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Why do bubbles initially stick to the side or the bottom of a glass while boiling?

answered Dec 22, 2018 at 5:57

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Is there any intuitive explanation as to why is entropy is a state function?

answered Jan 22, 2020 at 19:43

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Why $dW=pdV$ is an inexact differential?

answered May 10, 2019 at 4:37

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Minimal work required to produce ice at room temperature

answered May 14, 2019 at 2:22

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Basic First Law of Thermodynamics Question

answered Jan 19, 2019 at 4:26

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Work done in isothermal vs adiabatic process

answered Dec 2, 2018 at 16:04

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What is the shape of a stream of water coming out of pipe?

answered Dec 2, 2018 at 20:36

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Piston Cylinder with stops - I don't understand why is it constant pressure?

answered Mar 11, 2019 at 13:51

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Feeling low pressure fluid with high velocity

answered Mar 12, 2019 at 13:10

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Is the pressure gradient perpendicular to the flow direction or along the flow direction?

answered May 13, 2019 at 3:25

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Calculating Microcanonical Entropy in Molecular Dynamics

answered Apr 12, 2020 at 17:51

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Linear chain Hamiltonian

answered Feb 13, 2021 at 1:04

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More reversible heat required to do the same work as an irreversible process?

answered Feb 23, 2021 at 14:24

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What is maximal entropy?

answered Feb 16, 2020 at 14:28

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How does upstream dilation of a pipe affect downstream velocity?

answered Feb 19, 2020 at 16:25

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Validity of Carnot's theorem when operating between finite reservoirs

answered Jan 23, 2019 at 15:50

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How does the heat capacity of an object come into play in thermal radiation?

answered Jan 26, 2019 at 0:47

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When water flows over a curved surface, will it reduce the pressure on the curved surface? Is this because of the viscosity of water?

answered May 15, 2019 at 1:03

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What happens when the saturation pressure of a substance is greater than its actual pressure

answered Dec 8, 2018 at 20:30

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Heat given to a closed system

answered Sep 11, 2018 at 20:19

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Why aren't we pushed one left/right direction when we stand closer to one side of a pool?

answered Nov 19, 2018 at 5:35

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What is quasi-static process?

answered Jan 5, 2019 at 21:07

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Microscopic level - What happen to the particles in a heat transfer through conduction?

answered Jan 9, 2019 at 11:44

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Does surface tension increase for a flowing fluid?

answered Jan 9, 2019 at 15:04

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Why do we use heat engines if they are so inefficient?

answered Jan 12, 2019 at 21:27

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How do I derive a formula for the water level inside a container when it is filled up at a constant flow rate?

answered Jan 17, 2019 at 14:19

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how can internal energy do work?

answered Jan 18, 2019 at 3:04

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Torricelli's law doesn't seem to apply in an experiment. Why could this be? What is going on?

answered Jan 5, 2019 at 22:36

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Why tubes with lower cross sectional area has lower pressure than the tubes with high cross sectional area?

answered Jan 6, 2019 at 14:39

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How to formulate surface temperature of a material exposed to sunlight and wind?

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Why do bubbles initially stick to the side or the bottom of a glass while boiling?

Is there any intuitive explanation as to why is entropy is a state function?

Why $dW=pdV$ is an inexact differential?

Minimal work required to produce ice at room temperature

Basic First Law of Thermodynamics Question

Work done in isothermal vs adiabatic process

What is the shape of a stream of water coming out of pipe?

Piston Cylinder with stops - I don't understand why is it constant pressure?

Feeling low pressure fluid with high velocity

Is the pressure gradient perpendicular to the flow direction or along the flow direction?

Calculating Microcanonical Entropy in Molecular Dynamics

Linear chain Hamiltonian

More reversible heat required to do the same work as an irreversible process?

What is maximal entropy?

How does upstream dilation of a pipe affect downstream velocity?

Validity of Carnot's theorem when operating between finite reservoirs

How does the heat capacity of an object come into play in thermal radiation?

When water flows over a curved surface, will it reduce the pressure on the curved surface? Is this because of the viscosity of water?

What happens when the saturation pressure of a substance is greater than its actual pressure

Heat given to a closed system

Why aren't we pushed one left/right direction when we stand closer to one side of a pool?

What is quasi-static process?

Microscopic level - What happen to the particles in a heat transfer through conduction?

Does surface tension increase for a flowing fluid?

Why do we use heat engines if they are so inefficient?

How do I derive a formula for the water level inside a container when it is filled up at a constant flow rate?

how can internal energy do work?

Torricelli's law doesn't seem to apply in an experiment. Why could this be? What is going on?

Why tubes with lower cross sectional area has lower pressure than the tubes with high cross sectional area?

How to formulate surface temperature of a material exposed to sunlight and wind?