Colin McFaul

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I am a graduate student in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics at Tulane University. My research is on the analysis of the physical and chemical properties of polymers. Despite the chemistry that I need and use in my research, I haven't taken a chemistry class since high school.


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why is dark matter the best theory available to explain missing mass problems?
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Is there a symbol for “unitless”?
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How many states can a n qubit quantum computer store?
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Is it possible to whirl a point mass (attacted to a string) around in a horizontal circular motion *above* my hand?
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Direction of rotation of a celing fan
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Interpreting the results
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If light is linearly polarized, does it have some spatial extent?
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Can a balloon be used as an anchor point for a pulley?
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Find work done by force along a path - is parameterization the only way?
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Is it safe to study from MIT and Berkeley course series, or they contain wrong information?
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The impossible possibility - weightless mass
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Is my electric kettle collecting old water during the week?
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Standard notation reference
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Quantum Mechanics by Dirac
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Violation of Newton's Second Law (?)
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The notion of an adiabatic process in thermodynamics -vs- quantum mechanics
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Color of an incident photon?
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Product of exponential of operators
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Why is electron presented in books, pictures as a sphere?
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Pumping water from a closed column. Will the column get empty or just circualte?
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Questions about the speed of light and the extent of the universe
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Will the positive ions in an aqueous solution be attracted to a charged body ?
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Does a fluid's temperature affect the way light passes through it?
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Question about entropy and “smart materials” (that remember shape)
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What's the difference between Fermi Energy and Fermi Level?
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Coefficients of friction for steel, aluminum & polymers
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Error calculation with linear regression
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Probability of position in linear shm?
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Color of a Metal's Threshold Wavelength?
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Why is there a potential difference?
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