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I'm sorry Nidum, I suppose I left out a key detail. I don't want to fully inflate the balloon. I want to inflate it to a percentage of its maximum volume and then confirm that I've achieved that percentage by doing this calculation

hello, i am trying to calculate the volume of a balloon (which is quite large). It has been filled with helium via a valve connecting helium storage tanks to the balloon. The knowns I have are the volume of the storage tanks, the intital pressure in the tanks, and the final pressure in the tanks...

awesome, thanks again. appreciate you taking your time to help. we'll be sure to spend some time focusing on the I appreciate both of your help. i went in the lab today, and as embarrassing as this may sound, found that the issue was as simple as the batteries in the ammeter needing to be...

we'll be sure to do that, thanks! just out of curiosity, what would you personally expect to happen when the conductivity is increased?

not sure of the model, if that's of concern i can check tomorrow when I'm next in the lab, but we use a current meter that is hooked up to the wires supplying the voltage

We use an HP power supply unit

we measured the conductivity of the saltwater using a conductivity/pH measuring device. not sure of the brand or model. we increased the conductivity by increasing the concentration of the salt in the solution

My partner and i have been running experiments for our research in micro algae separation, using a reactor containing aluminum electrodes. we run a 10v current across the electrodes, and flow saltwater between them. we were wondering how changing the conductivity of the saltwater might affect...

Recently, Germany broke headlines when they fired up their nuclear fusion reactor. As I'm sure most everyone on this forum knows this, they plan on creating fusion by heating plasma to absurd temperatures while containing it in a magnetic field. What method do they use to heat the gas and...

If gravity is not a force, rather the curvature of space time influenced by a body's mass, then why do we perceive an acceleration due to gravity, as though there was a force? In my mind, it would make sense for the bend in space to only cause a massive object to change direction. I suppose if...

well if its out of your league it must be way above my head! doesn't mean i won't look into it and learn what i can. thanks for the information it was very helpful!

so, if a gluon is its own anti particle, that means that if it were to come in contact with another gluon the two would annihilate each other? wouldn't this happen very often then?

i have been researching this question and have so far not found a conclusive answer. i have read in a few places that bosons may even be their own anti particles, but a) i don't understand what this means, and b) this idea doesn't seem to be consistent between articles. hopefully someone on this...

Homework Statement in my physics class i was tasked with designing a project of my choice that had to deal with physics mechanics. the project i chose was to design a plan to create structures on the Planet mars. I'm just having trouble what factors I'm going to need to include (within the...

haha thanks for the attempt, i too am familiar with google, but i still haven't found any satisfying answers simply through typing it in on the web.