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Undergrad What Defines Order and Disorder in the Context of Entropy?

Sidewalk
May 19, 2005 · Replies 2 · May 19, 2005

Replies: 2

High School Temperature/Kinetic Energy Question

Hyphon
May 18, 2005 · Replies 3 · May 18, 2005

Replies: 3

Undergrad Ignition Temp: Gasoline vs. Ethanol?

quasi426
May 15, 2005 · Replies 6 · May 17, 2005

Replies: 6

Undergrad Ideal gases and Vector calculus

bjon-07
May 16, 2005 · Replies 7 · May 17, 2005

Replies: 7

Graduate Efficient Heat Transfer Device for High Temperature Systems

Swampeast Mike
Apr 26, 2005 · Replies 19 · May 12, 2005

Replies: 19

Undergrad Heat Energy & Mass: How Can Snow Have More Heat Energy?

NoHeart
May 11, 2005 · Replies 3 · May 12, 2005

Replies: 3

Graduate Heating Materials with Photon Energy Explained

IntuitioN
May 10, 2005 · Replies 10 · May 10, 2005

Replies: 10

High School Newcomer Asks: What is the Final Temperature?

Msnyder
May 9, 2005 · Replies 10 · May 9, 2005

Replies: 10

Graduate Confused by some aspects of thermodynamics

secret2
May 8, 2005 · Replies 1 · May 8, 2005

Replies: 1

High School Why Did a Coin Jump Off a Heated Light Bulb?

h0dgey84bc
May 1, 2005 · Replies 37 · May 8, 2005

2

Replies: 37

Undergrad What is the science behind brick ovens and their superior cooking abilities?

Rocky143
May 5, 2005 · Replies 3 · May 8, 2005

Replies: 3

Undergrad Change in GIbbs free energy for ethanol

koomanchoo
May 7, 2005 · Replies 3 · May 7, 2005

Replies: 3

Undergrad Measuring Brick Temp: Thermocouple/Pyrometer & Microammeter

cdm391
Apr 28, 2005 · Replies 7 · May 5, 2005

Replies: 7

Graduate Comparing dQ/dt & dT/dt of a Cube & a Globe

campa
May 4, 2005 · Replies 3 · May 5, 2005

Replies: 3

High School Explaining How Air Weighs in an Evacuated Flask

Jayse_83
Apr 25, 2005 · Replies 40 · May 3, 2005

2

Replies: 40

Undergrad Twin engine jet airplane lands

confused1
May 2, 2005 · Replies 2 · May 3, 2005

Replies: 2

High School Can You Electrocute Yourself With Water Heater?

Michael66
May 1, 2005 · Replies 1 · May 1, 2005

Replies: 1

Undergrad Temperature graph of a certain experiment

momtonate
May 1, 2005 · Replies 3 · May 1, 2005

Replies: 3

High School What is the Triple Point and How Does It Work?

TSN79
Apr 30, 2005 · Replies 2 · Apr 30, 2005

Replies: 2

High School Why Does Hot Water Conduct Heat Easier Downwards?

nishant
Apr 30, 2005 · Replies 7 · Apr 30, 2005

Replies: 7

Graduate Explain the exact notion of an ensemble

h0dgey84bc
Apr 25, 2005 · Replies 2 · Apr 26, 2005

Replies: 2

High School EM radiation and Nuclear Radiation

madking153
Apr 24, 2005 · Replies 6 · Apr 24, 2005

Replies: 6

Undergrad What is main concept of implimentation of equations.?

Aladin
Apr 13, 2005 · Replies 6 · Apr 23, 2005

Replies: 6

Graduate Gibbs' Paradox and Ideal Gas Mixture Entropy

Palindrom
Apr 18, 2005 · Replies 7 · Apr 20, 2005

Replies: 7

Undergrad Reversible heat exchange with surroundings

Willa
Apr 10, 2005 · Replies 20 · Apr 16, 2005

Replies: 20

High School Colder water better thermal conductor?

Pengwuino
Apr 15, 2005 · Replies 4 · Apr 15, 2005

Replies: 4

Undergrad Solar Cells incident angle of radiation.

cosmik_debris
Apr 14, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 14, 2005

Replies: 1

Undergrad Understand Degenerative Breaking & Heat Dissipation

liv
Apr 7, 2005 · Replies 7 · Apr 12, 2005

Replies: 7

High School Is it safe to supercool something in my house

Someone502
Apr 11, 2005 · Replies 6 · Apr 11, 2005

Replies: 6

Graduate Heat Availabilty & Its Physical Mission

Clausius2
Apr 8, 2005 · Replies 3 · Apr 11, 2005

Replies: 3

Graduate Can the Second Law of Thermodynamics Be Proven Empirically?

Palindrom
Apr 7, 2005 · Replies 17 · Apr 8, 2005

Replies: 17

Graduate Exploring Entropy: Macro vs. Micro Reductionism and Separationism

Spin_Network
Apr 7, 2005 · Replies 6 · Apr 7, 2005

Replies: 6

Undergrad How Do You Model Time-Varying Heat Conduction in a Simple House Simulation?

Mooz
Apr 6, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 6, 2005

Replies: 1

Undergrad How exactly is heat transferred?

ping_nl
Apr 6, 2005 · Replies 2 · Apr 6, 2005

Replies: 2

Undergrad Time it takes to reach equilibrium

Pengwuino
Apr 2, 2005 · Replies 7 · Apr 5, 2005

Replies: 7

How do you estimate the temperature 20 feet belowground?

marcus
Aug 5, 2004 · Replies 1 · Apr 4, 2005

Replies: 1

Undergrad Measurement for force, distance and time for a treadmill

Outblaze
Apr 3, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 4, 2005

Replies: 1

Graduate Calculating Entropy of 2D Free Particles: Statistical Physics Challenge

Palindrom
Apr 1, 2005 · Replies 4 · Apr 1, 2005

Replies: 4

Undergrad Solving the Otto Cycle Ideal MEP Query

ChrisHarvey
Mar 30, 2005 · Replies 4 · Apr 1, 2005

Replies: 4

Undergrad Can lost energy from inefficiency only be transferred as heat or radiation?

BasketDaN
Mar 27, 2005 · Replies 6 · Mar 28, 2005

Replies: 6

Undergrad Cooling capacity of an aircon compressor

weehian
Mar 13, 2005 · Replies 18 · Mar 21, 2005

Replies: 18

High School Does Blowing Warm Air Cool a Hot Potato Faster Than Natural Cooling?

jgual
Mar 21, 2005 · Replies 1 · Mar 21, 2005

Replies: 1

High School Will Heating a Liquid-Filled Bottle Cause It to Explode?

lwymarie
Mar 19, 2005 · Replies 4 · Mar 20, 2005

Replies: 4

Undergrad Final Temp of Water in Calorimeter After Heating Silver Ring

laker88116
Mar 14, 2005 · Replies 1 · Mar 14, 2005

Replies: 1

Undergrad Thermodynamics: Modelling the internal environment of a tent

Jakob81
Mar 14, 2005 · Replies 1 · Mar 14, 2005

Replies: 1

High School You can freeze water by heating it? apparently

wickedsingh
Mar 10, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 10, 2005

Replies: 3

High School Using a Thermistor as a Crude Thermometer

richnfg
Feb 15, 2005 · Replies 11 · Mar 7, 2005

Replies: 11

Undergrad Discovering the Initial Temperature of a Heated Metal Bolt with Thermodynamics

laker88116
Mar 6, 2005 · Replies 28 · Mar 6, 2005

Replies: 28

Undergrad Introduced to the concept of entropy in school

strid
Feb 27, 2005 · Replies 20 · Mar 6, 2005

Replies: 20

Undergrad Inverse square law and Kepler's third law

Reshma
Feb 25, 2005 · Replies 26 · Mar 5, 2005

Replies: 26

Undergrad What exactly is equilibrium in thermodynamics?

chingkui
Feb 26, 2005 · Replies 2 · Mar 4, 2005

Replies: 2

Undergrad Viscosity Help: Calculating Glycerol Viscosity w/ Data

tntcoder
Feb 26, 2005 · Replies 11 · Feb 28, 2005

Replies: 11

Graduate Do a state function be multu-valued function

mpv55
Feb 23, 2005 · Replies 14 · Feb 25, 2005

Replies: 14

Graduate The Paradox of Gas Density: Why Is the Center Not Higher?

ramollari
Feb 24, 2005 · Replies 6 · Feb 25, 2005

Replies: 6

Undergrad Need some help understanding some thermal physics

utorstudent
Feb 17, 2005 · Replies 6 · Feb 21, 2005

Replies: 6

Undergrad Understanding Heat and Resistors: Explained for Non-Experts

quasar987
Feb 16, 2005 · Replies 2 · Feb 16, 2005

Replies: 2

Graduate Question about entropy of photons

JesseM
Feb 3, 2005 · Replies 32 · Feb 12, 2005

2

Replies: 32

High School Why Does Ice Cream Soften Differently Than Bread in the Microwave?

i0n
Feb 4, 2005 · Replies 9 · Feb 9, 2005

Replies: 9

Graduate Detecting Black Hole Radiation: How Does It Work?

BigStelly
Feb 9, 2005 · Replies 3 · Feb 9, 2005

Replies: 3

High School Skydiving Temperature: The Impact of Air Resistance on Body Heat

Mk
Jan 30, 2005 · Replies 20 · Feb 6, 2005

Replies: 20

Graduate Characterizing Volume in Equilibrium Thermodynamics

pt176900
Feb 2, 2005 · Replies 3 · Feb 2, 2005

Replies: 3

Graduate Condensor Power thermodynamics

knarl
Jan 31, 2005 · Replies 9 · Feb 2, 2005

Replies: 9

Graduate Do Accelerating Observers Detect Radiation from a Stationary Charge?

anonymous299792458
Jan 29, 2005 · Replies 15 · Jan 31, 2005

Replies: 15

Undergrad Need help understanding black body radiation

p.falk
Jan 28, 2005 · Replies 4 · Jan 31, 2005

Replies: 4

Graduate Help with Thermodynamics Problems

Kelvin
Jan 26, 2005 · Replies 6 · Jan 30, 2005

Replies: 6

Graduate Yet another radiation question

anonymous299792458
Jan 29, 2005 · Replies 1 · Jan 29, 2005

Replies: 1

Graduate Question about Planck's Law of Radiation

mathlete
Jan 26, 2005 · Replies 16 · Jan 28, 2005

Replies: 16

Graduate Temperature in Space: Radiometer, Condensation, Electrostatic Energy

JDrudge
Jan 26, 2005 · Replies 2 · Jan 27, 2005

Replies: 2

Undergrad Building a Thermal Energy Storage System: What Additive Can I Use?

alexwin_75
Jan 27, 2005 · Replies 1 · Jan 27, 2005

Replies: 1

High School Heat Transfer Capability of Substances

wasteofo2
Jan 23, 2005 · Replies 10 · Jan 24, 2005

Replies: 10

High School Discover the Science Behind Salt's Ability to Melt Ice

Mk
Jan 19, 2005 · Replies 14 · Jan 20, 2005

Replies: 14

High School Ideal gas law problems: Pascals vs Atms?

ddoctor
Jan 15, 2005 · Replies 3 · Jan 15, 2005

Replies: 3

Graduate Question about Entropy/Shannon Information

celal777
Jan 12, 2005 · Replies 3 · Jan 12, 2005

Replies: 3

Undergrad Thermionic Emission: What Causes Electrons to be Emitted?

Cheman
Jan 8, 2005 · Replies 2 · Jan 8, 2005

Replies: 2

Graduate Why is the temperature of a non-equilibrium system undefined?

Kelvin
Jan 5, 2005 · Replies 6 · Jan 5, 2005

Replies: 6

Undergrad How Does Vibration Relate to the Third Law of Thermodynamics?

SimonP
Jan 4, 2005 · Replies 6 · Jan 4, 2005

Replies: 6

Graduate Lagrangian mechanics and thermodynamics

Feynmanfan
Dec 31, 2004 · Replies 1 · Dec 31, 2004

Replies: 1

Undergrad First Formulation of Second Law as F=ma ?

j_wendt
Dec 24, 2004 · Replies 8 · Dec 29, 2004

Replies: 8

Graduate Does Temperature Influence the Energy of Matter?

abercrombiems02
Dec 24, 2004 · Replies 2 · Dec 25, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate Ice Under Pressure: Density Changes at 0-14k psi?

BasketDaN
Nov 30, 2004 · Replies 9 · Dec 22, 2004

Replies: 9

High School What the heck is isometric heating?

Mk
Dec 15, 2004 · Replies 8 · Dec 16, 2004

Replies: 8

High School Can Wind Make It Feel Warmer at Night?

Loren Booda
Dec 14, 2004 · Replies 13 · Dec 16, 2004

Replies: 13

Graduate Calculate Helmholtz Free Energy Change from Data

Feynmanfan
Dec 7, 2004 · Replies 3 · Dec 11, 2004

Replies: 3

High School Coffee temperature and time of milk addition

asfd
Dec 7, 2004 · Replies 3 · Dec 8, 2004

Replies: 3

High School What is absolute temperature?

Mk
Dec 4, 2004 · Replies 10 · Dec 6, 2004

Replies: 10

Graduate Thermo Q: S2-S1=0? Why Doesn't Equation Yield 0?

eku_girl83
Dec 5, 2004 · Replies 1 · Dec 6, 2004

Replies: 1

Undergrad Free expansion of an ideal gas

don_anon25
Dec 5, 2004 · Replies 5 · Dec 6, 2004

Replies: 5

Graduate When Should You Use the Grand Partition Function in Statistical Mechanics?

secret2
Dec 2, 2004 · Replies 1 · Dec 3, 2004

Replies: 1

Undergrad Newton's Third Law of a bullet

DeathKnight
Nov 29, 2004 · Replies 14 · Dec 2, 2004

Replies: 14

Undergrad Where does the heat come from?

Mk
Nov 27, 2004 · Replies 2 · Nov 27, 2004

Replies: 2

Undergrad State variables in thermodynamics.

misogynisticfeminist
Nov 26, 2004 · Replies 6 · Nov 26, 2004

Replies: 6

Undergrad Why is energy important in Infra-red spectroscopy?

Cheman
Nov 17, 2004 · Replies 4 · Nov 25, 2004

Replies: 4

High School Energy Conversion: Simple Ways to Transform Heat to Power

KingNothing
Nov 23, 2004 · Replies 2 · Nov 23, 2004

Replies: 2

Undergrad Calculate Water Temperature in Copper Pipe After 1km

LostInSpace
Nov 21, 2004 · Replies 4 · Nov 21, 2004

Replies: 4

Graduate Max Tempurature: Is There a Limit?

Jake
Nov 20, 2004 · Replies 7 · Nov 20, 2004

Replies: 7

High School Is absolute temperature a real concept or just a myth?

Victor Frankenstein
Nov 17, 2004 · Replies 5 · Nov 18, 2004

Replies: 5

Graduate Can Antennas Really Emit Zero Radiation?

tfleming
Nov 16, 2004 · Replies 1 · Nov 17, 2004

Replies: 1

High School Heat Kinetic Energy: Definition & Explanation

theriddler876
Nov 16, 2004 · Replies 9 · Nov 17, 2004

Replies: 9

Undergrad Ethel Alcohol vs Steam: Power Plant Turbines

mat337d
Nov 9, 2004 · Replies 2 · Nov 10, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate Deriving the coefficients a and b in the Van der Waalls Equation of State

Fritz
Nov 9, 2004 · Replies 2 · Nov 10, 2004

Replies: 2

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