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Undergrad Number of ways to distribute particles
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Undergrad Kappa factor in heat equation and heat Flux
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Undergrad Compressible choked gas flow through an orifice -- Excel formula
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High School Does Light Energy contain Heat Energy in a large scale?
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Undergrad Equilibrium equation if the barrier allows particle exchange
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High School Clarification : S = K ln W and S = K ln omega
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Undergrad Help understanding "Heat capacity"
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Graduate Enthelpy and Isentropic compression/expansion
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Undergrad Pool Solar Heating - Help orienting the roof-top solar collector please
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Undergrad How did Charles obtain his law when absolute temperature wasn't define
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High School "Prove" that LPG burns with a blue flame ....
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Undergrad Probability in a small interval is ##P. dx##
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High School Extrapolation of relationship of temperature and volume for gas
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Undergrad Relating Entropy and the 2nd law
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Undergrad Can Continuous Approximation Improve Understanding of 1D Random Walks?
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Undergrad A System is the transfer of energy between two mediums?
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Undergrad Calculating Cooling Effect in Gas Cylinder Expansion
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Graduate Calculating the heat loss of an open water tank (aquarium)
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Undergrad The Job of the Demon: Compressing Gas Without Work
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Graduate Vacuum Flask Thermodynamic Equation
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Undergrad Standard measure of distance from equilibrium for all systems
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High School Infrared Detectors & The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
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Undergrad Book suggestions for classical thermodynamics
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High School Thermodynamics of Resistive Heating at Low Power
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High School How does heat conductivity work? Al -> Cu
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Undergrad Elementary Ideas About Entropy -- Is this textbook example correct?
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High School How Does Ambient Temperature Affect Aquarium Water Temperature?
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Undergrad Modeling the concentration of gas constituents in a Force Field
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Undergrad The Equilibrium Macrostate: Reif's Statistical Physics
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High School HFC-134a Refrigerant & 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
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Undergrad Probability in statistical mechanics
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Undergrad How Long Does It Take to Melt a 12.5 kg Gold Bar at 3000°C?
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Undergrad Getting a sauna to a certain temperature - faster with more rocks?
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High School Waste-to-energy question (not homework)
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Undergrad Why does the entropy of a closed system remain constant in a reversible process?
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Graduate Coping mechanisms for thermodynamics?
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Undergrad Can Specific Oscillating Electric Fields Heat Dipolar Molecules Selectively?
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Undergrad Ideal working gas for a Stirling engine
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Undergrad 64% n.th + COP4 = more heat out of fuel than its calorific value?
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Undergrad What is the energy output of a Gravity Battery System?
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Graduate Meaning of density of microstates in phase space
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Undergrad Thermodynamic functions and state variables
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Undergrad Expansion or Compression Work by Gas ##=\int{P_{ext}dV}##
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Undergrad Understanding Wrev > Wirrev in Thermodynamics
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High School Heat and Infrared radiated from an object
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High School How to estimate the heating power of warm air entering a room?
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Undergrad Making a heat shield for my car's exhaust
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Graduate How to calculate the temperature change of a laser-irradiated material
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Undergrad About Reversible vs Irreversible Gas Compression and Expansion Work
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Undergrad Entropy change due to heat transfer between sources
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Graduate Heat and Entropy Increase Confusion
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Undergrad Passive radiative cooling of surfaces below ambient air temperature
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High School Is a Battery-Electric Vehicle Really More Efficient Than a Gas Car?
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High School Is Entropy Truly Undefined in Physical Systems?
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Graduate Why does the past hypothesis let us believe our memories?
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Graduate Show that entropy is a state function
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Undergrad Is Entropy the inexorable conversion of potential to kinetic energy?
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Undergrad Is GHG Theory/GW in conflict with Kinetic Theory of Gases?
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Undergrad Theoretical maximum efficiency of a heat engine without Carnot
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High School Cheapest equipment to boil water at 60℃
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Undergrad Thermal Expansion of A Square Shaped Object
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Undergrad Maxwell’s Relations and Differentiating With Respect to ##N_i##
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Undergrad How does the cooling effect of this "white-est paint" work?
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Undergrad Estimating a thermal equilibrium on a custom made fridge
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High School Thought Experiment: Does Gravity's Compression Warm an Object?
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Undergrad Change of Variables in Thermodynamics
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Undergrad Boltzmann Distribution: Formula & Fig 2a in Document
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Undergrad Is the Equation h = u + (0.185)Pv Accurate for Converting Energy Units?
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Graduate Is there a conflict between CPT symmetry and the 2nd law of thermodynamics?
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Undergrad Mathematical equation for the deviation from ideality of real gases
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Undergrad Why is Entropy defined as a fraction of heat over temperature?
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High School Irreversible Process to Move Gas from State 1 to State 2
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Undergrad Power equation using heat instead of work
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Undergrad Looking for materials about ensemble average
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Graduate Volume constraint in micro-canonical derivation of statistical physics
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Graduate Heat bath and canonical ensembles
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Undergrad Strange feature of BE, FD and Boltzmann distributions
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Undergrad What is the real meaning of a pressure between 0 and 1 bar?
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Undergrad Compressing gas with piston: reasons for temperature increase?
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Undergrad Entropy question involving our Solar System
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Undergrad The pressure exerted by radiation
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High School Physical temperature and antenna temperature
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Undergrad Entropy after removing partition separating gas into two compartments
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High School Cryogenic storage dewars and EM waves
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High School Cooling the room with a ceiling fan and skylight window
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Undergrad How Does Heat Transfer Impact Our Sensation of Temperature?
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Graduate Can Raoult's Law Determine Boiling Points of Fuel Oil?
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Undergrad Thermodynamic Pros/Cons coating light metal tanks with rubber
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Undergrad How fast does an aircraft need to fly before it starts to glow?
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Graduate Calculating temp rise caused by electric arc in an enclosed space
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Undergrad HVAC dehumidifier energy wastage
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High School Will entropy eventually destroy even an open and efficient system?
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Undergrad Understanding the physics of chimneys....
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High School Is Mean Temp in 2 phase Heat Exchangers Higher Than Logarithmic Mean?
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Graduate Equilibrium, entropy, probability - Release of constraints
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Graduate Block universe and entropy increase
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Undergrad Why does entropy grow when a solar system is formed?
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Undergrad Heat capacity for a real gas using the ideal gas (zero pressure) equation
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High School Lorenz COP of a heat pump and the temperatures of the hot/cold reservoirs
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High School Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution under the influence of a gravitational field
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