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Undergrad Effect of air flow on temperature inside box

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Undergrad Water Temperature gain calculation

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Undergrad What determines the specific heat capacity of a given substance?

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Undergrad Black Body Radiation: Info for Non-Quantum Physicists

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Undergrad Brain-stroming discussion questions

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High School What is Infared and Ultraviolet radiation responsible for?

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Graduate Can a Black Body Emit Only One Photon After Being Hit By a Single Photon?

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Undergrad Factors Effecting Boil-Off of Liquid

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Undergrad What is the recommended voltage for Kapton flexible heaters wired in parallel?

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Graduate How do we or can we prove ORDER/DISORDER

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Undergrad Understanding the effects of gravity on a gas

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High School Why Do Objects Feel Different Temperatures?

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High School Why do things burn,or char? (Please answer by tommorow)

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Graduate Subatomic Level of Heat/Cold Transfer: Detailed Report

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Graduate 1D Heat equation, numerical solution with ONLY one heat source

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Graduate Thermodynamics: Reversible Compression of Solid Volume V

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Graduate Carbon Dioxide Thermodynamic tables

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High School Open/Close doors to cooling the house?

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Undergrad Isothermal expansion/compression

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Undergrad Understanding Thermal Energy: Exploring the Definition and Use of kT in Physics

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High School Why polished surfaces are colder?

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Undergrad Why convection happens when concentration gradients exist?

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High School Trouble understanding Newtons first law and f=ma

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Undergrad Average wavelength for blackbody radiation

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Undergrad Blended metal bullets; much heat after impact? Can anyone tell me?

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Undergrad Decrease in entropy and 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

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Undergrad Calculate BTU Output of Gas Water Heater: Formula & Tips | 475°F Exhaust

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Graduate I am having trouble understanding a steam turbine

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High School How to protect yourself from radiation?

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Undergrad Strange behavior of thermal expansion and resistivity equations

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Graduate Energy losses associated with a gas regulator

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Graduate Optics thought experiment and 2nd law of thermodynamics

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High School Volume of Gas by Burning Gasoline

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Undergrad How do I calculate energy extraction in a heat engine?

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Graduate Can a Floating Tensegrity Sphere Support a Mini-City in the Sky?

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Undergrad Understanding Energy Transferring

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Graduate Do Reference Frames Affect Thermal Equilibrium and Temperature Observations?

  • Tush
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Undergrad Ideal thermal efficiency impossible?

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Undergrad Hot air balloon thermodynamics

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Undergrad Newtons first law and inertial reference systems. (noob)

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Graduate Why is entropy an irreversible process?

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Undergrad Heat loss due to Evaporation in a closed environment

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Graduate Do spherical ovens conserve heat better than others?

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Undergrad How do things expand (due to heat)?

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Undergrad Harnessing the power of heat? [discussion]

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Undergrad Life & Entropy: Is Life a Low-Entropy System?

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Graduate Bizzare idea, I need expert opinions?

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Undergrad Refrigerators are like rockets, right?

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Graduate Uncovering the Mystery of Electrolytic Cells: The Truth About Free Energy

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Graduate Is There a Maximum Limit to Entropy Increase in an Expanding Universe?

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Undergrad What is the differential equation for a time-constant calorimetry experiment?

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Graduate Is Adding More A/C Units Always Effective for Cooling a Room?

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Graduate Apparent 2nd law violation? (thermodynamics)

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Graduate Is Computation Merely a Side Effect of Energy Transformation in CPUs?

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Graduate Another 2nd law Violation Thread

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High School How Does Air Temperature Change When You Pucker Your Lips?

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Undergrad Another Simple Heat Loss Question

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Graduate Fluid heat transfer problem, please advise. Thanks

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Undergrad Doubts regarding conversion of mechanical work to heat

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High School Does an LC Circuit Radiate Energy?

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Undergrad Isothermal Process: Constant Temperature & Internal Energy

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Undergrad Can Gravity Absorb Heat Energy?

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Undergrad Is Warm Fluid Buoyancy Due to Particle Motion or Density?

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Undergrad Why is 100% efficiency impossible for heat engines?

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High School Why Do Things Melt? Reasons & Explanations

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High School Car Exhaust Heat: Convectional or Radiated?

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Graduate Kinetic energy, heat, and reference frame

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Undergrad Mechanical motion VS thermal motion

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Undergrad Latent heat and colligative properties

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Undergrad Help Heat Conduction into a gas

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Graduate Carnot cycle with efficiency > 1

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Undergrad Using the specific heat of any substance

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Undergrad Does Helium Expands Faster than Air When Heated?

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Graduate Equilibrium state - statistical intuition

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Graduate Second law of thermodynamic and probability

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Graduate Thermodynamic properties of ideal gases

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Graduate How Are the Two Formulations of the Third Law of Thermodynamics Equivalent?

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Graduate How Does Isothermal Expansion Increase Entropy Despite Quantized Energy Levels?

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High School Maximum temp possible with a constant heat source?

  • DaleSwanson
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High School Cooling thermocouples junction

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Undergrad Can Thermocouple Junctions Cool Down When Supplied with Current?

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Graduate Predicting Frost Formation Rate: A Solvable Problem?

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Undergrad Optimizing Heat Transfer: Oil Bath Heat Exchanger for Water Bath Heating

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Undergrad Will I Freeze or Burn in Outer Space? A Look at Heat Transfer in Space

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High School Elephant Toothpaste Experiment in closed container used to compress air

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Undergrad Understanding Energy: Where Does Initial Energy Remain?

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Undergrad Why Does Glass Increase Heat Loss in Aquariums Compared to Air?

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Graduate How Planck explained black body radiation

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Beck, H.L. The physics of Environmental Radiation Fields

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High School Question about insulation and heat transfer

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Graduate Neutral Body Radiation - Does it Emit Electromagnetic Radiation?

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Graduate Calculating the heating effect of a Class IV laser

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Undergrad Figuring Out Time Required to Heat a Mass at Differing Temperatures

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High School I was wondering if one would classify light as heat, or as light?

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High School Entropy and Dust: Uncovering the Mystery of Dust in Vacation Home

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High School Understanding Newton's Third Law: The Impact of Forces on Objects in Motion

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Undergrad Thermodynamics of matter under pressure

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Graduate Definition of a quasistaic process

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Graduate A second question regarding a quasistaic process

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Graduate Aerodynamic Heating: Equation for Rate of Heating?

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