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I agree with you, kingtutATL. if you had a bowl of water in a vacuum and an identical bowl of water under atmospheric pressure, the pressure at corresponding points in the the two bowls would have a difference of 1 atm.

As a clarinet student, i have always been told two things: 1.) to change your loudness, change the amount of air you send through the horn, not the speed at which you send air through it. if you change the speed, you will change the pitch. 1.) you can change your pitch by tightening or...

im a high school student so I am not familiar with that many books, but i recommend Principle of Physics 6th edition by Bueche and Jerde. Its an oldy, but i used it to prepare for the AP physics B test through self study and still ended up with a 5. plus, itll probably be fairly cheap...

When an object becomes charged, it either gains or loses electrons. Since electrons are negatively charged, when an object becomes negatively charged, it GAINS electrons, and therefore mass. So, mass B gains mass. Similarly, when an object becomes postively charged, it loses electrons. So...

How do you calculate the distances between atoms of a given gas molecule? The reason I am asking this is so I can find the moment of inertia of certain molecules so i can determine degrees of freedom for a gas at a certain temperature. Is there an easier way to determine them?