# All Questions

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### Where does the rubber go when a tire wears down?

Every year millions of car tires are worn down on our highways, yet the roads are not all black from the rubber, neither are the sides of the roads black. Where does all the rubber go?
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### A man pulling himself up on a platform

Consider the following image: Is it possible that the man pulls himself up (suppose the weight of the platform is negligible), or just lift the right part of the platform up? How to analyse this ...
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### What is so special about speed of light?

I will try to be as explanatory as possible with my question. Please also note that I have done my share of googling and I am looking for simple language preferable with some example so that I can get ...
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### Magnetic field strength in a solenoid

I'm pretty new to physics. I've been conducting some experiments with electromagnets. My practical results don't match up with the theory. The magnetic field in a solenoid of length $L$ around an ...
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### Trying to understand infinite gravitational energy

Google has not been helpful because so many derivations of gravitational potential energy discuss $r$ at infinity. My understanding of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcxptIJS7kQ is: Dark ...
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### How to prove that $i\hbar\frac{\partial}{\partial \mathbf{p}}$ is the operator of $\mathbf{x}$ in momentum space?

How to prove that $i\hbar\frac{\partial}{\partial \mathbf{p}}$ is the operator of $\mathbf{x}$ in momentum space?
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### Specific Gravity vs. Pore Space in Chromatography Column

Wondering if we can apply molecular specific gravity to elucidate average time required to pass through a column given porespace, distance and viscosity? This would eliminate the need for special ...
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