Recent content by FredT

So are you saying that the explanation in my textbook is flawed? Or that I'm reading the explanation the wrong way?

I just read the chapter on entropy in my chemistry text. The book described entropy in terms of possible positions in space that a molecule could take (or even ways in which the atoms within a molecule can shift and rotate). The claim was that gasses had higher entropy than liquids and liquids...

No, what I'm trying to say is that from what I've read about quantum mechanics, we shouldn't be able to see a single molecule because of the uncertainty involved with such a small object. Is this incorrect? I use the term "see" loosely because we technically couldn't "see" a single molecule...

If buckyballs display uncertainty in the double slit experiment, shouldn't iodine gas molecules as well? An I2 molecule is certainly less massive than a buckyball. Yet why can we see I2 gas as a purple haze? I can see it, almost in the same way I can see my pencil, which has a very small...

A friend of mine posed the question that if light is affected by the gravity of a black hole, couldn't the slingshot effect accelerate light?

For some reason, all the switches I was looking at earlier cost a fortune. All set now, though. Thanks for the help guys!

I'm looking to get 12 or 13 machines all on one LAN. Unfortunately, it appears that 12+ port networking devices cost $$$$. Would it work if I were to take a 4 port router and plug another 4 port router into one of the ports, then another 4 port router into that one, and then another, to give me...

Hi, It might seem weird for this to be my very first post here at PF seeing as how it has nothing to do with physics, but I wanted to find a place where there might be other people in my position... and as a bonus, I really do like physics, and I'm sure this account will come in handy in the...