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    Energy flow into and around a slowly charging capacitor

    I have not thought deeply about this, but feel that the answer may lie in thinking of the circuit as a fully 3D object. Between the capacitor plates, sure that's where E and B are pointing, but outside the plates you have a fringing field and E has a radial component, which must mean S must...
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    Uncovering the Mystery of Voltage: A Comprehensive Explanation

    You don't challenge anything, you misunderstood my intentions and then added your own response.
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    Uncovering the Mystery of Voltage: A Comprehensive Explanation

    I do not see the point of this conversation. My comment was directed at the original poster to assist with their understanding.
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    Uncovering the Mystery of Voltage: A Comprehensive Explanation

    It was not intended that the statement add to the conventional description. It was intended to explain how the analogy remained applicable. We are in a teaching forum, after all.
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    Uncovering the Mystery of Voltage: A Comprehensive Explanation

    I think the analogy still works. Why does a ball held up high have more energy than a ball resting on the ground? Why does that extra energy get converted when it moves towards the ground? Same as an electron moving between two points with a voltage.
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    Is a battery needed for electromagnetic induction?

    The induced electric field is entirely separate from that which is created by the battery. They are added together. The battery drives a current through the circuit. If you move a magnet near the circuit, then you will see an additional "EMF" in the circuit that can contribute to the total...
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    Magnetic force between two wires

    If the wire is superconducting then it is not Ohmic and you can't use V = IR. In reality, if you were to apply that voltage across a superconducting wire, you'd probably melt the voltage source as that still contributes its own internal resistance to the circuit.
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    Understanding Physics: What is Time?

    Think of "time" as a continuous, ordered set of moments. "Now" is one of those moments, though which particular moment it happens to be depends on when you say the word. Think also of "space" as an ordered set of places. "Here" is one of those places, but the exact one referred to depends on...
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    Magnetic field to increase concentration

    You didn't specify ions in your original question. That is important information (more of which is needed). Ions in a gas move in all directions, unlike in a mass spectrometer. What is the reason for an increase in concentration in a particular region? What breaks the symmetry?
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    Current flow evenly in a conductor?

    We are not talking about excess free charge placed on a conductor (like a capacitor plate) which will move to the outside, the charge in a neutral (but conductive) wire is simply due to the charge carriers, and is completely neutralised over macroscopic scales by the positive ionic lattice. So...
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    Rate of change of Viscous Force in Couette Flow

    Surely the opposite will happen?
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    What is the difference between far and near electromagnetic field?

    They are just defined that way. Oscillating the charge in situation 1 will produce near and far field components.
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    Natural vs normal vs resonant frequencies

    A vibration mode describes a type of vibration an object can undergo. Normal modes are the set of orthogonal modes, I.e. set of modes from which all possible vibrations can be expressed. Each normal mode occurs with a particular resonant or natural frequency.
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    Bubble in Liquid: Phase Change Under Pressure?

    The molecules cannot dissappear but they can change phase under sufficient pressure. THe exact conditions required to cause a phase change will depend on the gas and are summarised in a phase diagram.
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    Optimizing DIY Air-to-Air Counterflow Heat Exchanger Size with Experimental Data

    I think that should be y=(x/2)*(L/(c+L)) You would need y ---> x/2 as L ---> infinity, no?
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