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Undergrad Can someone explain the pressure due to an ideal gas in a container?
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Undergrad Proof of F=ma from second law of Newton
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Undergrad Understanding the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics: Explanation and Examples
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Undergrad What is the Joule Thomson Effect and why does it matter for real gases?
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Undergrad Separator tank pumps out the liquid so as to keep the tank level
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Undergrad How are internal energy and enthalpy related in the study of thermodynamics?
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Undergrad Time required for a liquid to change in Temp (thermo)
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Graduate Cherenkov Radiation for lighting
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High School Questions about forces Newton's Laws (first law)
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Undergrad How do heat production and rolling resistance work together?
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Undergrad Why Temperature increases by increasing pressure?
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High School Energy from combustion of element
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Undergrad Physics/Chem: Why the sign difference in Thermodynamics?
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High School Understanding Newton's Second Law: Force and Velocity Explained
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Graduate Reversibility and Entropy questions
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High School Forced evaporative cooling in high humidity conditions
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Accurate, Affordable Digital Thermometer?
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Request for a book: Chemical Thermodynamic by Peter Rock A.
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Freeze Beer in 2 Seconds - Max's Question
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Undergrad Does entropy always involve heat?
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Graduate Gravity and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
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High School Battery Powered Nichrome Heating Element (80 Degrees)
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Undergrad Temperature/Resitance Relation?
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Undergrad Why do hot objects emit infrared light and how are photons involved?
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Undergrad First law of thermodynamics situation
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Help me please to use my infrared heater the most effectively
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High School Is Energy Required to Freeze Water?
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High School I don't quite get Newton's third law
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Undergrad How about Mechanisms of Metal Cooling in a Vacuum?
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Graduate Stat mech-microstates and macrostates
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High School 1 gal Milk freezes in 12 hrs thaws out in 3 days. WHY?
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Graduate Absolute Entropy (Statistical)
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High School Can Explosives Extinguish Fires by Removing Oxygen?
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Graduate Does dark energy violate the second law of thermodynamics?
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Graduate How Does Saturation Affect Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere?
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High School Which Will Cool Longer: Wiping vs Not Wiping Condensation
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Undergrad Calculating thermal conductivity
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High School What exactly is a wheatstone bridge? What are its uses?
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High School Can I measure the Solar Constant this way?
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Graduate Maximizing Entropy vs Minimizing Gibbs Function - Why?
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High School Why Can't We Compress Water but Can Compress Gas?
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Graduate Newton's second law with linear and angular momentum
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Undergrad Why must reversible process proceed slowly?
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Undergrad Is My Energy Exchange Analysis Accurate for Evaluating My Motor?
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Undergrad Basic Monatomic Ideal Gas Speed/Temperature Relationship
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Undergrad Why root mean square for temperature?
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Graduate Is Mylar Necessary for Preventing Heat Leak in Low Temperature Apparatus?
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Graduate Temperature dependence of contact angle in liquids
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Undergrad Another where did the energy go question
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Undergrad Questions about insulation and heat transfer
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Undergrad Stephan's Law: Net Power Loss/Gain Through Radiation
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Undergrad Why does gas have more energy than liquid?
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Undergrad Heat in a Vacuum: Does it Need a Medium?
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Graduate Rate of heat transfer / specific heat
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High School Temperature is the measure of average kinetic energy of the molecules
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Undergrad Where is Your Home Losing Heat? Practical Methods for Measurement
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Graduate Is there more than one definition of entropy?
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Undergrad Entropy: Human vs Rock, Heavy Elements & Solids
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Undergrad What Is the Resistivity of Pure Steam?
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Graduate Understanding Reversible Processes: Definition, Examples, and Importance
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High School Is change of phase always reversible?
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Graduate Does Gravity Invalidate the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
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High School Equation 2nd law thermodynamics
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Graduate Is Stefan's Law Truly Valid at All Temperatures?
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High School Gravity & Geothermal: Why is Earth's Core so Hot?
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Undergrad Why entropy is an extensive quantity ?
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Undergrad Firing into a industrial boiler
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Graduate Human in deep space in spacesuit, do they need a heater?
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Graduate What Is the Explosion Radius in a Worst-Case LOX and LIN Scenario?
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Undergrad Entropy & Energy: Why Do Things Move Away from High PE?
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High School Is it Possible to Convert Sound Energy into Heat Energy?
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Graduate Newton and approach to second law
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Graduate Where Does the Radiated Energy Come From in a Gravitational Collision?
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Graduate Weird second law of Newton for rotation
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Undergrad Is Global Warming Debunked by Thermodynamics?
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High School Most effective means of moving hot air?
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Undergrad Calculating heat loss from open tank
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Graduate Why are probabilities distribution of thermodynamic variables tend to Gaussian?
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High School Why Objects Burn Up Upon Entering Earth's Atmosphere
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Undergrad Properties of a bimetallic strip
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Graduate How do you get good at statistical physics?
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Undergrad What Defines an Ideal Gas and How Does It Differ from Real Gases?
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Graduate Does a randomly polarized beam have higher entropy than a fully polarized beam?
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Undergrad Heating water with a wind turbine
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Graduate Greenhouse Gas Misunderstanding?
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Undergrad Is there any law that states something cannot have 100% efficiency?
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Undergrad Heat equation advice for a small ice rink.
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Undergrad Can Water Reach 101°C @ 1 Atmosphere?
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Graduate Increasing entropy vs groundstate
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Undergrad Which Temperature Sensing Technique Offers the Highest Sensitivity?
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High School Help Me Find Report on Thermal Expansion & Elasticity
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Undergrad Temperature and Compressing Water?
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High School Cooling the human body with fans.
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High School Organic matter in absolute zero?
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Undergrad Specific Heat Capacity: Mass, Temp, Time Factors
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Graduate Planck's Radiation Law and Stefan's Law
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Graduate Thermodynamics and the JFK Assassination
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High School Davy's Safety Lamp: How Does it Get Oxygen to Burn in Coal Mines?
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High School Radiant Heat Energy: Why is Hand Protected Behind Glass?
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Graduate Energy loss in compressible flow
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