# All Questions

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### What is the status of Mpemba effect investigations?

There is this puzzling thing that is called Mpemba effect: paradoxically, warm (35°C) water freezes faster than cold (5°C) water. As a physisist, I've been asked about it several times already. And I ...
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### Charge distribution on a conductor surface

I understand that if a conductor was charged with a charge of say 1 coulomb, the charge would spread uniformly over it's entire surface to neutralize any difference in potential. However, and though ...
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### Can a planet form before the parent star ignites?

I'm unable to find an answer to my questions via my searches. This questions pertains to the timeline of a star system creation. My question: During the creation of a star system, can satellite ...
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### Is there a mathematical relation between the volume of a speaker diaphragm and the intensity of sound it produces?

I am trying to find out how speaker cones of different diaphragm volumes will produce a certain intensity of sound. Is there a relation that could be used after the volume of the cone has been found?
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### Effect of test charge on electric field intensity

Obviously on the macroscopic scale, having a test charge being a proton produces no noticeable change in the electric field produced by a charged body. However, on the microscopic level this would ...
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### Power factor effects and causes

Why do power utilities impose power factor penalty when power factor goes low (less than 0.7)? Why does the power factor get smaller when the load is much less than the max or rated power of ...