Recent questions in Thermodynamics

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Considering heat can only be transferred by means of matter such as air molecules, theoretically how hot would the ambient temperature in space be it had the same atmospheric composition as earths atmosphere at sea level?

asked May 12, 2022 in Thermodynamics by Mick Tilson

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What is the difference between 0°C and absolute zero?

asked May 12, 2022 in Thermodynamics by AstralMystic

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If we replaced spark plugs with a really big heating arc, would that heat the air enough to run an IC engine with no fuel in the charge?

asked May 11, 2022 in Thermodynamics by Philm9560

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If you add more water vapor to a system at constant temperature, will the total pressure increase, decrease, or stay the same?

asked May 11, 2022 in Thermodynamics by Guiseppy

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If two bodies are at equal temperatures (at equilibrium), why is there no heat loss? How can they exchange energy then?

asked May 11, 2022 in Thermodynamics by Joe95

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Why does it take more work to compress a gas than expand it if both processes occur under constant temperature conditions?

asked May 11, 2022 in Thermodynamics by London mike 61

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What's a good but cheap way to cool an external SSD?

asked May 11, 2022 in Thermodynamics by NebulaCharm

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A gas turbine is designed to produce 3000hp when using air at a maximum inlet temperature of 650K and assuming a heat loss of 70 kJ/s. If the exhaust temperature is desired to be no greater than 2000C, determine the mass flow rate of air required?

asked May 11, 2022 in Thermodynamics by mirayong

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How does the second law of quantum complexity compare to the second law of thermodynamics?

asked May 11, 2022 in Thermodynamics by richhand

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What is the total amount of heat needed to change 345 kg of ice at -10.C° into 0.500 kg of steam at 120 C°?

asked May 11, 2022 in Thermodynamics by Bluescuby

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What is the change in entropy? Is entropy a state function?

asked May 10, 2022 in Thermodynamics by tomincognito

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How much heat is required to boil away 1.00l of water that is at 100°C (2.26x10^6j)?

asked May 10, 2022 in Thermodynamics by MJH

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A 333.7g sample is heated to 98.7°C and placed into a calorimeter containing 72.4 g of water at 23.60°C. The final temperature in the calorimeter was 32.40°C. What is the specific heat of the mineral?

asked May 10, 2022 in Thermodynamics by LunarHorizon

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A 7.25 L sample of nitrogen gas is determined to contain 0.75 mole of nitrogen. How many moles of nitrogen would there be in a 20 L sample provided the temperature and pressure remains the same?

asked May 10, 2022 in Thermodynamics by Rory Enright

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Why does the universe entropy increase?

asked May 10, 2022 in Thermodynamics by Brian L

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Why do we need to study thermodynamics and kinetics? What are their applications?

asked May 10, 2022 in Thermodynamics by Dean Worsell

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How do I write a Python program to convert celsius to fahrenheit?

asked Apr 20, 2022 in Thermodynamics by Stephen768

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How long does it take to heat two items, that separately take 5 minutes, at the same time in a single microwave? And does it matter that the two items are identical or not?

asked Apr 20, 2022 in Thermodynamics by Ulysses 31

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How long can ice last in a thermos?

asked Apr 20, 2022 in Thermodynamics by south1

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Why cell potential is zero at equilibrium?

asked Apr 20, 2022 in Thermodynamics by longboat

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