Re: Thermal Energy

[Brian Whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

For some reason, Tim's note reminds me of an IEEE talk given years ago at
SMU Dallas by a person from Bell Labs? who was approaching absolute zero by
providing laser beams to render a target space viscous with respect to a (I
think)
a thin jet of escaping gas.

Brian W


At 07:30 PM 3/4/02, you wrote:
> True or False
> The kinetic energy of an object has no effect on its
> thermal energy.  Example: A golf ball at 20 degrees
> Celsius has the same thermal energy sitting on the tee or
> speeding through the air.
>
> Tim O'Donnell
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> Celina High School
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>
> "Chance only favors the prepared mind." - Louis Pasteur

Brian Whatcott
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