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I Calculating Pressure Change Filling Gas Cylinders
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I Calculating Entropy & Enthalpy: SRK, Wilson, Antoine & Clausius-Clapeyron
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B Cooling liquid in rigid container
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I Connecting the microcanonical with the (grand) canonical ensemble
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I Concept of Thermal Equilibrium in the Context of Canonical Ensemble
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I How is combustion energy released?
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A Beyond the energy equipartition, what is the uneven partitioning?
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B Gas cylinder at constant pressure being exposed to atmosphere, how?
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External Pressure vs. Internal Pressure when considering work
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I What is the calculation for value B in Penrose's entropy model?
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A Discretization of diffusion equation of a fluid in movement
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I Is there a Boltzmann distribution for a system with continuous energy?
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How Does Penrose Calculate Entropy in Cycles of Time?
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A Practical use of an overall heat transfer coefficient?
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B Does Avogadro's Law Account for Differences in Gas Density?
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I How Do You Calculate Equilibrium Conditions After Mixing Two Different Gases?
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A Average temperature in a greenhouse
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Enthalpy Explained: All You Need to Know
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I Is it a fluke that the triple point of water is almost exactly 0°C ?
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I Required kW for cooling and dehumidification + reheating
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B Conflicting definition of degree of freedom in Kinetic Theory of Gases
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I Adiabatic expansion work far exceeds isobaric of same volume, why?
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B Filling a bathtub (Hot water to cold water exchange)
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B Collision time interval of a gas molecule with wall of container
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I Energy and sand batteries (thermal energy storage)
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I Is the Boltzmann energy distribution an instance of energy diffusion?
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I 1D Heat Transfer Analytical Wall
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A Too much cooling air? (Power supply failures due to condensation)
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Partial Temperature of a Gas in a Mixture
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A Heat exchange in a thermal storage based on phase change materials
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I Disproving Carnot's Theorem: Is There an Error in My Thinking?
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B Compressed R134A refrigerant as a store of energy?
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B How long does it take for the liquid in a 55-gallon drum to thaw?
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B Entropy change for reversible and irreversible processes
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B Heat exchange after thermal equilibrium
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I Cannot understand formula for molar heat capacities of an ideal gas
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I Time required to cool down a botte of wine
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I Heat transfer via air cooling -- which airflow direction is best?
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I Confusion about the interpretation of specific volume
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I Question: To use or not to use? (heating bricks for energy storage)
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B The collision of molecules during thermal expansion
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I Reversible / Irreversible Fundamental Equation
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B Understanding thermodynamic equilibrium
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A Thermodynamics Derivative Reduction Problems
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I Is RMS speed dependent on pressure?
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A How was the Birch-Murnaghan equation derived for high pressure volume behavior?
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Radiation Safety: Understanding Exposure and Risk
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I Is this transformation irreversible?
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I Understanding Heat Capacity and Work: Clarifying Misconceptions
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A Free expansion of an ideal gas and changes in entropy
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B The Physics of blowing a puff of air
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I How Is the Partition Function of BaTiO3 Calculated in a Cubic Lattice?
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I Yet again about (real) gas compression
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I Heating gasses in space -- How could we make a greenhouse in space?
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A Energy hypersurface in a phase space (statistical physics)
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I Exploring Work Done in Quasi-Static & Non Quasi-Static Expansion
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B Question regarding Heat Transfer in Carnot Engine
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I Boltzmann Entropy Formula – Derivation
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A Resolve Discrepancies in Boltzmann's Equilibrium Theory
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B High Temperature in Gravitational Fields: Exploring the Possibility?
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I Physics of paper absorbing Water -- Doesn't this decrease Entropy?
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Problem understanding entropy (two different definitions?)
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I Expelling warm air from voids - what is left afterwards?
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B Question regarding using the expression $dE_{int}$=nC_vdT$
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B Does gravity defy the 2nd Law?
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I Are Boltzman's statistics compatible with a deterministic universe?
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B How accurate is the definition of heat?
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Smoke Alarms and radiation from them
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Superconductivity at "ambient temperature"?
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B How are thermodynamic laws related to one another?
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A Exact Boltzmann Factor - Comparing y1 & y2 w/ 7 & 8 Particles
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I Heat diffusion through grain mash to reach equilibrium
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I Gas compression - does it double the energy?
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I Is the hot weather causing bursting airbeams when camping?
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B Loschmidt's paradox and free gas expansion
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B Question about the definition of a partial derivative
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I How do we determine complex state equations for substances?
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I Water bath and water vapor + air mixture in a closed system
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A Will air turbulence in flexible airduct causes water condensation?
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I Thermodynamic constant -- misunderstanding
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I Minimization of thermodynamic equilibrium
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I How Can Internal Energy of the Canonical Ensemble Change (Fluctuate)?
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Determining Heat of Fusion for Ice: Calorimetry experiment
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I Derivation of the Canonical Ensemble
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I Is this proof of cp - cv correct
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I Can adding a second peltier cooler help lower temperatures even further?
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I Request for an example of minimum energy principle (thermodynamics)
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I Simple model of thermal shape fluctuations of liquid interface
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I Relative humidity question (cooling the air in a room)
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I Problem regarding understanding entropy
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I How to Operate a Swamp Cooler in Phoenix in June
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I Validity of the Boltzmann Distribution
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I Effect of attractive interactions on Gibbs free energy
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I Calculating the thermal coefficient between the insulated interior of a telescope instrument package and the cold ambient air outside
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I How Does Electron Spin Affect the Partition Function in Saha's Equation?
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A Experimental Studies of the Internal Energy of a real fluid
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I Experimenting with a vacuum pump
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I Questions about a System in Equilibrium
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I Is it cooler hanging ice packs from a fishnet bag or in a thermal lunch-bag?
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I Difference between the thermal and mechanical efficiency
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