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Why do grapes in a microwave produce plasma?
Some of you may know this experience (Grape + Microwave = Plasma video link):
take a grape that you almost split in two parts, letting just a tiny piece of skin making a link between each half-part.
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Why do hydrogen atoms attract?
That is, why is the potential energy with the orbitals overlapping less than with the Hydrogen atoms 'independent'.
Similarly, why is a noble gas configuration stabler than if an electron were to be ...
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How do I integrate the Poisson equation to determine the electric potential along a particular direction (e.g., $z$)?
This question is a sequel of sorts to my earlier (resolved) question about a recent paper. In the paper, the authors performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of parallel-plate supercapacitors, ...
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What equation describes the electrostatic potential in these circumstances?
I have a solver for Poisson's equation and it works nicely. It uses finite differences. It works in the presence of multiple dielectrics.
It also solves the Poisson Boltzmann equation. That is, fixed ...
