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Undergrad Buoyant forces and temperature

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Undergrad Absolute Zero on celsius scale

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Undergrad Calculating Grashof's Number for Natural Convection

  • lazypast
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High School Convert Internal Energy to Mechanical Energy: Real Life Examples

  • qasimdada
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Undergrad Newton's Law of Cooling. little question about 'Specific heat' of Mercury

  • matthewgill
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Undergrad Mercury: expansion with temperature

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Graduate Heat provider and heat acceptor makes up the system.heat flows

  • orthovector
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Undergrad Question about the refrigeration cycle

  • LennoxLewis
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Graduate What exactly happens when entropy reaches its maximum value in the universe?

  • Archosaur
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Undergrad Cool Gas with Ionisation - Can High Voltage Do It?

  • PH7SICS
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High School The intensity of the Sun and heat on Earth

  • Niles
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Undergrad Specific Heat vs Thermal Conductivity

  • Physics_Kid
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Graduate Second law of Thermodynamics - does this violate it?

  • Idoubt
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Undergrad What Does Non-Interact Mean in the Context of Ideal Gases?

  • fluidistic
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Undergrad Heat conductivity depending on temperature

  • Oli Hall
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Undergrad Thermal Radiation and Heat Engines

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Graduate Electirc Field Amplitude Radiation Pattern?

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High School Nuclear reactor there is radiation called like sarencobe radiation

  • cragar
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Undergrad What Is Adiabatic Change and How Does It Relate to the Laplacian?

  • mikeasabsa
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Graduate Understand Kelvin-Plank Statement for 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

  • integrate
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Graduate An Impossibly Enormous Calculation

  • Chaos' lil bro Order
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Undergrad EM Radiation from Power Transformers

  • hi-bob
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Undergrad How Does Specific Heat Affect Heat Transfer Rates in Different Metals?

  • Physics_Kid
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High School Why have a minimum temperature

  • cataldo
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Graduate What is the current status of Tsallis entropy in entropy modeling?

  • apeiron
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Undergrad How Can I Calculate Hot Water Usage in My Home?

  • MrDieselT
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Undergrad Can fire be considered the fourth state of matter?

  • Topher925
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High School Are Convection and Conduction the Same Form of Heat Transfer?

  • Stratosphere
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Graduate Harnessing Neutrinos for Energy: Possibilities and Limitations

  • Jaknight25
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Undergrad Are Atomic Clocks Affected by Ambient Temperature?

  • Zman
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Graduate What is order parameter and how to find critical temperature?

  • KFC
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High School Internal Energy - Is there a maximum value?

  • wlng81
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Undergrad Ice vs. Dry Ice total BTU cooling to 25 degrees C

  • bguthire
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Undergrad What does temperature in mesosphere mean?

  • jostpuur
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Graduate Modelling of condensation in air

  • ponjavic
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Graduate Calculating enthelpy from other data

  • bumblebee77
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Graduate Entropy change and origin of life

  • novince
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Undergrad How to determine the time it takes for metals to reach a temp

  • Altrepair
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Undergrad Thermo cyphon to drive barbeque spit?

  • Steve Stone
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Graduate Cooling heated gas under pressure with water

  • alabra27
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Graduate What is the mechanism behind transition radiation?

  • JeffKoch
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Graduate Temperature and Average Kinetic Energy

  • jmsmith
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Graduate Understanding Plank's Law of Black Body Radiation

  • Zman
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Undergrad Netwons Third Law Explained: Equal Force with Unequal Masses

  • Slashbe
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Undergrad Question about heating something under constant pressure/volume

  • windsupernova
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Undergrad Fundamental doubt in Thermodynamics

  • prashant3507
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Graduate Questionning the secong law of thermodynamics

  • fluidistic
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Undergrad Is Hot Air from Freezers/Fridges Causing Failures?

  • DonnaOz
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Graduate Relation between heat capacity and internal energy

  • trelek2
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Graduate Why Matter Can't Spontaneously Turn to Energy

  • menergyam
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High School Where can I learn to calculate the need for cooling?

  • TSN79
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High School Heat Energy Required: Calculate Q, C, ΔT

  • Damien H
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Undergrad What Is Absolute Zero & Maximum Temperature?

  • ark
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Graduate Netwons second law and rocket equation

  • calculus_jy
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Graduate Adiabatic/Reversible application of external field to Ideal Gas

  • a_h
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Graduate Adiabatic Process: Cv (Molar Heat)

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Graduate Radiative Energy: Debate on Physical Processes

  • RodB
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Undergrad Physical properties of High-temperature reusable surface insulation tiles

  • ToadLeafStar
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High School A question about heating aluminium with a hole in it

  • fluidistic
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High School What is the Latent Heat of Fusion and Why Does it Take Heat to Freeze Something?

  • MadmanMurray
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Graduate How Does Cooling Matter to Absolute Zero Relate to Energy Release?

  • milks
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High School Experiment for specific latent heat of fusion of ice

  • Boogeyman
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Graduate A Thermometer That Could Measure Negative Temperature

  • chem_nerd09
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Graduate Temperature: Absolute infinity

  • Mephisto
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Undergrad Optimizing Heat Transfer: The Benefits of Coiled Pipes

  • openbahr
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Graduate Study Kinetic Theory: Deriving Boltzmann Equation from Liouville

  • xhxchina
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High School If my rocket has two rocket engines going off each at an impulse at 20.00 N/S .

  • Max CR
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High School Where Does the Sun's Energy Go?

  • kane88
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Undergrad Partial derivatives in thermodynamics

  • maxBrunsfeld
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Undergrad Understanding the Function of a Constant Volume Thermometer

  • orthovector
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High School What is the definition of energy?

  • venky56
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Undergrad What is the significance of deriving PV=K?

  • Ultros88
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Undergrad What gas's temperature increases as it decompresses?

  • noblethewhite
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Undergrad Checking understanding on factors affecting thermal equilibrium

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High School Melting Ice: Does Water Surface Rise?

  • ssssupaman
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Graduate Entropy-Volume Changes in a Closed System: Examining Heat and Work Effects

  • sirchasm
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Undergrad Temperature converter to freguancy

  • ecestar
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Undergrad Is pressure distinct from temperature in gas laws?

  • johndb
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High School Does it Take More Energy to Produce a 9 Volt Battery?

  • Zamdrist
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Graduate Time constant for Liquid to Gas flashing off.

  • 246ohms
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Undergrad [Thermodynamics] Ideal Gas Properties of Air

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Undergrad Figuring out a stove top temperature using boiling water

  • frikk
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High School How much does air expand with heat

  • deathlucky
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Graduate Determining Thermal Coefficient of Binary Solvent Mixture

  • OptiPessimist
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High School Do We Radiate Heat in Closed Rooms?

  • stochastic
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Undergrad Lasers increasing vapor to superheated steam

  • brittc913
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Undergrad A .5 kg rock is dropped from a height of 20 meters into a pail

  • Sheldinoh
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Undergrad Thermal conductivity of the wetsuit

  • jero971
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Undergrad How Can the Temperature of Heat Energy from Water Formation Be Measured?

  • Butterfly_grl
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High School What Happens to Forces When You Kick a Ball?

  • rasensuriken
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Undergrad Helicopter in a box: Third law

  • PeterPumpkin
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Undergrad Calculating heat from H2 and O2

  • Butterfly_grl
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Undergrad Calculate Jet Engine Net Thrust (F(N))

  • v_pino
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Undergrad Question concerning Ideal Gas Law correction to a teacher & tactons

  • fedaykin
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Graduate Thermal equilibrium versus pressures

  • intervoxel
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Graduate Vacuum Expansion: Understanding the Final States of Closed Systems

  • Chuck St. Lou
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Undergrad Why is the internal energy unchanged in this closed system?

  • v_pino
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Undergrad Specific heat capacity at constant pressure

  • v_pino
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Graduate Is Hydrogen Gas Transparent to Gamma Rays? And What About Xenon Gas?

  • Northprairieman
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Undergrad Proving Specific Enthelpy = Specific Internal Energy

  • v_pino
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