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Euler's constant is defined as ##\gamma = \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \left( 1 + {1 \over 2} + {1 \over 3} + \cdots + {1 \over n} - \ln n \right)##. This can be easily represented as an integral: ## \gamma = \int_0^\infty \left( {1 \over 1 - e^{-x}} - {1 \over x} \right) e^{-x} dx \qquad Eq.1...

If I'm given the dissociation constant for HF, how would I find the dissociation constant for F-? Thanks in advance.

Homework Statement [/B] The following reaction was allowed to reach the state of equilibrium 2A+B <====> C The initial amounts of reactant present in one litre of solution were 0.5 mole of A and 0.6 mole of B. At equilibrium the amounts were 0.2 mole of A and 0.45 mole of B and 0.15 mole of...

Homework Statement Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution If I consider a coordinate system with the -Y axis along the direction of force and X axis along a line perpendicular to it (except the direction of velocity vector) then this problem is equivalent to the usual projectile motion...

What is the intuition for why the frequency of light does not change as it passes from a less dense medium to a denser one (or vice versa)? Classically, if we treat light in terms of waves, then intuitively, is the reason why the frequency does not change because it is determined by the...

Homework Statement Uxx - SU = A ; 0<x<1 Boundary conditions : Ux(0) = 0 U(1) = 0 The Attempt at a Solution I tried to set a new variable W = u + A, I can get rid of the A in the main equation and U(1) becomes = 1. If I set U= C*esqrt(S)x into the equation, its a trivial solution because of...

Hi everyone Can anyone help me understanding the physical meaning for the complex dielectric constant? Assuming a electromagnetic wave from air to a conductor, the following equation is valid R= ((n-1)2+k2)/((n+1)2+k2) where K is the extinction coefficient (the complex part of the complex...

Hey all, first time posting! So I'm having trouble with understanding the differences between the constant heat flux and constant temperature condition when not in a textbook. Some research I have begun working on involves a strip of heat tape sandwiched between two aluminum plates which are...

So far I have came to know that when a charge is accelerated the electric field magnitude around the charge changes and the effect is not felt instantaneously. The change in magnitudes of electric and magnetic field travels outwards at speed of light creating the so called EM wave. So the EM...

Hello. I am reviewing the use of the Laplace Transform to do circuit analysis and I am slightly confused about the transform of a constant voltage source. For example, let's say we have a constant voltage source V1(t) applied to a circuit for a long time - let's say it reaches steady state. We...

Homework Statement A clock balance wheel has a period of oscillation of 0.250 s. The wheel is constructed so that its mass of 10.0 g is concentrated around a rim of radius 0.600 cm. a) What is the wheels moment of inertia? kg m^2 b) What is the torsion constant of the attached spring? N m /...

Why all liquids vaporize on boiling point instead of the temperature gradually increasing along with vapor pressure and more liquid atoms evaporating? Does it have anything to do with formation of vapor bubbles?

Homework Statement When a weak acid HA is titrated 75% of its endpoint, it has a pH of 5.25. Calculate its Ka. Homework Equations Ka = [H+ ][A- ]/[HA] [H+] = 10^-pH The Attempt at a Solution I found [H+ ] from the pH to be 10^-5.25 M. From the dissociation equation of HA, we know there is a...

To start off I'd like to apologize ahead of time for the grammatical errors and lack of eloquence that are sure to follow, it's the middle of the night and my mind is wandering but my cognitive capacity to express my self is pretty low at this time. With that out of the way, I'd like to ask...

Homework Statement A motorcycle has a constant acceleration of 2.80 m/s2. Both the velocity and acceleration of the motorcycle point in the same direction. How much time is required for the motorcycle to change its speed from (a)40.9 to 50.9 m/s, and (b)70.9 to 80.9 m/s? [/B]Homework Equations...

What is the genesis of quantum foam, Planck constant, & string theory?

I've done research about tips and tutorials, but I have not found any answer that will be applicable in monitoring and managing the utilities and operational expenses of our company. By the way, to make it clearer, I'm assisting my brother-in-law with his car wash business. He operates 5...

I do not have a problem with the concept of the constant speed of light as it has no mass and therefore no inertia and therefore no relationship to any IFR. However it seems to be expressed as constant in all IFR's which I do not understand. This seems to say that if I am traveling at 1/2c and I...

Homework Statement Write an expression for Kc for the following at equilibrium; CaCO3(s) + CO2(g) + H2O(l) ⇔ Ca2+(aq) + 2HCO3-(aq) Homework Equations K = [products]^(coefficients)/[products]^(coefficients) The Attempt at a Solution I know that pure solid and liquid substances should be set...

I'm a bit confused about the following situation. In a irreversible thermodynamics process the molar heat of an ideal gas changes according to a function of the temperature, say ##c_v=f(T)## (which also leads to ##c_p=R+f(T)##) and I'm asked to determine the heat exchanged during that process...

I believe that the speed of sound is constant in the same medium as is the speed of light. I would like to understand why we need the the theory of relativity to explain the speed of light being constant but I believe it is not used to explain why the speed of sound is constant within the same...

I am having trouble to where to put the arbitrary constant in solving order differential equations. Because sometimes when I am solving, I can't really where to put the arbitrary constant if it is either the left side or right side. I am only at equations of order one. Plss keep it simple...

if a body is moving with constant velocity. Its work done will be? in my point of view Work done is change in energy. Constant velocity means no change in energy. So work done is zero am i right?

[Moderator's note: this thread is spun off from another thread since it was a subthread dealing with a separate topic.] There is definitely a maximally extended spacetime but there is no maximally extended spacelike surface of constant Schwarzschild coordinate time t. The spatial curvature...

Hello. A known equation that is useful for calculating equilbrium constants is: ΔG° = -RT * ln(K) This is all well and good. Given a standard gibbs free energy of reaction for some given reaction, the equilibrium constant for the reaction can be found. My trouble is in which ΔG° to use. For...

As we all know, for the most part, the kinetic friction force is, for the most part, constant. After moving my cup across my table, this thought crossed my mind. If I move my cup across the table with a constant speed, then the force I'm applying must be equal to the kinetic friction force...

My professor wants to give me (and another kid) a problem in quantum cosmology. To that end, he asked me to read through his recent paper that appeared in the Physical Review Letters. He said that I should be able to go through it since all the paper employs is (quantum) scalar field theory...

Hello everyone. So i live in Lebanon, and since a long time now we have constant power cuts, almost half the day each day. For that the Lebanese made up a system in which each neighborhood has power generators providing electricity to the residents when the power is out. Usually the owners of...

Hey guys. I've seen this question asked on a few different forums, and I understand the basic gist of the answer but I am not yet satisfied with what I have read. People seem to have varying degrees of understanding of this, and I am the type of person that wants to understand things 100% and...

How can I show (without using truth table) that p → q is equivalent to F ↓ ((F ↓ p) ↓ q) where F is constant "false" and p and q are propositions? Is it possible to have a similar kind of expression with T (true) instead of F? Thanks in advance!

I'm currently on section 5.1 in Wald's book. He is trying to prove that the cosmological principle implies that space has constant curvature. Given a spacelike hypersurface ##\Sigma_t## for some fixed time ##t##, we say that it is homogeneous if given ##p,q \in \Sigma_t##, there is an...

Wet bulb temperature is the lowest thermodynamic temperature of air that can be achieved at ambient condition, by creating 100% relative humidity in the immediate surrounding of the thermometer using cotton wick. As Wikipedia says "By contrast, the dew point is the temperature to which the...

Hi, I've read some high school "derivations" of ##E=m\cdot c^2## that all considered single photons with momentum ##p=E/c## that are absorbed or emitted from some massive object, changing its mass. So they actually only showed the incremental $$\Delta E=\Delta m\cdot c^2 .$$ Most of those...

Homework Statement The speed of a pendulum bob moving in simple harmonic motion is given by v = 1.26sin(2πt) where v is in m/s and t is time in seconds. Homework Equations s = ∫ v dt The Attempt at a Solution v = 1.26sin(2πt) Integrating v yields s = -0.2cos(2πt) + c and solving for c...

So the rate at which a capacitor charges and discharges is dependent on resistance in a circuit and the magnitude of capacitance of the capacitor? So the time constant is equal to RC. So using this equation where Q=Qoe-t/RC ,time constant is the time taken (when the capacitor is discharging)...

Homework Statement Calculate ΔH for 2 mols of Nitrogen for the following transformation: 1 bar, 21°C → 200 bar, 21°C Given that molar Cp = 4R 2. The attempt at a solution How am I supposed to find the ΔH? From what I learned, there can only be a change in enthalpy when there's a change in...

I read that in 2014 the gravitational constant was measured by atomic intereferometry. Now I read that they speculate that measurements of G are in correlation with 5,9 years cycle. But, when we can expect new measurements of G? Are they in preparation?

Hello, I understand that the gravitational force is given by F=G*M1*M2/d^2, and that if an object is more massive, it feels more gravitational force toward the Earth, but also accelerates less due to F=M*A, which cancels out. My question is not why bodies of different weights fall at the same...

If force isn't constant in a system, how can I calculate impact force of two bodies accelerating towards each other. Can I use the Work formula since energy in a system is conserved? Give an example, of a way I can calculate impact force in a system in which force is not constant. Thanks.

Homework Statement You push a 10 kg box up a rough ramp at a constant speed of 2 m/s. uk=0.4 Theta=15 vi-vf=0 since constant which means a=0 Questions are a. What is the rate at which you do work on the box? b. What is the rate at which gravity does work on the box? c. What is the rate at...

How do I find torsion constant (Kt) of a spring which is bent, as shown in the image below

Einstein's field equations, with cosmological constant, can be written as: G_{\mu \nu} + \Lambda g_{\mu \nu} = \kappa T_{\mu \nu} I understand that some physicists think that the cosmological constant, rather than being a free parameter, might instead be an effect of quantum field theory. Does...

hi, I have been watching some "world science festival" videos on youtube, also there were a conversation pertain to whether or not the cosmological constant should be a constant. As far as I know, our universe is expanding with a positive acceleration measuring the red shifts, and it implies...

In classical physics, when electric charges accelerate, they are expected to radiate. Electromagnetic waves, are by their nature the result of changing electric and magnetic fields. But is it possible to have acceleration of charges without having changing electric and magnetic fields? One...

I have water draining from a tank A into a tank B through a hole (or short pipe) and then being pumped back from B to A. If I know the rate of the pump (say 19 liters per minute), what should the diameter of the hole be so that the volume of tank A remains the same? The actual volume of A is...

Homework Statement Homework Equations ; 3. The Attempt at a Solution [/B] Here is my thought process and assumptions. Without Vs1 and R2, the open-circuit current would be Vs2/R2, but I know Vs1 and R1 must be contributing in some way. I'm thinking of summing the Voltage sources and using...

x = x0 + v0 * t + 1/2 * constant acceleration * t^2 So this is supposed to be very very simple physics, but I still feel like there's a part of this equation I don't fully understand. The first term is the initial position of the body at t=0. The second term is the initial velocity at t=0...

So I'm doing an experiment where I am using five different methods to find the spring constant of a spring. These three values of k should be the same but alas, they are not :( and I am at a loss as to why. The first method was by using hooke's law and finding the displacement and graphing the...

(precursor: I have not formally studied GR) I have noticed that the gravitational constant found in classical gravitation is also used in GR. Why is this the case? Am I correct in thinking that the constant was determined by Cavendish and was for the classical theory of gravitation? So, my...