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Undergrad Thermodynamics and was looking at the second law

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Undergrad Temperature gives a measure of the kinectic energy

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Undergrad Another Thermodynamics Question

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Undergrad Equilibrium constant always valid?

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Undergrad Carnot Cycle: Understanding Why Real Engines Fall Short

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Graduate Creation and Destruction of Entropy

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Undergrad Question about energy, can't create/destroy etc

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Undergrad Heat Due to Friction Between Brake Pads

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Undergrad Thermodynamics Cv = Cp + R Question

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High School Understanding Newton's Third Law: The Case of Box Pushing

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Undergrad Can a nuclear reaction violate the first law of classical thermodynamics?

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Undergrad Could using bacteria DNA in humans make them resistant to radiation?

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Graduate Process possible where the entropy of the universe decreases

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High School A Curious Question About Freezing

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High School Energy: What is it and Is Matter Energy?

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Graduate Managed to find the humidity ratio

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High School Creating a Heat Engine with Everyday Instruments

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Undergrad Thermal Conductivity Units Conversion - Help Needed!

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Undergrad Thermal Conductivity Units & Real World Applications

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Undergrad What Gas Is in the Container Based on Specific Heat Values?

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Graduate Bayesian Stat Mech reverses Entropy?

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Undergrad Does Silver Lining in a Beaker Minimize Heat Loss Through Radiation?

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Graduate Thermodynamics of protein folding

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High School Normal Force Between Block & Table: Free Body Diagram Explained

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Undergrad Temperature and Kinetic Energy

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High School EM Radiation Help: Speed of EM Waves & Transverse Wave Info

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High School Friction Newton's Second Law of Motion

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Graduate Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics: Coupled Chemical Reactions

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Graduate Can Gibbs Free Energy Be Defined for Irreversible Processes?

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Undergrad Understanding Heat: Is it Just Kinetic Energy or Also Electromagnetic Radiation?

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Graduate Free energy and irreversible processes

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High School Why does the temperature decreases with increase in altitude

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Graduate Molar Heat Capacity of Monoatomic Ideal Gas in Constant Gravitational Field

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Graduate Can Absolute Zero Ever Truly Be Reached?

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Graduate Violating Second Law of thermodynamics

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Graduate Need help with thermo problems

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Graduate Thermodynamics, gravity, entropy

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Graduate Differences matter and radiation

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Undergrad Engineering Design Physics Project

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Undergrad A more effiecent use of gasoline?

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High School Calculating Refrigerator Time for 20°C to 7°C

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Graduate Entropy of Quark-Gluon Plasma Eq. of State

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Graduate Thermo Problem: Analyzing Work Done by Gases in an Internal Combustion Engine

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High School What is the power output of the sun?

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Graduate Boltzmann's version of 2nd Law -log relationship

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Undergrad Understanding the Physics of Peltier Junctions

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Undergrad Altitude Adjustments for Pressure Cookers: Why is it Necessary?

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Graduate Does Entropy in 5-D dipict an Expanding or Contracting Universe?

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Undergrad Photometry / radiation question

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Undergrad Why does the cold air fall out of the freezer when it's opened?

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High School Zero-ith Law of Thermodynamics

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Graduate What's the boundary between micro and macro?

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High School Where Does Lost Energy Go When Lifting and Lowering Objects?

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High School Melting & Boiling: Heat Energy Explained

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Graduate Can the Hydro-Electric Engine Truly Achieve Over 100% Efficiency?

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High School Does Temperature affect the coeffecient of friction?

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Undergrad Is heat the only factor influencing flame color in emission spectroscopy?

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Graduate People ever add d3x/dt3 to Newton's second law?

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Undergrad Liquefying Gas: Temperature & Compression

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Undergrad Effect of thickness on heat transfer/insulation

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Undergrad What is the origin of Boltzmann's constant?

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Undergrad Basic question on Specific Heat Ratio of gases

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Undergrad Typical engineer's life problems

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Graduate Can Photons Exist Outside of Time and Entropy?

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Undergrad Ideal gas law constant R conversion

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Graduate Does the CPT Theorem imply entropy is a T-violation in time reversal?

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Graduate Does a Hotter Air Molecule Really Rise?

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High School Is wrapping a bacon sandwich in foil the best way to keep it hot?

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Graduate Is There a Theoretical Maximum Entropy with Negative Temperature?

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High School Compress Air to Liquid - Is it Possible?

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Graduate Temperature and spectral lines

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Graduate Why doesn't gravity violate the 1st law of thermodynamic's?

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Graduate Newtons Third Law: Cause/Effect or Simultaneous?

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Undergrad Want to know about distance from Sun and temperature of Planet

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High School Gas Expansion: Water Changing from Liquid to Solid

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High School Can Mass Be Converted to Energy and Vice Versa?

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Undergrad Solving the Ice Cube Mistery with 2nd Principle of Thermodynamics

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High School Table of specific/latent heats

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High School How does the potential energy of water change between 99 oC and 1 oC?

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Undergrad Temperature of a liquid and solubility of a gas

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High School Physics or Engineering: Which Path Should I Choose for College?

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Undergrad Rocket Propulsion, Newton's second law

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Undergrad Where can I find beginner resources for studying Thermodynamics?

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High School Sudden boiling of coffee in cup after heat source removed

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Latent Heat of Fusion | Physics Explained

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Graduate Fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and anaerobic exothermic processes question

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High School Can the water (100 oC) gain latent heat energy from the same temperature object?

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Graduate Entropy and Expansion, A Puzzle?

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Undergrad Rate of heat transfer and heat conductors

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Graduate Optimizing Process Control: Calculating Mass Flow Rate for Natural Gas Ignitors

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Graduate Fermat's principle of least time and Kepler's second law

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Undergrad What Happens at Absolute Zero and Can We Go Beyond It?

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Graduate Does the Logarithm Correction Resolve the Gibbs Paradox?

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High School How Do You Calculate the Final Temperature of Mixed Fluids?

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Undergrad Understand Stefan-Boltzmann Law: Where Does the T^4 Come From?

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Undergrad Latent heat and unstable system

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Undergrad Thermodynamics? Boiling point of NH3

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Graduate Why C (LightSpeed) Does Not Violate Thermodynamics Laws

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High School Crooke's Radiometer: How Does It Work Without Motors or Electronics?

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High School Temperature Hotter at Top of Bulb - Why?

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