I know Canada has a few universities with PetE/Mining; the univerity I attend, University of Alberta, has both programs and I know we have quiet a few international students.
Just read traveling is not an option, nevermind
Im in you class man (Ya UofA!), lol that sucks. Small world, lol. Lubell was sayin that he had students in the past write the exam with no calculator (they did not have that gold sticker) for that same reason, but some of them pulled off the highest marks in the class (his point was that a...
Lol, I pondered this exact scenario with a stick... anyone think instantaneous information transfer is possible with an exceptionally long stick? I.e. Moving it on one side will cause instantaneous moving on the other; theoretically moving information this way would be faster than moving...
ummmmmmm... its actually the inverse of wavelength, NOT frequency; hence the units of cm^-1 and not s.
Wavenumber is used simply because, as other have said, the numbers turn out pretty nice (especially for the IR region).