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    Efficient Gas Instant Hot Water System with Copper Coil-Cap [Diagram Attached]

    [see attached diagram]I've not yet tested this! Trying to find portable instant hot water systems on line, I thought of this: A thin copper tube coil cone that can be placed over a conventional gas cooker burner. The cold water source can be a tap(faucet), raised storage container, or a pump...
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    Graduate 60 minutes: Cold fusion is hot again

    http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4955212n So, what should one make of this? I would love to hear what people here with physics know-how think about both the people and the experiments. k
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    Undergrad Cold air vs hot air in turbochargers

    Okay so i have a project, and this is pretty basic physics but I'm kind of confused. so for those of you how a turbo work, please help me out here. okay so: pV = nKT in thermodynamics. so in a turbo, as air enters the compressor turbine, n and k stay constant correct? however as air enters the...
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    How is the core of the Earth kept hot?

    I know that the mantel of the Earth is kept hot by radioactivity, but is this also true for the core?
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    Physics How hot of an area of research is particle physics?

    How "hot" of an area of research is particle physics? Hello friends. I am currently trying to decide which branch of physics I want to go into. I have been interested in working as a theorist in particle physics, but I am afraid that the job market for this is not good. Also, I am afraid that...
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    Undergrad Is Hot Air from Freezers/Fridges Causing Failures?

    This isn't really in the usual thread of these forums but physics is what I need to provide the answers and I don't have a good enough grounding in the topic. Here is my problem: I have a storeroom that is about 5 x 2.5 x 4 m. At night it is locked up for around 12 hours duration. Inside...
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    Can You Neutralize Chlorine in a Hot Tub Before Use?

    Is it possible to neutralize the chlorine in a hot tub before using it? I figure if you can sanitize the water after using it and then neutralize it before using it, your skin wouldn't be absorbing all the harmful chemicals. I love my tub, but don't like soaking in the hot chlorine water with...
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    If their was a suit that was able to stay hot on the outside of it,

    If their was a suit that was able to stay hot on the outside of it, and you had no choice but to jump off an airplace that was about to crash and you were flying over the ocean. Would you be safe to jump into the ocean without breaking anybones because this suit was able to stay hot. I think...
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    How Long Does a Dropped Package Take to Reach the Ground from a Hot Air Balloon?

    1. A hot-air balloon is ascending at the rate of 11 m/s and is 53 m above the ground when a package is dropped over the side. (a) How long does the package take to reach the ground? (b) With what speed does it hit the ground? 2. v = u + at s = ut + 1/2 a t^2 v^2 = u^2 + 2as 3. s...
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    Making Sense of Oxides in Hot Working

    Hello, I'm working on material transfer during hot working. My chemistry isn't to good. Could anyone explain if different oxides give different properties to different materials. Say MgO, would it give a different property to Aluminium from that it would give say Steel? If so is there...
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    Can Alternating Magnetic Fields Damage Microscope Lenses?

    I am trying to get a close look at magnetic nanoparticles under a relatively strong microscope (600 times plus). I am trying to observe their behaviour when an alternating magnetic field is applied. The problem is the alternating magnetic field heats up all metal in its surroundings...
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    Is it ever too hot in New Orleans?

    Man, its the middle of january, and I STILL can't turn my A/C off! It's so hot and muggy, I almost miss the cold. I guess that's New Orleans fer ya' Anyone else from the big easy?
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    High School How Do You Analyze Forces and Motion in a Hot Wheels Lab Experiment?

    How would you find fnet if there is no force applied? does anything happen to the other forces as well? how do you find the theoretical and actual distances traveled up and down an incline if you have photogate data and need to find the theoretical and actual distance traveled? should i...
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    Cooling of hot metal forging

    If a hot metal forging is cooled by dropping it into a pool of water, how many boundary/initial conditions do I need to solve for the temperature? I don't want to make any assumptions about temperature gradients within the forging itself (Biot number may be large, which precludes use of lumped...
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    From Hot to Cool: A Change in Entropy

    Homework Statement In a well-insulated calorimeter, 1.0 kg of water at 20o C is mixed with 1.0 g of ice at 0o C. What is the net change in entropy Delta Ssys of the system from the time of mixing until the moment the ice completely melts? The heat of fusion of ice is Lf=3.34x105 J/kg. Note...
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    Undergrad Why do you feel warmer in a dark T shirt on a hot day than a white T shirt?

    People often explain this by saying that dark colours are good absorbers of radiation (compared to white). But in itself this explanation is not sufficient; a good absorber of radiation is (by definition) also a good emitter of radiation! Does the dark T shirt enable your body to reach...
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    How Do You Create a Scale Drawing of a Hot Air Balloon with Mints as Passengers?

    1.Hi, I need to create a scale drawing of a hot air balloon at which we are creating, it is odd because I don't know how big it's going to be and have no idea how to make a scale drawing, the balloon does not need a basket but will have mints attached to it (as passengers) to see if it can hold...
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    Investigating the Phenomenon of a hot Ball on Parallel Metal Rails

    Homework Statement Put a hot metal ball on parallel horizontal rails. The ball starts to move. Investigate the phenomenon. Homework Equations I have found two equations, one exponential and one linear relating the expansion of the rails and the ball to the temperature increase...
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    What are the current hot topics in Biophysics?

    Hello everyone, I'm supposed to start my PhD in Biophysics. and I just need help and suggestions about what are the hot topics and issues in Biophysics. I don't want to do something, and end up after 10 years alone in my desk and am the only one in the world doing it. So, can anyone...
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    Physics hot air balloon problem

    Physics problem...! A hot air balloon is ascending straight up at a constant speed of 7.50 m/s. When the balloon is 15.0 m above the ground, a gun fires a pellet straight up from ground level with an initial speed of 38.0 m/s. Along the paths of the balloon and the pellet, there are two places...
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    Newton's Third Law hot air balloon

    Homework Statement A physics student in a hot air balloon ascends vertically at a constant speed. Consider the following four forces. that arise in this question. F1 = the weight of the hot air balloon F2 = the weight of the student F3 = the force of the student pulling on the earth F4...
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    Undergrad Twice as Hot/Cold? What Does That Mean?

    Hi, I was just wondering, if you say "The temperature today was twice as hot as it was yesterday", in which units are people usually referring? Degrees Celsius doesn't make any sense, since it is perfectly possible for something to be twice as hot or cold as 0C... For the same reason I don't...
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    : Why do you feel hot after you work out?

    URGENT: Why do you feel hot after you work out? Why do you feel hot after you work out? Explain using concepts of cellular respiration.?
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    Thermodynamics - hot item placed in water

    Homework Statement A 900 g aluminum pan is removed from the stove and plunged into a sink filled with 12.0 L of water at 19.0 degrees. The water temperature quickly rises to 24.5 degrees. What was the initial temperature of the pan in degrees C? What was the initial temperature of the...
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    How does a DMM read the Hz of two hot legs?

    How does a DMM read the Hz of two hot legs, like in a 240v recep? It looks like it only reads one phase
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    Undergrad Was the Early Universe Hot?

    The big bang is defined as the theory that the universe has expanded from a primordial hot and dense initial condition. Was it hot? I would suspect that the initial condition was in fact cold due to the lack of space and therefore movement. The heat happen directly after the bang. Does this seem...
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    Trigonometry - Hot Air Balloon - Homework Question

    Homework Statement Hello all, I am having trouble with the following homework question using trigonometric formulas and the Sine Law. Here is the problem: Jack spotted a hot air balloon from his house at angle of elevation 57 degrees. Jack's friend who lives 26 km from Jack's house spotted...
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    Medical Vasodilation occurs when it is hot

    I understand that vasodilation occurs when it is hot (to evolve heat away) and vasoconstriction when its cold (to retain heat) 1) What is the mechanism through which heat causes vasodilation? 2) How hot is our blood (temperature). Is it hotter than 98.2 F because of glycolysis? Thanks
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    Undergrad Why is Venus's atmosphere so hot?

    Is the temperature of Venus's atmosphere due solely (or primarily) to its density? What would happen if the sun's light could be blocked from its surface, would the atmosphere eventually freeze? If so, how long would it take?
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    Undergrad Explan this phenomena with a hot steel rod

    A friend of mine told me this; you take a metal pole or rod and hold on to one end while warming up the other until it's red hot. Then you stick the warm end into cold water. One would expect it to cool down, and it does, but what happens is the end you're holding on to very quickly gets so hot...
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    Undergrad Temperature: Does it make sense to say something is twice as cold(or hot)?

    Temperature: Does it make sense to say something is "twice as cold". (or hot)? Here's an old joke: If the temperature outside is zero degrees, and if it will be twice as cold tomorrow, what will the temperature be? The joke doesn't specify if the temperature is given in degrees Fahrenheit...
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    What industries will see growth in the next 10 years?

    I liked the "most useful 4yrs degree" and want to get a similar discussion started on industries. Let's hear what careers fields you think are going to grow in the next 10 years. Here's my list (easy list): Healthcare: Population grows and new diseases appear. Nurses, doctors, EMTs...
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    High School Hot gases flow better than cold gases why?

    I have read that hot gases flow better than cold gases. Why is this so? Less dense? Any good readings on it. I am thinking of incoming intake charge (cool) in an engine, and the outgoing (hot) gases. Thanks.
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    Safety of Melting CA Glue and Hot Glue Guns

    Apparently, I heard CA glues were toxic while being warmed through hot glue guns. How long would an average human being survive if he were stuck in a closed room with his glue gun left one? I'm just wondering based on safety measures...since I heard CA held cyanide, I was wondering what the...
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    Hot Wire Measurement in Water Tunnels

    Can Hot Wire Measurement run in Water Tunnel? Thanks a lot!
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    High School Uncovering the Mystery of Hot Glass and Light Bulbs

    Why when sometimes touch the glass balloon around the light bulb, it is hot?
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    Hot water can cool faster than cold

    Experiments have been done in which one volume of water that is warmer than an identical volume of water freezes faster than the cooler volume.Since ice is an ordered structure compared to liquid water does this mean that the walls of the vessel containing the warmer water are able to interact...
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    Warning about frying new potatoes in hot oil

    Tined new potatoes do not attempt to fry them, they explode, i have just finished cleaning all the cooking oil of the walls ceiling etc, all i did was pour the potatoes into hot fat and within minutes they started exploding, i saw one jump 6 inches into the air, i could not get near the pan...
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    Undergrad Why does a hot or warm ice cube tray freeze quicker than one at 33*F?

    I have the answer, it is because the refrigerator is not in freeizng mode when the cold ice cube tray is placed inside. When the warm tray of water is placed inside then the temperature lowers considerably and the thermostat switches the freezer into freezer mode. A common complication I...
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    Hot cup of delicious Radium Water

    Homework Statement The radium isotope ^{223}{\rm Ra}, an alpha emitter, has a half-life of 11.43 days. You happen to have a 1.30 g cube of ^{223}{\rm Ra}, so you decide to use it to boil water for tea. You fill a well-insulated container with 340 mL of water at 16.0^\circ {\rm C} and drop in...
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    Undergrad Why Did Temperatures Drop Despite Identical Sunny Skies?

    Suppose in summer, two consecutive days, the first was hot at 30 centigrade, the second at 20 centigrade. Both was cloudless in the afternoon. There haven't been any rain prior to the days nor after for about a week. What caused the second day so much cooler then the first even though they...
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    Solving a Hot Air Balloon & Champagne Cork Problem

    Homework Statement A hot air balloon rises from the ground with a velocity of (2.0m/s)y. A champagne bottle is opened to celebrate takeoff, expelling the cork horizontally with a velocity of (5.0m/s)x. When opened, the bottle is 6 m above the ground. a) What is the initial velocity of the...
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    Energy transfer from cool part to hot part(q38)

    For this question: http://tinyurl.com/3bozr6 the answer is c. Can anybody kindly explain how this is achieve by refrigerator? Because according for what I study so far , the energy is transfer from hot part to cool part...
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    Realizing Savings with Solar Hot Water Heater - My Experience

    For those interested, I have just received my third electricity bill after the installation of my solar hot water heater. Currently, I have realized at total of $158 "saved." Putting that against ~$3500 of total cost, then somewhere between $1200 and $2000 federal tax credit , and the...
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    Packaged dropped from Hot Air Balloon

    Homework Statement A Hot air balloon is traveling vertically up- ward at a constant speed of 2.6 m/s. When it is 19 m above the ground, a package is released from the balloon. The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s^2. After it is released, for how long is the package in the air? Answer...
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    What is the upward force on the hot air balloon?

    I have 2 problems that i can't do You apply a force of 0.35N up to lift a fork. The resulting acceleration is 0.15m/s2 up. Determine the mass of the fork (the answer is 35g-why?) A hot air balloon has acceleration of 1.10m/s2 down. The mass is 315kg. What is the upward force on the...
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    Undergrad Hot Objects Don't Always Accelerate - Puzzling Physics Explained

    was just watching this video(The joy of science) on thermodynamics, and the proffesor of the video said "hot objects don't always accelerate." this went against what i previously thought. tried googling it but couldn't find an answer. i don't know how to picture this. how?
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    Graduate Might A Hot Jupiter Require Another Gas Giant - 3-body Problem?

    How might hot jupiters arrrive close in, since gas sufficient for their formation would be seem to be further outward? It might seem to require a 3-body 'solution'. That is, must another gas giant have been in the mix for much earlier stages? Perhaps ejecting 1 giant, and retaining the other in...
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    Free Fall Equations on hot air balloon

    Homework Statement A hot-air balloon is descending at a rate of 2.0 m/s when a passenger drops a camera. If a camera is 45m above the ground when it is dropped, (a) how long does it take for the camera to reach the ground(b) what is the velocity just before it lands? Let upward be the...
  50. Math Is Hard

    Recommendations for Hot Tea without Caffeine & Tea Bags

    I can't find my favorite tea anymore so I am looking for a new one. I'm looking for something without caffeine so I can drink it before bed. I also want something that is available in a tea bag; loose teas are too inconvenient. I tend to like fruity and tangy blends, and sometimes, spice...