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    Quantity referred to as 'self-capacitance

    Ok, but I still have a problem! How can I measure the self-capacitance of a small length of wire?
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    Quantity referred to as 'self-capacitance

    Hi all! I've got a question about the quantity referred to as 'self-capacitance'. From what I can gather, self-capacitance is the amount of charge necessary to generate a 1 Volt E-field between an arbitrary surface and a ground plane @ infinity. This doesn't make sense to me, but that's why...
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    Radiocarbon creation mechanisms

    Right on. So the presence of free, high-energy neutrons is absolutely necessary for the nuclear reaction which creates C-14 then? I was thinking that meteor impacts such as the siberian impact in 1908 which released 15 megatons of energy could create C-14, but I guess in lieu of free...
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    Radiocarbon creation mechanisms

    Hello all! I have a question about the way or ways in which C-14 can be created: From the background research I have done, I see that high energy neutrons colliding with nitrogen atoms give rise to C-14. I also looked a little bit into beta+ decay. I was curious as to whether or not...
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