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Is an X-ray essentially a camera that operates on a higher frequency of light?

Is an X-ray essentially a camera that operates on a higher frequency of light?


Is an X-ray essentially a camera that operates on a higher frequency of light?

Posted: 22 Aug 2017 03:11 AM PDT

Is an X-ray (the machine) essentially a camera that operates on a higher frequency of light? If so, could we hypothetically make a Gamma ray camera? an AM/FM camera?

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Is all stainless steel manufactured in an electric arc furnace?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 11:38 PM PDT

Do they ever use alternative processes to make stainless steel or is this particular type of steel always manufactured in an electric arc furnace?

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How does taking potassium iodide help with radiation?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 09:39 PM PDT

Follow up question: whats the difference between iodide and iodine? Do they do different things or is the only difference in their composition

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Can Radiation kill someone instantly?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 05:20 PM PDT

Less assume, for arguments sake, that instantly here means 1 minute or less.

Also is there a correlation between the mass of an object and how much Radiation it can give out? A formula? does it change by type, like gamma, alpha, or neutron?

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How does the rotation of an Earth-like planet affect its weather?

Posted: 22 Aug 2017 07:22 AM PDT

I imagine that fast spinning planets would have very volatile weather and slow spinning planets have very strange weather at sunrise and sunset. Is this true? How does the planet's rotation affect the weather patterns?

Of course I'm assuming planets similar to earth that have atmosphere.

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Why is solubility of gases inversely proportional to tempreature?

Posted: 22 Aug 2017 07:20 AM PDT

This question came when talking with some friends about saunas after a scuba trip. Why does gases get less soluble when the temperature increases? For normal reagents, it is directly proportional. Why is it different?

BTW, could you explain why solubility of normal stuff increases as temperature increases? If it is an equilibrium process, and dissolution mean the formation of intermolecular bonds (exothermic), wouldn't an increased temp discourage dissolution by le chatelier's principle?

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Where exactly would one look to find moths during the day and butterflies at night?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 06:09 PM PDT

Google has failed me hard on this one, saying only things like "they find a hiding place" which really doesnt tell me anything about the kind of hiding place one could find moths. For some reason I'm really curious where one would find them. Do they look for dark places to hide? If so how do they know when to venture out at night? Then I thought about Butterflies at night and my mind fell deeper into this question. Do butterflies hide in moths spots and move out when the moths return from the night at sunrise? I need to know :(

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How do felines know when they are fighting or just playing around?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 02:06 PM PDT

Felines normally play with their siblings or "friends" by scratching and biting, how do they know they are not in danger and how do they know they don't need to fight for their lives?

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Are humans the only species that can get a tan?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 01:32 PM PDT

What exactly causes wind/air flow and how does it work?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 08:14 PM PDT

Is there a difference in nutrition between a cheese sandwich (bread, butter, cheese) and a grilled cheese sandwich (bread, butter, cheese + heat)? Is one more healthful than the other? Does cooking it affect things the same way it does certain vegetables etc?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 01:20 PM PDT

Why is Plutonium considered to be so dangerous?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 06:55 PM PDT

It has a very long half life so it's not throwing out a lot of radiation, yet it is still considered to be bad.

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What causes neutron degeneracy to break down when a neutron star becomes a black hole?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 09:33 AM PDT

From what I've read about how degeneracy works, it's not something that can 'fail', as such: it's absolutely forbidden for particles to share a quantum state, so they resist compression past the point where they would have to. When electron degeneracy 'fails' at the Chandrasekhar limit, that's not the electron degeneracy itself failing-- it's that it becomes energetically favourable for the protons and electrons to react to form neutrons. So what happens at the upper limits of pressure for a neutron star, when it becomes unable to resist gravitational collapse? Do the neutrons react into something else, do they just get dense enough that an event horizon forms, or do they somehow start violating degeneracy?

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How much heat does the reflected sunlight off the moon give Earth?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 09:46 PM PDT

What makes a material better or worse heat conductor on a molecular level?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 07:31 PM PDT

I imagine there are a multitude of reasons for a material to be better at conducting heat then another, but I was wondering if there was a more "fundamental" characteristic of a material that could justify it all other factores ignored.

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Why are there so many craters on the moon but not on earth?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 08:16 PM PDT

Why are humans more susceptible to allergies than animals?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 02:13 PM PDT

I meet people all of the time who have allergies to different types of food and animals. But I rarely hear of animals being allergic to certain foods or humans/other animals. Why is this?

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Is there a solution to the three body problem?

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 12:22 PM PDT

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