Recent content by bmrick

I'm not at the point where I could make solve the systems of equations regarding those values, but I figured so long as I had a compressor and a decompressor with intake and outtake fans (and an oil system) I should see somewhat positive results, although I wasn't expecting it to be a...

For the sake of my health, I've decided to forego the a.c. project and build a hydraulic Jack instead. My assumption is I want a generally noncompressible fluid (like water) in my hydraulic pump. I figure this will also be a good way to gauge how sealed my pumps are, although I imagine water is...

Haha alright. I didn't have access to YouTube at the time unfortunately. Darn work website blockers.

Wow I intended that to sound less complicated. I eat my words.

Ugh, I think this is all being made more complicated than necessary. When you're accelerating, there is a force keeping you pushed into your seat. This force can be considered to be weight, since it has all the same attributes as weight. But weight and mass are not synonymous. Weight is a...

Thanks for the heads up. Can you recommend any refrigerant? I'll google up some handbooks tomorrow and post my findings here

Davenn I think what nsaspook is getting at Is that any time we measure an em wave, it is only measured by its effects on matter (*). Even when we see light, it's because our eyes have matter in them that is designed to react to the light. You might want to look into ether theory, which is an...

Fair Enough. But should I be concerned about what type of rubber, how thick the metal needs to be, etc.?

So I'm trying my hand at engineering, and I thought "maybe an air conditioner would be a good place to start, that doesn't sound too hard". Stupid idea. Of course it's too hard. But I'm going to try anyways. So what do you guys think about this as a pump? I want to find a very clean cut...

Alright, I think I'm just going to have to let this go for now. It amazes me just how far we've come and how we've managed to develop such complicated models. It reminds me of how newb I am. Thanks for the help guys. Would any of you have a history of thermal physics text or online guide you...

So then, is van Der walls great triumph that he successfully modeled data on a continuous curve and organized the variables in an intelligible way?

Yes yes but I think we're on the same page. I mean to say that while enough energy isn't given to any particle to escape the general system, it is given enough to ensure more energy is stored statistically into potential systems than before the phase change

In aware they didn't expect everything to hold to the ideal gas law, but wastage ideal gas law the general relationship they assumed existed between p,v,n, and T? I should look at van Der walls though, as I understand his equation corrects the ideal gas law to some extent, right?

But day to day evidence is very clear about the existence of phase transitions. The serious divergence from expected" ideal" behavior must necessarily have been a serious pickle for physicists before they had developed the electromagnetic atom, or even proven the atom in general. I'm wondering...

As far as breaking bonds, I'm thinking we would say some energy went into giving two particles experiencing attraction an escape velocity. Is this accurate?