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    Undergrad Are Our Understandings of Cyclone Separators Misguided?

    Why is science explaining how cyclone separators work, is so wrong, at least those that work with water, the notion that particles are thrown to the outside and slow by friction until they fall is just wrong. I have built several homemade separators from transparent plastic and have observed...
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    Undergrad Adiabatic Lapse Rate Explained: Work, Energy, & Temperature

    I Think I understand this, but when I look it up, I keep reading about work done and energy used, which puzzles me. The simple way I have always thought about it is, when you expand a gas you also expand the heat it contains, so while it contains the same amount of heat, it's concentration...