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wedi42

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whats a safer way to make meth in my kitchen, i'm worried about my kids getting hurt when they help?
 

iwantanewcomputer

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when forming a (poly)styrene-isoprene-styrene based block copolomer resin, explain which process will give a resin with a lower viscosity: anionic or sequential polymerization, and why.

answer: Anionic, because it forms higher levels of incomplete di-block chains. these have a higher percentage composition of isoprene, which is less viscous than the polystyrene blocks.
 

nutxo

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Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
Why does a vagina look like a veal cutlet?


I kid, I kid.

good, because that question isn't even a proper sentence.

Fixed ( credit goes to Dice Clay )

 

miniMUNCH

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Originally posted by: Jassi
Originally posted by: Last Rezort
Glass is a what?

Isnt it a fluid or something like it?


condensed phase...that is all everyone will agree on. It depends on the particular glass samplein question -- it's a solid or fluid (liquid) depending on the sample and definition of solid/liquid that one is working with.
 

miniMUNCH

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Originally posted by: Cattlegod
what velocity does an electron orbit the nucleus?


electrons don't orbit the nucleus...the idea of a particle orbiting another particle only applies to systems which can be described by classical mechanics. Electrons cannot be described classicaly except with a few, very specific exceptions.

Electrons in molecular orbitals have widely varying energies (several orders of magnitude) and thus widely varying momentum/velocity.
 

SacrosanctFiend

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Originally posted by: Kyteland
Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: Last Rezort
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Originally posted by: Nitemare
Originally posted by: Last Rezort
Glass is a what?
liquid
:cookie:
How the hell is it a liquid?
It's not a liquid, it's an amorphous solid as mentioned above.

It can be argued as either, it's just a matter of semantics. Molecular dynamics and thermodynamics can argue it's a highly viscous liquid, but in terms of material properties it's a solid.
 

BullyCanadian

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Ask why dont electrons simply collapse into the nuclues? It makes no sense that they "orbit" (I know its not exactly orbiting) but why dont they simply collapse into the nucleus, since the nucleus is made of protons and neutrons, the overall charge of the nucleus is postive and the charge of the electrons are negative why dont they attract to one another enough so that the electron fall into the nucleus? In all sense they should attract and go right in....

BTW - I asked a prof once, and he couldnt explain it, all he did was go on about the quantum energy, not really answering the questions
 

Mo0o

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Originally posted by: BullyCanadian
Ask why dont electrons simply collapse into the nuclues? It makes no sense that they "orbit" (I know its not exactly orbiting) but why dont they simply collapse into the nucleus, since the nucleus is made of protons and neutrons, the overall charge of the nucleus is postive and the charge of the electrons are negative why dont they attract to one another enough so that the electron fall into the nucleus? In all sense they should attract and go right in....

Why doesn't the moon just crash into the earth since gravity is pulling them into each other. WHy dont we collide straight into the sun.
 

BullyCanadian

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Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: BullyCanadian
Ask why dont electrons simply collapse into the nuclues? It makes no sense that they "orbit" (I know its not exactly orbiting) but why dont they simply collapse into the nucleus, since the nucleus is made of protons and neutrons, the overall charge of the nucleus is postive and the charge of the electrons are negative why dont they attract to one another enough so that the electron fall into the nucleus? In all sense they should attract and go right in....

Why doesn't the moon just crash into the earth since gravity is pulling them into each other. WHy dont we collide straight into the sun.

Thats different, because the earth and the moon BOTH have their own gravity (both of their gravities are pulling in towards them) and with electrons and protons, the similar ones repel each other the opposites attract......

THINK ABOUT WHAT I JUST WROTE BEFORE YOU ANSWER
 

miniMUNCH

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Ask him to explain realivistic time-dependent density functional theory...if he can explain it, ask him to call me.:eek: I need a lot of help. I'm trying to teach it to myself with limited success.
 

Mo0o

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Originally posted by: BullyCanadian
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: BullyCanadian
Ask why dont electrons simply collapse into the nuclues? It makes no sense that they "orbit" (I know its not exactly orbiting) but why dont they simply collapse into the nucleus, since the nucleus is made of protons and neutrons, the overall charge of the nucleus is postive and the charge of the electrons are negative why dont they attract to one another enough so that the electron fall into the nucleus? In all sense they should attract and go right in....

Why doesn't the moon just crash into the earth since gravity is pulling them into each other. WHy dont we collide straight into the sun.

Thats different, because the earth and the moon BOTH have their own gravity (both of their gravities are pulling in towards them) and with electrons and protons, the similar ones repel each other the opposites attract......

THINK ABOUT WHAT I JUST WROTE BEFORE YOU ANSWER

But the earth and the moon are attracted towards one another just like an electron is towards teh ball of protons in the middle.
 

VTHodge

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Originally posted by: BullyCanadian

Thats different, because the earth and the moon BOTH have their own gravity (both of their gravities are pulling in towards them) and with electrons and protons, the similar ones repel each other the opposites attract......

THINK ABOUT WHAT I JUST WROTE BEFORE YOU ANSWER

Your reply makes no sense. Two massive bodies will pull towards eah other with a force proportional to their respective masses. The analogy of an orbiting electron to an orbiting satellite is a good one.
 

Smackem

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if he is in to pharmacology ask him if anyone has ever turned codeine into morphine in their body and retrevied the morphine through their piss.
 

mordantmonkey

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Originally posted by: BullyCanadian
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: BullyCanadian
Ask why dont electrons simply collapse into the nuclues? It makes no sense that they "orbit" (I know its not exactly orbiting) but why dont they simply collapse into the nucleus, since the nucleus is made of protons and neutrons, the overall charge of the nucleus is postive and the charge of the electrons are negative why dont they attract to one another enough so that the electron fall into the nucleus? In all sense they should attract and go right in....

Why doesn't the moon just crash into the earth since gravity is pulling them into each other. WHy dont we collide straight into the sun.

Thats different, because the earth and the moon BOTH have their own gravity (both of their gravities are pulling in towards them) and with electrons and protons, the similar ones repel each other the opposites attract......

THINK ABOUT WHAT I JUST WROTE BEFORE YOU ANSWER

wtf? take your own advice.
if the electrons didn't have any energy they would collapse into the nucleus, in theory. isn't this what supposedly happens at absolute zero?
just like if the moon lost energy and started orbiting slower it would crash into the earth.
 

Howard

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Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
Originally posted by: BullyCanadian
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: BullyCanadian
Ask why dont electrons simply collapse into the nuclues? It makes no sense that they "orbit" (I know its not exactly orbiting) but why dont they simply collapse into the nucleus, since the nucleus is made of protons and neutrons, the overall charge of the nucleus is postive and the charge of the electrons are negative why dont they attract to one another enough so that the electron fall into the nucleus? In all sense they should attract and go right in....

Why doesn't the moon just crash into the earth since gravity is pulling them into each other. WHy dont we collide straight into the sun.

Thats different, because the earth and the moon BOTH have their own gravity (both of their gravities are pulling in towards them) and with electrons and protons, the similar ones repel each other the opposites attract......

THINK ABOUT WHAT I JUST WROTE BEFORE YOU ANSWER

wtf? take your own advice.
if the electrons didn't have any energy they would collapse into the nucleus, in theory. isn't this what supposedly happens at absolute zero?
just like if the moon lost energy and started orbiting slower it would crash into the earth.
If the electrons collapsed, wouldn't that require energy?