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> This is why physicists need to talk to chemists once in a while. Reminded-me of this xkcd strip: http://xkcd.com/435/ http://xkcd.com/435/
by gregschlom 16y ago
> This is why physicists need to talk to chemists once in a while.
Reminded-me of this xkcd strip: http://xkcd.com/435/ http://xkcd.com/435/
- juiceandjuice 16y agoI didn't understand that comment... was he insinuating physicists don't know thermodynamics? The original question is pretty basic.
- maxbRuns 16y agoI think he was saying that although physicists generally understand the principles involved, a chemist might have a better sense of the relative magnitudes of the different effects that come into play in cooling a solution, since chemists have to perform this task routinely.
- juiceandjuice 16y agoI suppose, but any physicist worth anything should be able to remember enough high school chemistry to deduce the answer.
- dandelany 16y agoFluid dynamics aren't exactly high school chemistry...