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How can we take pressure of ideal gas be equal to pressure of atmosphere if container is open
I can better put my doubt in form of problem:
The temperature of a gas placed in an open container is raised from $27^o$ C to $227^o$ C. The percent of the original amount of the gas expelled from the ...
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Sunlight-powered device set to change world: will it work? [closed]
Vast areas of desert sand are being shone on upon by the sun. Now that's some ENERGY!
Using this proposed apparatus:
Sunlight over large area is concentrated on steam chamber, where water turns into ...
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Importance of fluid mechanics and mechanics in physics and pipes
How does mechanics help prevent the pipes from bursting?
How does it link to the pressure of a pipe?
How does fluid mechanics link to physics when its about the liquid phase of chemical processes?
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Is force due to pressure equally distributed?
Pressure is defined as: $$P=\frac{F}{A}$$
My question is what if we want to find the total force in area of $\frac{A}{2}$. Would be equal to $\frac{F}{2}$? I think that is not true unless we know that ...
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Why don't comets just vapourize away?
As far as I know, comets are in a freefall around the sun. That would mean, net acceleration due to gravity is almost zero because R =m (g-a) where R is reaction force. Now pressure is force per ...
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Thermofluid mechanics inclined plane
As shown in the attacked image, a tank has an inclined wall at an angle of 450 to the horizontal. On this wall, there is a 1m square door that is hinged at A and has a simple latch at B. The distance ...
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Mechanical equilibrium: thermodynamics and classical mechanics
A similar question was asked here but mine is a bit different.
In thermodynamics, a mechanical equilibrium is defined as a uniform pressure (for a fluid).
In classical mechanics, equilibrium is ...
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