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Almost a week and no answers. I guess that nobody knows the exact answer. I'll rephrase this. What's the most accurate equation of state that you know of? It does not have to be the most accurate one out there. Please give a pressure and temperature range at which it's applicable. Thanks for...

Actually, water can become explosive if you heat it enough. At around 2000 degrees Centigrade, it decomposes to hydrogen and oxygen. At even higher temperatures around 6000 K, it becomes a plasma. (a high temperature ionized gas that's electrically neutral) Then as you get to around 10,000 to...

I've come across many equations of state in physical chemistry. (only a fraction of those that actually exist) Does anybody have any idea of the most accurate one to date. By accurate, I mean that it is accurate for the largest ranges of pressure and temperature by taking into account the least...

OK, I'll explain how they derived the equation for the equilibrium constant and why it has that format. I don't know if you have studied the rates of reactions yet in your chem class but I'll still include that part of the explanation anyway. As we all know, the rate of most chemical...

bcrowell, that is exactly what I did the first time. First I used classical kinetic theory for deriving the Coulomb barrier. The second time, I took some more quantum mechanical factors into consideration. I still don't quite know the exact temperature range but I'll just go with the classical...

I am aware that fusing two iron nuclei together is highly endothermic. But at what temperature does it begin. Does anybody have a clue? I know that fusing two hydrogen nuclei begins at 10 to 14 million Kelvins and that helium fusion begins at 100 million Kelvins. It wouldn't surprise me that...

OK guys, thank you. I got the answer that I was looking for. The most previous one was the most helpful and detailed.

I really don't quite understand the result of time dilation. Let's say that we have two identical twins A and B. Twin A is at rest and twin B is on a high speed rocket ship. Let's say that 10 years has passed in frame A. According to relativity, the twin in frame B is supposed to measure less...

Hey, I'm back after a busy week... (sorry for the long delay with replying) About painfully constructing some Franken-specialty, I wouldn't really say so. I've always thought about the actual underlying physics of life processes and what causes it at the most fundamental level. (and the...

OK, I'll just enroll in one program. Really, they don't overlap much? To me it seems like they do but I guess that the overlap depends on the way how a person uses it. (and the group may use it in a non-overlapping way) Also, I misread the website for the university. All of the appropriate...

Is it possible to do 3 masters degrees at the same time if they are all mutually relevant and the courses overlap enough? I am finally going to college after 3 years of being out of high school. In that time, I've learned enough about undergrad physics, chemistry and math so I'm safe for the...

Linear Algebra Multivariable Calculus Physics I (Newtonian Mechanics and Classical Thermodynamics) Organic Chemistry I Literature and Criticism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_problems_in_physics#Astronomy_and_astrophysics I'd say that the gamma ray burster problem is the smallest since all you have to do is use your current knowledge of fundamental physics to deduce what causes it. Any available data on observed gamma...

Conceptually, it is just as easy as Calc I. Evaluating integrals is the toughest of them. (since a lot of algebraic and trigonometric tricks are involved most of which are not obvious) Everything else such as testing for the convergence of series, finding volumes or other integration...

Yes, I was searching for a confirmation that my analysis was correct. I have another question about rotations. You say that any spherical material that rotates will fly apart at a sufficiently high angular speed. That may be the case if it rotates in one of the 3 Cartesian planes. But what...