Let's say I have a metal object sealed within an insulator (let's say glass for fun), and I give it a negative net charge.
How would the system go about returning to equilibrium?
I understand that the insulator would not be prefect, but anything else I should know?
Also, would the system...
For fun I wanted to make a railgun, but I am having trouble figuring out how to generate a high current.
I have a 400F capacitor (only one, but it is suitable for my purposes).
It is rated at 2.7V
So the amount of energy it can store is 1458J, so it should be able to run the gun for 1/29 of a...
A balloon is inflated with 5 liters of monatomic gas at 0 degrees Celsius and heated to 60 degrees Celsius at 1 atm. pressure.
R=8.31J/mol K, Cp=5R/2, and Cv = 3R/2
1. If the balloon does not expand, the heat absorbed by the gas would be what?
2. If the balloon expands freely at constant...