Thermodynamics Forum

Undergrad Does the New Solar Cell Violate the Second Law of Thermodynamics?

Graduate Fate of matter with universal heat death

Graduate Radiation Heat Pump: Is It Possible?

Undergrad Is Running Your Heat Pump 24/7 More Efficient? Debunking Common Myths

Graduate Quantifying Entropy - an analogy

Undergrad Equivalent energy stored in compressed gas

Graduate PEM fuel cells, why the membrane?

Graduate Generating EM Radiation: Natural and Artificial Methods Explained"

Undergrad What happens when water is heated above its critical temperature?

Undergrad Dew Point Temp: Does it Change with Altitude, Pressure & Density?

High School Time & Temperature: Any Connection?

Undergrad What is the connection between creativity and entropy

Graduate Relative intensity changing with temperature?

Undergrad Here is the roulette cheat cookbook (Fake?)

Undergrad The physics behind air/fuel ratios in 4-stroke engines.

Graduate Slow variables in thermodynamics

Undergrad Is Energy Transfer via Electromagnetic Radiation Considered a Heat Process?

Undergrad Energy efficiency and home insulation

Undergrad Formula for mixing liquids of different temperatures?

High School Cooling a room with A/C (w or w/o a fan)

Undergrad What Material Should I Use for a Dry Ice Container in a DIY Portable AC?

Undergrad Sweating on Line: High vs Low Pressure

Graduate Temperature measured from Wien's Displacement law

Graduate Help to understand fast adiabatic expansion

Undergrad Why is air not the best insulation for homes?

Undergrad Why does the area of a piston have no effect on its settling height?

Graduate Will Compression Affect Temperature and Resonance Frequencies?

Graduate Calling Math & Physics Runners: Take a Look at the SM Model!

Graduate Is It Possible to Generate Energy with a Microscopic Gate Sorting Molecules?

High School Can you sort molecules by speed based on temperature?

Undergrad A question on wave nature of EM radiation

High School Solar cell Efficiency & thermal ?

Graduate Finding the heat transferred in an ininitesimal quasistatic process

High School Can Entropy Explain the Cold Temperatures of Outer Space?

High School Cooling Air with Fans: Explained

Undergrad Air Track Experiment: Explaining the Velocity Increase

Graduate Detecting the existence of a sound that has been lost in thermal noise

Undergrad Why Is Your Tent Wet in the Morning?

Graduate Rotary air compressor and vortex tubes questions?

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High School Can Holding a Teacup Make Tea Cool Faster?

Undergrad Idea that EM radiation propagates through space in straight lines

Undergrad Newscientist claims machine violates 2nd law of thermodynamics

Undergrad Gasoline vs Ethanol: Choosing the Best Fuel for Your Wichita, KS Engine

Graduate Thermodynamics (Callen) Question

Graduate Statistical mechanics - why is temperature not a mechanical variable

Undergrad How do aeroplane wings support the forces and engines?

Undergrad How does heat leave the earth?

Undergrad Explan this phenomena with a hot steel rod

Undergrad Burning Calories, Burning Wood, Grams to Cals?

Undergrad What is the equilibrium temperature of copper and water?

High School Amount of energy on Earth doesn't grow or shrink

High School Practical demonstration of radiation

Graduate What is the significance of Qrev/T in understanding entropy?

High School What is the Best Material for Keeping Food Cool in Insulated Boxes?

Graduate Entropy and possibilty of reversal thereof

Graduate Navier Stokes with chemical reaction

Undergrad How Is Heat Calculated from Friction Over Time?

Undergrad House Color and Heat: Visible vs. IR Radiation

Undergrad How Does Heat Transfer Affect Engine Block Surface Temperatures?

Undergrad Temperature: Does it make sense to say something is twice as cold(or hot)?

Graduate Entropy Decrease: Sample Phenomena Explained

High School Question based on real experience

High School Thermos: Metal vs Glass - What is the Difference?

Undergrad Converting engine power into a force

Undergrad Thermodynamics isue not homework but debate

Undergrad Can a pilot hear engine > mach 1?

Undergrad Heat Absorbed Changing 2kg Ice to Steam: Calculation

Undergrad Thermodynamics and the Weather

Undergrad Calculating Heat Transfer: Freezing Water from -15°C to 10°C

Graduate Equation apply to reversible only or not?

Undergrad Linearity of Heat Conductance - Is Heat Transfer the Same in All Directions?

Undergrad Which Liquid to Choose Based on Heat Capacity for Safety?

Undergrad Is a flame hotter on the outside?

Undergrad Convection, Conduction, Or Radiation. You decide

Graduate Mayor improvement in wikipedia's thermal/statistical physics articles

Graduate How do I calculate lines of constant pressure in a Brayton cycle diagram?

High School Where do the calories go when you pop corn?

Undergrad Know something about Meker Burner?

Undergrad A Ques. From Irreversible Process

Undergrad Can Enough Windwills Cause Climate Change?

Undergrad Why is the boiling point elevation of NaCl solution higher than calculated?

Undergrad Can You Manually Create a Vacuum with a Plunger in a Water-Filled Tube?

Undergrad Violation of 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

Graduate How Does Temperature Affect the Frequency Response of Resonating Materials?

Graduate Boltzman Distribution & Principle of a priori probablities

Undergrad How does thermal expansion effect the diameter of a hole?

Graduate Unit cancellation in integration with natural logarithm?

Undergrad Can Portable Air Conditioners Defy the Laws of Thermodynamics?

Graduate Thermo- Heated Air in Brick Box.

Graduate Writing correct physical equation for mixing process

Undergrad Thermal Dispersion Software: Find Heater Effects on Silica

Undergrad Boiling liquid in a closed vessel

Graduate Can a 10 nm facet area achieve 10^12W/m^2 for laser heating on a tungsten tip?

Undergrad Calculate Final Temp of Thin Steel Piece: Heat Transfer Problem

Undergrad Solving Heat Transfer in an Aluminum Cube: Find Temperature After t Seconds

Undergrad CO2 Pressure Formula: Determine Pressure at Any Temperature

Graduate What is a Closed Path Integral in Thermodynamics?

High School What Causes Car Reflections on Hot Roads?

High School Energy Creation: Gravity as an Infinite Source

High School Conversion Device: Mechanical to Heat Energy