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    Does Young's Modulus Change When Nano-Tubes Are Connected End-to-End?

    Thanks :) !
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    Does Young's Modulus Change When Nano-Tubes Are Connected End-to-End?

    Homework Statement A nano-tube having cross sectional area A and length L extends ΔL when a force F is applied normally to one of the cross-sectional surfaces. Show that if N tubes are connected end-to-end the then Young's modulus of the fibre does not change. Homework EquationsThe Attempt at...
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    GPS Altitude Mystery at Sea Level - Solved?

    Thanks for such an informative post! Pressure sensors do seem ideal for aviation rather than gps.
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    GPS Altitude Mystery at Sea Level - Solved?

    Yes I guess when it comes to my self guided quad-copter I'm going to have to set the initial altitude to the reference or maybe use an external altitude sensor.
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    GPS Altitude Mystery at Sea Level - Solved?

    russ_watters, that link you just sent me explains a lot. Hence the readings I obtained. Thank you for your help! And sorry about that daven my bad!
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    GPS Altitude Mystery at Sea Level - Solved?

    I'm a programmer/electronics student and I recently bought a GPS which I hooked up serially with my laptop. I didn't get into much detail of encoding the string which is output from the TX/RX pins of the GPS so I downloaded, a ready made program called "ublox 6". Longitude and latitude are...
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    Thermodynamics First Law Question

    Thank you so much! That helps a lot. :)
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    Thermodynamics First Law Question

    Thanks for your reply! Alright I see what you mean. Second attempt: Number of moles in gas using ideal gas equation: R= 8.314 4621 J mol-1 K-1 (Given in exam paper booklet): n=(PV/RT) n=(1.5x105Pa*1.25x10-3m3)/(8.314*300K) n=0.075 Change in temperature using Charles law would be: 372K...
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    Thermodynamics First Law Question

    Homework Statement Can someone help me confirm if I answered correctly please? a) A sample of gas is enclosed in a cylinder by a piston. The cylinder is given 225J of energy which expands and pushes the piston 16cm outwards against an atmospheric pressure of 1.01x105Pa. i) give the equation...
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    Heat Transfer and Capacity: Understanding Specific Heat and Latent Heat

    Sorry lagg. Ignore this post.
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    Heat Transfer and Capacity: Understanding Specific Heat and Latent Heat

    (Heat lost changing state + Heat lost due to change in temperature) = Heat Gained When changing water to steam it would be heat required. But when steam is changed back to water, is it heat energy gained or lost?
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    Heat Transfer and Capacity: Understanding Specific Heat and Latent Heat

    Oh alright this makes more sense now. So the mass is:8.6x10-3kg
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    Heat Transfer and Capacity: Understanding Specific Heat and Latent Heat

    I'm confused, now I get the idea that its written like this? (ml+cΔT)=mc∆θ
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    Heat Transfer and Capacity: Understanding Specific Heat and Latent Heat

    Oh right. mc∆θ=mc∆θ m*4200*2.26x106Jkg-1*(100-80)=0.08*4200*(60) m=1.06x10-7kg Q=ml is the energy used to convert the water into steam and vice versa without a change in temperature, and the specific heat capacity * change in temperature indicates the heat lost?
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    Heat Transfer and Capacity: Understanding Specific Heat and Latent Heat

    Like this? Sorry if I might be frustrating you, I don't blame you. Left side is the water added to the cup, assuming the water is at 100C. mc∆θ=mc∆θ m*4200(100-80)=0.08*4200*(60) m=0.24kg