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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?
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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?
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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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High School How does infa-red heat things up?
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Undergrad Inrease in water pressure as a function of temperature under constant volume
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Graduate What is the definition of a system?What Constitutes a System?
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Undergrad Heat Exchange between Fluids (and similar questions)
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Undergrad Air conditioner thermodynamics
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High School Why does a car continue to run when the engine is turned off?
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Graduate A question on heat transfer and blackbodys
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Graduate Free Thermal Expansion and Stress
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