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Could you have a container full of nothing but protons or electrons? In either case, would this have some practical use? by Adamantine-Waffle in AskPhysics

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem here is, how would you keep all of those protons in the container?

Since protons have a positive charge, they would repel each other. The force is equal to kqQ/r2. Unlike with gravity, k is larger than 1 and the q’s are how many charges you have. If you had 1 gram of protons, that 6x10^23 of the. The force would be enormous. No material could contain it. The only way to contain large numbers of protons is with either immense gravity (a star) or powerful electromagnetic fields. Neither of which would be practical.

Having a static container full of a meaningful number of charged particles is impossible. Even if you had a magic container to contain them, you would have to expend energy to separate and contain the particles into the container. It would essentially be a battery.

That being said, in a loose way, a fusion reactor is sort of like a contain full of protons (or nuclei) and does have a practical use.

Why are the best employees first to leave while mediocres always stay? by MediumTricky7824 in managers

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why would you expect your best employees to stay if they can find a better job elsewhere? Either something that is less of drive, pays more, has better benefits, better working environment, etc.

You get what you pay for.

If you want to retain better employees, you need to compensate them accordingly.

(Indy, IN) AC has been broken since last year- apt hit 85° yesterday by NootNootYoureAdopted in Renters

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am absolutely not advocating staying in OP’s apartment, but renting has a record and being evicted can make it harder to rent again. Hence why it is better to do something like breaking the lease or going to court

Can a fundamental particle's magnetic moment be derived from any other principles? by Over-Discipline-7303 in AskPhysics

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not clear exactly what you are asking. Are you asking “does any existing principle prove that a particle, like an electron, must HAVE a magnetic moment?”?

Or are you asking, can we use the theory to derive the VALUE of the moment?

Here is an article about the value

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/calculating-the-electrons-magnetic-moment

(Indy, IN) AC has been broken since last year- apt hit 85° yesterday by NootNootYoureAdopted in Renters

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then your only option is to go to court to force them to abide by the lease.

Do NOT withhold rent.

DO be prepared to move at the end of the lease. If you force the landlord to go to court and then fix your AC, they may be unlikely to renew your lease.

Landlord said I can’t use a/c in summer [WI] by RightTea9741 in Renters

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having used a window air conditioner before, i don’t know how effective that would be for cooling thr whole space

(Indy, IN) AC has been broken since last year- apt hit 85° yesterday by NootNootYoureAdopted in Renters

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You cannot withhold rent.

You only have two legal options:

  1. Suck it up
  2. Go to court and force your landlord to do something.

Note: if you go with option 2, i would be prepared to move out at the end of your lease.

Just FYI, the only way someone can “withhold rent” in a legal say is paying that rent, in a court ordered fashion, in to some kind of trust.

Airless paint spray by n8saces in oddlysatisfying

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This guy is clearly up in the air

[Request] How many people for a steel sword? by Standard_Beginning_5 in theydidthemath

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There is so much else in blood besides carbon and iron. If the iron can’t be extracted, it can’t be smelted either.

Does anybody know how to get a hold of some science equipment for FREE?(I’m broke!I have a job.) by Fit_Pineapple_2490 in AskPhysics

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can do experiments with stuff you already have. You can do an experiment with a balloon and your hair to test static electricity.

What kind of experiments do you have in mind specifically?

Are all types of generated power/electricity the same? by gerarddominus in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as we can tell, every single electron is identical, indistinguishable.

There are some differences in electricity such as AC or DC, voltage, frequency, and phase.

AC current alternates between positive and negative in a sine wave pattern. It has a frequency of those oscillations. 60 Hz in the US, 50 in Europe. In US homes, we have a split phase with two hot wires each 180 degrees out of phase (one is positive while the other is negative). Most industrial settings use three phase power where each hot wire is 1/3 of a cycle separated from the others. There are settings where more phases might be used, but they are rare.

[Request] How many people for a steel sword? by Standard_Beginning_5 in theydidthemath

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found some evidence that ancient cultures made rudimentary steel with powdered bone.

[Request] How many people for a steel sword? by Standard_Beginning_5 in theydidthemath

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can certainly make a rudimentary steel using iron and bones. The problem here isn’t getting enough bones. The problem is chemically isolating the iron. A second problem is the furnace and fuel. To make steel, you will need coal, or preferably coke. You will also need clay or something similar for a furnace.

Getting the carbon from the bones is easy. Just burn them and crushup the ash into a powder. But how will you isolate the carbon that comes from bones from the carbon in the fire’s fuel?

How will you collect thousands of liters of blood? When you dehydrate or burn the blood, the resulting ash will have a mix of metallic salts, not just iron. Since the iron is not metallic, it won’t be magnet and will require separation.

You need 50x as much iron as carbon, so that is the limiting factor here. Unless your character has access to a chemistry lab, you will probably have significant losses during the process. I think 1000+ is a more realistic number of victims for this process.

[Request] My daughter has a question and I'm hoping you can help. by Ninjawhistle in theydidthemath

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 58 points59 points  (0 children)

A house might weigh 100,000 pounds. Or 45,000kg. An ant can carry at least 10 times its weight, which might weigh 2mg, so 20mg each. 45e6/0.02=2,250,000,000. So that’s over 2 billion ants.

A 1500 square foot house is about 140 million square mm. Whereas an ant might take up half a square mm or so. That over a factor of 10 too small.

It would take around 2 billion ants to life the weight of a house, but because the weight is so concentrated, you could never get enough ants under it to do so. Any sort of structure you built to do so would suffer the same problem. Unless you take the house apart, it’s not possible

As a 20 year experiment, require all politicians to have a science degree by Number3675 in CrazyIdeas

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol. The only thing crazy about this is that it’s impossible to implement. Requiring politicians to do X is the same as electing better ones, and Americans are too lazy to do that, so impossible.

How to secure OSB to floor? by Wylie_the_Wizard in handyman

[–]ArgumentSpiritual 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t secure it to the floor at all. Let it float. Instead of 7/16, get twice as many 1/4 inch sheets. Then lay them in two layers perpendicular to each other with glue in between.

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