A device used by Charles Coulomb to measure the presence or absence of electric charge is called a(n) ________

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electroscope

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Assume that the water is originally at the freezing temperature Tf, that the cooling medium inside the tube surface is just below the freezing temperature at a uniform temperature Ts, and that ho is the total heat transfer coefficient between the cooling medium and the pipe-ice interface. Also show the thermal circuit.

Show that the dimensionless equation for ice formation at the outside of a tube of radius ro is

where

GIVEN
? Water freezing on the outside of a tube
? Tube radius = ro
? Cooling medium temperature = T ? (uniform)
? Heat transfer coefficient between the cooling medium and the pipe-ice interface = ho
FIND
? Draw the thermal circuit and show that the dimensionless equation for ice formation is as shown
above
ASSUMPTIONS
? Steady state
? The thermal capacitance of the ice layer is negligible
? T? is constant
? The water is at the freezing temperature, Tf
? The properties of the ice are uniform
SKETCH

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A 2.0-?F capacitor in series with a 2.0-k? resistor is connected to a 60-Hz AC source. Calculate the impedance of the circuit.

A. 1500 ohms B. 1800 ohms C. 2100 ohms D. 2400 ohms E. 8600 ohms

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Two fireworks explode at the same position on the 4th of July. A stationary observer notices that the time interval between the two events was 5.00 seconds. A second observer flies past the fireworks at a speed of 0.600 c. What value does she obtain when she measures the time interval between the two explosions?

a. 8.33 s b. 6.25 s c. 4.00 s d. 3.00 s e. 5.00 s

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When a 4-cubic-ft block of wood floats in a fluid whose weight density is 60 pounds per cubic foot, 3/4 of the block's volume is submerged. The buoyant force on the block is __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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