Translational Definition and 173 Threads

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    Translational motion in Quantum Chemistry

    Hello, I'm usually a PF user in General Physics/Chemistry, but I might need the help of you quantum physics users :), recently I have started a quantum chemistry module and I'd appreciate if I could clear some stuff up with you guys rather than look like a penis by asking all my friends, who...
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    Calculating Translational Energy in a Nitrogen Gas Vessel

    Homework Statement a 5L verssel contains notrogen gas at 27 degrees celcius and 3 atm. Find a) total translational kinetic energy of gas molecules and b)average kinetic energy per molecule Homework Equations Etrans=3/2nRT and etrans=3/2NkT, N=6.022x10^23 n=mass/molarmass, R=.0821...
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    Translational energy vs. kinetic energy

    Homework Statement Is translational energy the same thing as kinetic energy?The Attempt at a Solution In a sense, I feel like it is, since they both deal with energy of motion, but then again, isn't kinetic energy the sum of translational, rotational, AND vibrational motion?
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    Pi/2 Translational Difference in y(x,t) Equations

    In my text y(x,t)=Acos(kx-ω t) In the teacher's handout: y(x,t)=Asin(kx-ω t) There's a translational difference of pi/2 between them! I don't know which one to use for the test :S
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    Rotational and Translational Motion

    Homework Statement A bucket of water of mass 14.2 kg is suspended by a rope wrapped around a windlass, that is a solid cylinder with diameter 0.350 m with mass 12.1 kg. The cylinder pivots on a frictionless axle through its center. The bucket is released from rest at the top of a well and...
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    Translational Speed of a bowling ball

    A bowling ball encounters a 0.760-m vertical rise on the way back to the ball rack, as the drawing illustrates. Ignore frictional losses and assume that the mass of the ball is distributed uniformly. The translational speed of the ball is 7.88 m/s at the bottom of the rise. Find the...
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    What does translational energy have to do with entropy change?

    I know that the translational energy of gas can be represented by 3/2NkT where N = number of molecules, k = boltzmann's constant, T = temperature my textbook says that the change in entropy is (delta)S = (integral from 1 to 2) dS = (integral from 1 to 2) dU/T + (integral from 1 to 2) PdV/T...
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    Find translational Ke Rotational Ke

    Homework Statement A basketball weighs 500grams or (.5 kg) it has a radius of 10cm (.10 m) and is rolling at 2.0 m/s. Find translational Ke Rotational Ke Translational momentum and Rotational momentum. Homework Equations translational ke= 1/2mv^2 rotational ke = 1/2Iw^2 ( I am unsure...
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    Translational and rotational motion

    1. A uniform stick of mass m and length l spins arounds on a frictionless horizontal table, with its CM stationary (but not fixed by a pivot). A mass M is placed on the plane, and the end of the stick collides elastically with it, as shown. What should M be so that after the collision the...
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    Translational Momentum of a particle

    Suppose that your mass is 80 kg. How fast would you have to run to have the same translational momentum as a 1600 kg car moving at 1.2 km/h? I happen to know the answer is 24 km/hr. But, how do I get to this answer? What are the steps? Could someone solve it out and show me how they got it...
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    Translational motion of stars & planets

    Hello, I wanted to know if the translational motion of the stars & planets are according to a polynomial sequence or not?? if not then how can the scientists predict the position of a specific star/planet after a specific period of time?? Thankyou for your answer...
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    Gents: Combining Chiral Currents with Translational Invariance

    Gents, Is it possible to have the not singular chiral current (singularity is due to the product of fermionic operators) and at the same time the translational invariance. Normaly to get rid of singularity in chiral current one is useing the point splitting regularisation (little shift of...
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    How Do You Calculate the Total Translational Kinetic Energy of Oxygen Gas?

    Compute the total translational kinetic energy of one liter of oxygen gas at atmospheric pressure. <E>=3/2 kT assuming that the T is about the temperature of Earth's surface, 300K, then: \frac{1}{2} mv^2 = \frac{3k(300K)}{2} what I am wondering is, is this the total translational...
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    Is it just translational motion or also rotational?

    In translational motion all parts of rigid body move with same speed and in same direction!I have a bit of problem between figuring out if particular motion is just translational or also rotational. If person slowly walks on top of gently rising hill, is his motion also at least partially...
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    Moments: rotational and translational velocity

    Hello everyone, I'm working on a basic spaceflight simulator during the break, and I've been unable to come up with some info I need to do the physics. Suppose you have a simple object... say, a beam of dimensions w, h, and d. Then suppose (for example) you apply a constant force at the...
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    How Do I Solve a Translational Equilibrium Problem in Aerospace Engineering?

    I started my aerospace enginnering degree this year but have missed the first 7 weeks of lectures due to being in hospital, i was sent all lecture notes but am strugling with my mech module. I have my first assignment questions due in this week and am having dificulty thought you guys might be...
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    Find the translational kinetic energy of its center of gravity

    A 10.7kg cylinder rolls without slipping on a rough surface. At the instant when its center of gravity has a speed of 11.8 m/s, a) Find the translational kinetic energy of its center of gravity. b) Find the rotational kinetic energy about its center of mass at that time. c) What is...
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    What is the translational speed of a bowling ball encountering a vertical rise?

    A bowling ball encounters a 0.760-m vertical rise on the way back to the ball rack, as the drawing illustrates. Ignore frictional losses and assume that the mass of the ball is distributed uniformly. The translational speed of the ball is 5.64 m/s at the bottom of the rise. Find the...
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    Calculating Translational Speed of a Bowling Ball with a Vertical Rise

    A bowling ball encounters a h = 0.621 m vertical rise on the way back to the ball rack Ignore frictional losses and assume that the mass of the ball is distributed uniformly. The translational speed of the ball is 3.70 m/s at the bottom of the rise. Find the translational speed at the top...
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    Rotational vs Translational Kinetic Energy of a Baseball

    The center of mass of a pitched base ball (radius=3.8cm) moves at 38m/s. The ball spins about an axis through its center of mass with an angular speed of 125 rad/s. Calculate the ratio of the rotational energy to the translational kinetic energy. Treat the ball as a uniform sphere...
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    Translational Equilibruim problem

    Problem- Two blocks are connected by a string. The smooth inclined surface makes an angle of 42 with the horizontal, and the block on the incline has a mass of 6.7kg. Find the mass of the hanging block that will cause the system to be in equilibruim. Answer- so far i have gooten this: t1x=...
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    How can I produce a net translational force on a ferromagnet?

    How can I produce a net translational force on a ferromagnet?
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    Change in Translational KE of a gas

    We've been set the question of- In an isothermal expansion, and ideal gas at initial pressure Po expands until its volume is twice its initial volume. When the gas is compressed adibatically and quasi-statically ack to its original volume, its pressure is 1.32Po. How does the translational...
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