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DaveE reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Geometric Game: Fun With Matches (Safe!) with
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I have demonstrated that it is. What is "exactly three equilateral triangles"? Even that requires lot of assumptions. You made them... -
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That's my point. Ambiguity leads to subjective intepretation. Yup. That's an interpretation. Yup. So is that. Yes. Which would still... -
DaveE replied to the thread Need advice and hints for working with helium.Maybe a flange with a soft metal gasket, like Indium? IDK, maybe it would melt (157oC). Maybe you would want it to melt, like solder... -
DaveE replied to the thread Optical-EME for licensed amateur radio operators.eBay, maybe inside a broken laser. A-O QS is the way to go like this one. They are driven from a gated HF source (80MHz, maybe 5W... -
DaveE replied to the thread Optical-EME for licensed amateur radio operators.Cheap. They put energy into skin with the precision requirements of a doctor. In the mid 1980's I worked on a 532nm Q-Switched laser... -
DaveE replied to the thread Need advice and hints for working with helium.Could you use the valves temporarily to seal the vessel long enough to remove the plumbing and replace it with a mechanical seal, like a... -
DaveE replied to the thread Undergrad Why is SI taught in US university physics courses instead of cgs?.Because cgs sucks? Sorry, JMHO. STEM students need to know about unit conversions, which they will do while they are cursing the authors... -
DaveE reacted to .Scott's post in the thread Need advice and hints for working with helium with
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Especially in contrast to Hydrogen, Helium is very inert - it is the most inert element. It's two electrons exactly fill the 1s2 shell... -
DaveE reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Understanding the Boot Strap Capacitor Waveforms with
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What you have there is half of an "H-bridge". The "To Load" terminals should be tied together, and connected to one side of the load... -
DaveE reacted to Steve4Physics's post in the thread Undergrad 20 Megapascals of negative pressure... What? Please explain with
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A few thoughts... 20MPa is not exceptional. E.g. 20MPa is the tension in a 1mm diameter vertical string with 1.6kg hanging from it...


