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Don't you think you are getting a little far afield from "Interpretation of temperature in liquids/solids"?

While this addresses two substances at different temperatures it does not explain the actual temperature of either which is their respective thermal kinetic energy. This is not a "high school narrative".

The pressure of the gas inside the cylinder is equal to atmospheric pressure PLUS the pressure exerted by the piston in response to gravity.

Temperature is the average kinetic energy whether it is expressed as translation as in liquids and gases or vibration in solids.

I have thought that a glancing collision between a proto-Mercury and a proto-Venus might explain many characteristics of the two bodies. A glancing collision of two bodies with the same rotation should be expected to cancel some or all of the rotational momentum of both bodies, perhaps...

For your consideration: "The Time Traveler" - J. Brydon Stewart Tony built a time machine and traveled back in time From Thursday night at eight-fifteen To Monday night at nine. Excited by his breakthrough, in temporal transportation, He sadly didn't factor in One major complication. You see...

To obtain a volume from a w/wt% you need the density. Then you can determine the mass of 100ml (or other volume)at an appropriate temperature. For 20% w/w the values can be found in many handbooks such as Perry's Handbook. For 20% w/w the values are: Concentration (% Weight) Density (kg/L)...

Yet nothing is at rest. Everything is in motion.

Every electron in an atom is attracted to every proton in the atom and repelled by every other electron in that atom. Use of the term "shielding" is then somewhat misleading since a shield implies a barrier. In reality what is seen is a balancing of forces of attraction by the forces of...

The first equation shows the reversible transfer of the H+ ion from the acid HA to water H2O to form the hydronium ion H3O+ and the anion A-. The second shows the calculation of the equilibrium constant K for this reaction. Since the concentration of water is very high (~55 molar) it does not...

Emulsions form when a non-polar liquid is encapsulated by an "emulsifier" which is typically a molecule such as soap that has a non-polar end (usually a hydrocarbon) and a polar end that can be a carboxylate or ammonium salt. These encapsulations are called micelles and are dispersed in water...

As chemistree stated when you burn sulfur with oxygen you first get SO2 then SO3 both of which are gases. SO3 then combines with water, H2O, to form sulfuric acid, H2SO4, a liquid. The forces that hold molecules together are electrostatic. All molecules have temporary dipoles due to the...

Energy is conserved. The total energy in a system remains the same. The system we are considering is the water in the evaporative cooler and the air drawn through by the fan. Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles passing through a unit of area. Heat is the total...

Hillbilly originally referred to people in Scotland presumably in reference to William Wallace (Braveheart). People from Scotland settled initially in Appalachia (the English had taken the coastal lands) and later moved on to Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas. My ancestors initially settled in...