat, and entropy.

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Graduate Space Time Frame Drag Engine Concept

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Undergrad Can you explain the 2nd law of thermodynamics using closed isolated systems?

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Undergrad How to find temperature and time

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Graduate Solving 2D Diffusion Problem: Analytical Solution Needed

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Undergrad Sources of EM radiation in organisms?

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Graduate How Does Entropy Change in a Water-Ice Bath with Vapor Introduction?

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Graduate First law of thermodynamics applied to a submarine

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Undergrad Is this suitable for learning thermodynamics/statistical mechanics?

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Undergrad Calculate the temperature on the other side of the plate.

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Graduate Rate of emission from a black body

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Graduate Clarification on heat propagation

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Graduate Do all bodies radiate at all frequencies?

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Undergrad Newton's second law clarification - derivative, constant mass

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Undergrad Temperature/heat transfer in space

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Undergrad Does Heat Energy Have Mass and Affect Gravity?

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Graduate Converting Lumens to Joules for 1cm Plastic/Glass Sphere

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Graduate How is the consumption of free energy defined and measured in thermodynamics?

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Undergrad Calculate kinetic energy/ speed per particle at given temperature

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High School Thermodynamics: Understanding Temperature

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Undergrad How are experiments affected when gravity's changed, compared to Earth?

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Undergrad Find a Reliable Temperature Sensor for Cold Environments - 200K Capable!

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Undergrad The concepts behind different heat transfer equations?

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High School Most efficient window for an air conditioning unit?

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Graduate How to make a radio frequency heating apparatus?

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Undergrad Geothermal Energy: Drilling to Magma from Platforms at Sea

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Undergrad Quick Question About Heat the Volume of Water

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Undergrad Real Gas PV Curve: Volume Explained

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Undergrad Can Water Vaporize Without Affecting Other Components?”

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Undergrad New to the forum - Stored energy to melt ice

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Undergrad Thoughts on Alien weapons' technology in Crysis

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Undergrad Increase in entropy without change in temperature

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Graduate Solve Gas Expansion Problem: CO2 Tank, Expansion Chamber & Ambient Heat

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Graduate Help in derivation on a trig function in dipole radiation.

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Undergrad What Is Energy: Unveiling the Mystery

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Graduate Energy savings with space elevator

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High School Pushing a cart, using Newton's Third Law

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Undergrad Satellite Burning: Why Does It Occur?

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Undergrad Newton's Third Law on a Inclined Plane

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Undergrad Hearing radio through gas heater possible?

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Undergrad Seebeck Effect a bit of a puzzler

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Undergrad Specific heat capacity and themal conductivity

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Undergrad Is There Heat Transfer in a Stirling Engine's Constant Volume Process?

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Undergrad Thermodynamics, positive pressure argument

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Graduate Derivation of the law of the increase of Entropy

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Graduate I want formulae for Induction heating

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Undergrad Heat Exchange in airconditioner

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Undergrad Which formulation of Newton's second law is more fundamental?

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Graduate Confused about entropy trumping evolution on universal scale

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Undergrad What Is the True Nature of Energy?

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Graduate What Textbooks Cover the Boltzmann Transport Equation in Statistical Mechanics?

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Undergrad Temperature at the centre of the earth

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High School Difference B/t Waves & Radiations

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Graduate Understanding Shock Waves and Entropy in Fluid Dynamics"

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Undergrad Energy losses in cables: What is the ohmic loss?

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Undergrad Combustion explained by physics

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Undergrad Alpha Particles: Is 'Radiation' a Misnomer?

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Graduate Analytical Solutions for 1D Transient Heat Conduction in Cylindrical Coordinates

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Graduate How Do You Convert Spectral Irradiance into Heat Flux?

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Undergrad Heat Engines, Entropy and Counter-Intuitiveness

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Undergrad Heat / Smoke / Pressure in a confined box?

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Graduate How Does Wave-Particle Duality Challenge Our Understanding of Determinism?

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