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How fast does water fall in the middle of a very very thick waterfall?
Let me create a very artificial experimental set up. Take a bathtub the size of Delaware and suspend it a mile above the ground. Fill it with water (though I'm not sure to what depth - and it might ...
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The Ultimate Hand Dryer
I have come across many hand dryers that attempt to dry your hands really fast after you wash them. Here are two of them:
XLERATOR
http://www.exceldryer.com/
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Fluid Dynamics - Water Bottle Drink Mix: Air or No Air?
If you take an ordinary sized plastic water bottle full of water and pour a packet of powdered (or liquid) drink mix into it, Will shaking the bottle with the cap screwed on to dissolve the mix into ...
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How do I determine when this object is about to get covered in dew? I can measure the environment parameters
There is a large disk of glass sitting outside, it is pretty thick and wide. Via different sensors hooked up to a controller, I can measure the air temperature, glass temperature (on the surface), and ...
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Clouds in closed hydrosphere
Is possible estimate the needed size of an geodesic dome (like in the Eden project) for creating an real hydrosphere - especially clouds (and rain)?
With other words, under what circumstances can ...
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Can pockets of air exist underwater?
If yes, why don't they fill up with water, and can you breathe the air there? Like, it's not exactly atmosphere there, but an underwater cave with higher ceiling.
P.S. Possible that it has a ...
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Air Regeneration in Closed Systems
I wonder what's the way to regenerate O2 in air without using consumable chemicals (where one can use electricity through electrolisis or using UV lamps)?
We can dissolve water into O2 & H2, but ...
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Maxiumum weight a buoy can float [closed]
I have a buoy that can hold 2943.02 cubic millimeters of non-pressurized air, I need and equation to work out the maximum weight that the buoy can float.
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Tube under water and air pressure
If you take apart a syringe you are left with one piece that is a tube with a tiny hole in one end and the open end of a tube at the other. If you then submerge this underwater and cover the small ...
