needsaconstant: (Scientist talk.)
Daniel Faraday ([personal profile] needsaconstant) wrote2009-04-21 03:10 pm

Physics is My Specialty


Since I don't have my journal, I'll just have to make do. I'm sorry if the stuff I record here doesn't make any sense to you, but it does to me.
I don't want to start forgetting again...

F = 96 485.339 9(24) C/mol
F=Avogadro's number times the elementary change of an electron (e)
Avagadro's number= 6.022x10 to the 23rd power mols to the negative one power
e= 1.602x10 to the negative 19th power C

m=(Q/F)(M/z)
m is the mass of the substance altered at an electrode
Q is the total electric charge passed through the substance
F = 96 485 C mol-1 is the Faraday constant
M is the molar mass of the substance
z is the valence number of ions of the substance (electrons transferred per ion)

Using Eddington-Finkelstein Coordinates (V, R) removes (?) the singularity at R=2m As R gets smaller - Light Cones tip over.

Oh, and by the way...could I stay somewhere with any of you? I don't really like walking around these streets, if you know what I mean.

[identity profile] just-like-daddy.livejournal.com 2009-04-21 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
The basic theory of turning lead into gold requires a third party introduced into the equation. I can't tell you much more than that. I can make anything look like gold, but creating 24 kt gold is something else entirely.

Don't talk too loud about those bombs too close to the ears of our military. They already have alchemists on the payroll as human weapons, they don't need to get someone to split the atom on the battlefield.

A world with no gravity wouldn't exist. At least, according to some things we've read here.

You and every alchemist in the history of our world has asked that question. Who knows when we'll find the answer?

[identity profile] ineedaconstant.livejournal.com 2009-04-21 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Well hello there. I can see I'm no longer talking to Fletcher anymore. My name is Daniel Faraday.

Well, we can also make artificial gold. But it doesn't really have anything to do with alchemy; we just make a metal and color it gold, and sell it.

Human weapons? Dear me, scientists as human weapons? That must have been a sad day indeed when your country decided to do that.

True, our laws of physics state that such a world wouldn't exist. But who knows? I've been surprised to find many things that have challenged my perception of other worlds since I've gotten here.

Me, an alchemist? Well, I'm more of a scientist. But, in your world's case, I am an alchemist, I guess. And yes, there are too many mysteries in the world that we will probaby never find out.

Such is the futility of mankind...

[identity profile] just-like-daddy.livejournal.com 2009-04-21 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm Russel. Fletcher's my little brother.

For example, the most famous one from the last war is Col. Roy Mustang, the Flame Alchemist. He has special gloves with a transmutation circle on the back. He snaps with them, creating a spark. The circle isolates the oxygen in the air to create explosions. It has to require an immense amount of concentration to do that to the molecules. No one has been able to replicate it.

No, you're a physicist. I should mention that our asylums have a rather high population of them.

[identity profile] ineedaconstant.livejournal.com 2009-04-21 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, nice to meet you Russell.

Colonel? So these scientists are part of the military? We have scientists part of our military but they don't actually go out and fight in battle.

...I'm not crazy. I only have memory loss...

Why are physicists in the asylum on your world? Is physics not believed in or something?

[identity profile] just-like-daddy.livejournal.com 2009-04-22 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, in exchange for research funds and instant prestige.

Not all of them. There's sane ones, but not a lot of people put any faith in this talk of going into space, traveling at the speed of light, and all of that. It's ridiculous.

[identity profile] ineedaconstant.livejournal.com 2009-04-22 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
That's not a very good system of military at all...I don't like it.

But, on my world, we've already gone into spce! We've seen all the planets of the solar system, and we've even landed on our moon!

The speed of light thing still needs to be worked out though...but I did hear that an airplane flying at the speed of light was planned to be built in a few years...

[identity profile] just-like-daddy.livejournal.com 2009-04-22 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not just them. There's regular soldiers too. They keep their certification for as long as their work is relevant to the military's interests.

That's nice, but it's still insane. If you want to climb in a tin can going thousands of miles an hour, be my guest.

[identity profile] ineedaconstant.livejournal.com 2009-04-23 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm...so it seems your world is ruled more by military than government...

I'm not planning to get into a spaceship anytime soon, but they do exist. And airplanes are not tin cans...