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I'm not sure what a BS Engineering degree in material science entails but I am a BS Chemistry who is considering going into polymers and material science for my PhD. I would assume that the main difference between what I am considering and what you are considering is that I would work on...

I am definitely looking at other schools. If I go to my Alma Mater it will be for polymer chemistry and material science under the professor I did undergrad research with. Also, he is no longer the chairman and I only stated what every student and many of the faculty felt. I had chemistry...

That is what I am thinking. I have ran HPLC and GPC before, but am by no means proficient and well rounded. However, I don't have 2 years to wait to get that knowledge and experience. I also do like P-Chem. In fact, I got an A in my P-Chem class. I tried to get into his lab for undergrad...

I am a recent graduate with my BS Chemistry degree. Because I did not want to move and some other factors I do not care to discuss here I ended up in a less than desirable position at a local analytical laboratory. I log samples and deal with customers. This saddens me because not only is my...

But also at my uni, biology majors and up (up meaning further away from math/physics based science) take "life sciences" calculus. It basically covers integration and differentiation up to many dimensions but never mentions things like sequences and series. I hate the term Biomedical sciences...

At my university, yes. The calc 1-3 classes are the same and the diff EQ and linear algebra are recommended. Quantum chemistry is a required course and if you go into it without at least diff EQ you will struggle. You really need to be good with matrix manipulation to master it.

I'll hit the 'brary this week if I have time. I'm headed back to the Uni for my last undergrad semester today. :redface:

Hmmmm. I thought electron gas was an idea left behind in the 1800's.:confused: Electrical superconductance is essentially zero resistance/impedance. In the realm of classical materials, electrical conductance is directly proportional to thermal conductance. Due to the idea/theory of the...

Photons have a practically infinite number of potential wavelengths. There is a wide range of what is called black. Black to our visual stimulation is limited to a total absorbtion of light in the visual spectrum. Color refers to relative wavelength in regards to physics. Generally used as a...

No problem. Just remember, the probability of finding the particle in all of space is equal to 1. If you're not integrating over all of space with a continuous function then the the probability of finding the particle is no longer 1, however close to 1 it may be. Remember, quantum barriers only...

Precisely. I'm not suggesting we add heat to promote superconductance, it is my understanding that a material exhibits superconductance below a certain temperature. For instance, let's say substance X reaches superconductivity at 40K. If it is at 20K and I gently add heat (as to not raise any...

Also, does this mean that thermal fluctuations hamper electrical superconductance causing discontinuities in conduction as a function of distance?

What I mean by a thermal superconductor is that if you have an addition of thermal kinetic energy to one end of a continuous piece of the material the rate of heat transfer would nearly instantaneous. If uniform temperature is necessary for pairing then I doubt this is at all probable.

Uhhhh What about the blackness of space? Even in areas with no known matter it absorbs AND emits radiation. Oh and the sun is a pretty good black body. :wink: :biggrin: As far as the original questions goes, something which is black to our eyes is one which is emitting no colored light. That...

If d/dx^2 doesn't exist then E is undefined and the particle doesn't exist. It's nice because we choose wave functions that are continuously derivable. Sin/e^ix etc... A property of a wave is that it is ever changing. If your function stops changing at some point, it's not a wave function...