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Heat engine experiments and 2nd law of thermodynamics.
swansont replied to Tom Booth's topic in Speculations
Work is not in your equation, so “not really” isn’t something you show here. And since W = Qin -Qout, my statement is correct. It’s not like this is an independent step. The rejected heat is into a reservoir at Tc. So it’s true the temperature won’t go lower, since you can’t have spontaneous heat flow from cold to hot. But caloric theory is wrong, so understanding thermodynamics this way will lead to problems. Which means it must reject heat. -
Comparing Corona Virus Success Stories with Abysmal Failures
swansont replied to Alex_Krycek's topic in Politics
Some things have to be done at the WH level, because presidential authority is required. Compelling companies to do certain manufacturing, for instance. -
Heat engine experiments and 2nd law of thermodynamics.
swansont replied to Tom Booth's topic in Speculations
It means that heat will be rejected. Qin > W Sure. But I don’t see how this applies to your discussion thus far. You have a reservoir at a higher temperature than ambient. It’s also clear that you haven’t studied physics in any depth; your use of non-SI units and misuse of terminology. You can’t expect understand what’s going on without a better grasp of the basics. studiot has started to explain this; you should take them up on the offer. To clarify, this translational KE is of the individual atoms, not of the sample as a whole, what is being described is conduction, which is not the only heat transfer process (there is also convection and radiation) -
There are dangers, but that does not mean the risks are the same.
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“Spreading radioactive material” and “nuclear reaction explosion ” are not the same thing. The devices are not the same, so their response to a chemical explosion would not necessarily be the same. Devices can also be designed to withstand such explosions and similar accidents.
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Heat engine experiments and 2nd law of thermodynamics.
swansont replied to Tom Booth's topic in Speculations
It’s the second law of thermodynamics dynamics; no conversion of het to work will be 100% efficient. Not really vague, and not dependent on caloric theory Of course heat is getting through. Insulation reduces heat flow, it does’t stop it. When you reduce losses, more of the energy is available to do work. When you reduce heat flow, it takes longer to deplete the energy. Also, you need to recognize that increasing RPM is not a continuous increase in energy loss. Once the system has sped up, its rotational energy is constant. Heat is energy transfer owing to a temperature difference -
Why is the risk the same? Which risk(s)?
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The angular size is about the same, which is why we get solar eclipses. The sun is ~400x bigger but also ~400x further away.
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No, such an act does not make you a bad person. You are free to not interact with whomever you choose (except you can't ignore staff, IIRC). You do not owe anyone your attention. We're all here voluntarily. However, if this is because they are flouting the rules and not a matter of personal preference/style, we ask that you bring this to the attention of the staff via the report post function.
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They were banned, but I don't think it's a criminal offense. It was thought they could record conversations, which would be illegal in secure spaces, but they can't.
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https://www.wave3.com/2020/07/28/kentucky-town-hires-social-workers-instead-more-officers-results-are-surprising/ "Instead of hiring an additional officer and taking on the added expenses of equipping that officer, the police chief at the time hired a social worker to respond in tandem with officers. ... Instead of working at another agency and waiting for a referral from a police department after a crisis, Pompilio works side-by-side with officers to respond as calls come in. ... After four years on the job, Pompilio said there has been a significant drop in repeat 911 calls with approximately 15 percent fewer people going to jail." They saved $45,000 - $50,000 year, from reducing the policing burden and because they didn't have to spend money on all the peripherals a police officer needs
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-40ºC = -40ºF
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You keep adding restrictions to your problem, which is a tad frustrating. I don't think this has ever been a problem with my use of an ultrasound, so that's not something I considered. (Curious as to how much energy you think they will absorb and why this is a problem) Good luck with your search.
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Yes, I mentioned this earlier. In the basic "light clock" explanation, the light is incident normal to the mirror in the vertical direction in the rest frame, but that angle is not the same when you do the analysis in the moving frame — the light has a component of motion in the x-direction, for which one must account. It's the same concept here, only now you do not have normal incidence.
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The idea of the nature of time dilation. Can be checked.
swansont replied to SergUpstart's topic in Speculations
And which disagrees with experiment. We covered this in another thread, which you seem to gave abandoned. That evidence hasn’t changed just because you started a new thread. -
The idea of the nature of time dilation. Can be checked.
swansont replied to SergUpstart's topic in Speculations
What does a neutron flux have to do with a clock experiment? -
The idea of the nature of time dilation. Can be checked.
swansont replied to SergUpstart's topic in Speculations
How big will this effect be? In terms of the frequency stability (Allan deviation) And why would this matter when time dilation experiments already falsify the premise? -
Trump floats election ‘delay’ amid claims of voting fraud
swansont replied to StringJunky's topic in Politics
“Trump floats election ‘delay’ amid reports the economy underwent an historic and unprecedented contraction” See also: “Child kills parents, demands mercy because he’s an orphan“ -
Is there such a Thing as Good Philosophy vs Bad Philosophy?
swansont replied to joigus's topic in General Philosophy
You shouldn’t speak for others Nobody has claimed otherwise It depends on the details. I would think some information can be obtained. Are you going to answer my question about what you mean by experiment (and pure experiment)? Or can we expect the tap-dance to continue? We understand that mass (Newton) and more specifically energy-momentum (Einstein) cause gravity. You are moving the goalposts. We were discussing testing whether an axiom was true, not whether they are the simplest ones. Simple may be a goal, but it’s not a requirement. We might find one day e.g. that an axiom can actually be experimentally confirmed - that does not make it wrong. Science is concerned with testing its models to see if they explain how nature behaves. Observation is part of that process. -
The image size increases linearly as you make the camera longer. It’s also going to depend on the object’s angular size.
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A test tube rack suspended from the edges of the tank, then. Or from an external rig.
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! Moderator Note If you have a new proposal, post it in speculations. But post the science, not a promise of what you will post later.
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That is in support Schrödinger’s point, but OTOH the demarcation line of systems behaving in a QM fashion moves toward larger systems as people gain expertise and the equipment gets better.