Michkov
Michkov t1_j1gv72r wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Are fossils of deep sea life exceptionally rare finds? by Kronzypantz
So there is a goldilocks zone of a certain lack of O to slow the decomposition, but enough to keep the mineralization going at a rate that the corpse fossilizes?
Michkov t1_j1gthnt wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Are fossils of deep sea life exceptionally rare finds? by Kronzypantz
Why is lack of oxygen a detriment to fossilization?
Michkov t1_iwwzw9z wrote
Reply to comment by urzu_seven in If you froze soda for a year, would be still fizz when thawed out? by The_Grand_Canyon
Partially filled wouldn't work?
Michkov t1_it726lc wrote
Yep you are pretty much on the right track there. The latter part of the nozzle is mainly to match the gas pressure to the ambient pressure at the exit. Because as you point out the two should match up to provide the most thrust. The terms you want to look into are over/underexpanded plumes.
Michkov t1_isgvl89 wrote
Reply to comment by flownyc in Can animals smell things underwater? If so, how? by DiscoTargeryan
What are some animals that have olfactory receptors where we don't expect them?
Michkov t1_j7i7sm4 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Understanding that deuterium and tritium are simply isotopes of hydrogen, is there an equivalent periodic table that shows all known elements and their isotopes? by [deleted]
Problem is it wasn't designed to display fractions of proton masses. What gives it that pixelated look is that each isotope has an integer coordinate, since its coordinates are defined via number of nucleids vs number of protons.
Now the muon is only 11% of the proton mass, so that breaks the nice grid pattern. It also has a charge of -1 so that doesn't really correspond to the protons charge of +1.
You could modify the table, so the axis are total mass vs electrical charge. In that scheme muonium would go below the neutron line.
PS: Here is an interactive version of the table