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dizmouk2009

Stainless steel endless tube vs exhaust pipe

I apologise if this question isn't in the correct topic but I honestly can't think of what to list it under so here goes... Does anyone know the difference between grade 304 stainless steel tube and...
23:15 Mon 03rd Jan 20117 answers, last by sarahspark 09:28 Fri 22nd Mar 2013
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dimamuzhetsky

Anyone good at sanskrit?

Well,I study it myself.Some help is in order.To be both benefited by cooperation I mean
14:25 Wed 29th Dec 20102 answers, last by dimamuzhetsky 18:34 Tue 15th Feb 2011
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Sashamx

Just how toxic is mercury?

If I sat in this bath up to my neck how long before death or illness?
13:31 Thu 30th Dec 20109 answers, last by Theland1 23:57 Wed 05th Jan 2011
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rov1200

Inherited Genes

Now that Eton John has publicly stated that he supplied the sperm to the surrogate mother in order to have a boy does that mean there is a 50% chance the child will turn out to be a homosexual?
15:52 Thu 30th Dec 201044 answers, last by joggerjayne 14:10 Wed 05th Jan 2011
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badhorsey

The smell of toxic chemicals

I have read that nerve agents such as Tabun or Sarin are described as being "almost odourless" or sometimes having a faint floral odour or an odour of apples. How is the odour of highly...
23:05 Sun 02nd Jan 20117 answers, last by badhorsey 21:09 Tue 04th Jan 2011
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airbolt

Exoplanet naming

Why are there so many naming protocols for exoplanets? I've seen Wasp, Gliese and NGC used.
18:16 Tue 04th Jan 20111 answer, last by dundurn 19:03 Tue 04th Jan 2011
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thedaveformula

What's in a mirror when no one's looking at it?

Thanks.
21:32 Wed 29th Dec 201065 answers, last by mibn2cweus 17:29 Tue 04th Jan 2011
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mollykins

Ionic and an isotope

Is there a word that describes something which is both ionic and an isotope or do you just say ionic isotope or isotopic ion? I was thinking about that in bed last night and i've only just remembered!
14:31 Mon 03rd Jan 20112 answers, last by mollykins 10:32 Tue 04th Jan 2011
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mibn2cweus

Partial solar eclipse on the horizon for tomorrow morning

http://eclipse.gsfc.n...011.html#SE2011Jan04P http://en.wikipedia.o...File:SE2011Jan04P.gif...
15:20 Mon 03rd Jan 20112 answers, last by pixi- 06:23 Tue 04th Jan 2011
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jadyn

Flatness/Smoothness

I've been told that nothing known to man is perfectly flat/perfectly smooth. Is this true? I'm thinking in terms of real objects or materials here rather than anything theoretical. Thank you....
18:36 Sun 02nd Jan 201118 answers, last by mibn2cweus 03:20 Tue 04th Jan 2011
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Frankk

What happened to the passenger super glider?

I can remember once reading that passenger jets in the future will be taken up by a rocket to the edge of space and then the passenger glider released where it would glide to the earth. Can anyone...
18:24 Thu 30th Dec 20108 answers, last by Dagman 20:22 Mon 03rd Jan 2011
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jukeboxjive

Algebra

Here is one gor the egg heads out there.. 5-q=7 what is q and why?
16:59 Mon 03rd Jan 201119 answers, last by sophie_1003 17:39 Mon 03rd Jan 2011
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mollykins

aqueous or liquid

I'm sure i've been told this but can't remember. When writing in the state symbols for a reaction, how do you know if something is aqueous or liquid?...
14:13 Thu 30th Dec 20108 answers, last by mollykins 15:27 Mon 03rd Jan 2011
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sengas

a question to ask

hi , while watching a programme on sky discovery channel l was left wondering to myself can anyone answer to me what is negative matter .
14:34 Sun 02nd Jan 20116 answers, last by R1Geezer 22:54 Sun 02nd Jan 2011
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anjas9

snow leopard

alternative name
10:25 Sun 02nd Jan 20114 answers, last by heathfield 18:16 Sun 02nd Jan 2011
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237SJ

Polar Ice

What causes the huge grey streaks which run parallel to each other on the ice that you see when you fly over Greenland/Antarctica?
20:44 Thu 30th Dec 20105 answers, last by Andyvon 22:57 Sat 01st Jan 2011
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society

Fao Theprof

Where do worms come from, or how do they appear in fruits? Do they just form from the overripe fruit flesh? I've always wondered about this and would appreciate responses from anyone. Thanks...
00:26 Fri 31st Dec 201031 answers, last by Starbuckone 22:04 Sat 01st Jan 2011
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mollykins

Chemistry key word - electron configuration

I know how to do this certain thing in chemistry, and have even done a past exam question on it, but can't remember what the terminology is that describes it and I can't find that past exam in my...
11:30 Thu 30th Dec 201024 answers, last by factor30 14:08 Thu 30th Dec 2010
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Robb Phoenix

The circle with center infinity with infinite radius is the point zero on the complex plane?yes,no,why?

something my prof asked me..maybe has something to do with the one point compactification of the complex plane to define the infinity..not sure how the centre can be zero once you specify its at...
15:19 Wed 29th Dec 20108 answers, last by Robb Phoenix 12:43 Thu 30th Dec 2010
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oopsydoopsy

Does jelly melt...or dissolve.... in hot water?

Please can someone clarify this confusing matter please...and how/why does it either dissolve/melt?! Thank you!...
19:51 Wed 29th Dec 20107 answers, last by ChuckFickens 20:17 Wed 29th Dec 2010

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