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    High School Why everything is shaped like a circle?

    I respect and appreciate the answers provided by everyone here to "blossom"s question. Putting just a though across... Can the shape of objects be related to the container in which that object is contained? Is everything more or less spherical because the universe as a whole is supposed to be...
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    High School Decreasing temperature using pressure

    Talking about efficiencies, brings my thoughts towards our electricity transmission lines. Of all the electricity that is generated by either water or coal, only a tiny percentage actually manages to get transmitted. So somewhere during the conversion, electricity is lost and efficiency...
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    High School Decreasing temperature using pressure

    Thank you all...for your replies! Much Appreciated It s a pleasure to know there are still people in this world who are genuinely interested in the sciences. Wish you all bright success in all your endeavors!
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    High School Decreasing temperature using pressure

    Thanks all for the replies... I know that the airconditioners and refridgerator work on this principle, but these gadgets use costly parts and high voltage to achieve this. I was looking for something very simple which could be tried at home. For example, I saw in one science museum that...
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    High School Decreasing temperature using pressure

    Hi everyone, Since there is a clear relation between temperature and pressure, I would like to know if it is possible, at the simplicity of our homes, to design a simple experiment where, one can decrease the temperature of an object (liquid, gas or solid) just by varying the pressure levels...