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My Reactor is Running Hot

Discussion in 'Garage / Workshop' started by BrokeDownSouth, Mar 12, 2019.

  1. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:30 PM
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    tcjacado

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    I got a "D" in algebra and barely passed basic math... I have trouble making change most days.:pout:
     
  2. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:33 PM
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    My nephew is an engineer for a company that makes weed killer. He always talks way over my head too. I just nod intelligently and ask to take a ride on his train. No way I'm drinking his coffee.
     
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  3. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:34 PM
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    Hint, we're talking spheres here so:
    (pi/6)(d^3)
     
  4. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:36 PM
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    Yeah, 220 221 what ever it takes.
     
  5. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:39 PM
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    You hear that? Soap stabilize. You think if you use it things wouldn’t be so “swingy”?
     
  6. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:40 PM
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    If you're familiar with paint, then it's a block resistant binder for deep bases.
     
  7. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:41 PM
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    I think I got the math right...

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  8. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:43 PM
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    When I worked at Sherwin-Williams there was a girl that was an engineer I was friends with. I'd ask her questions about driving trains and she never picked up on the joke.
     
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  9. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:47 PM
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    Close enough. 1x10^18 particles is correct, looks like you lost an order of magnitude somehow, but very good.

    That's a trillion trillion particles in one litre. Think about that next time you get agallon of paint at home depot.
     
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  10. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:48 PM
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    I shop at Lowes... I heard their particles are bigger :rofl:
     
  11. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:51 PM
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    Alatex with a larger particle size will have alower viscosity than one with a smaller particle size, all other variables held equal. Why is that?
     
  12. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:55 PM
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    I was using the wrong volume, that's why my OoM was off. 9.55E17 rounds to 1.0e18 give or take a few thousand trillion :rofl:

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  13. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:55 PM
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    because the smaller particles can slide over the other smaller particles in a given space better?
     
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  14. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:56 PM
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    There are more of the little buggers fighting to get down the funnel? Like grand central at 5pm
     
  15. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:57 PM
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    Perfect. Now what would your particle diameter need to be to have half as many particles?
     
  16. Mar 12, 2019 at 2:59 PM
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    Good reasoning. The particles interact at their surface, so lower particle size, more particles, exponentially higher surface area.
     
  17. Mar 12, 2019 at 3:10 PM
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    I've been at work since 6am. I'm sure I could do the math but I'll let @TacomaDave start counting on his fingers & toes to figure it out. I'm going home.
     
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  18. Mar 12, 2019 at 3:12 PM
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    How many zeros in a trillion trillion?
     
  19. Mar 12, 2019 at 3:14 PM
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  20. Mar 12, 2019 at 3:15 PM
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    In a long tube with an inside diameter of 50 nm, none at all.
     
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