/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.2029242]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL06CzXF3ns&feature=channel

In this video near the end, he talks about this element being used to slow down the speed of light to 300 m/s

I thought Light was constant, how does it work?

pic related: chemistry

[Anonymous No.2029262]

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[Anonymous No.2029267]

speed of light varies with the medium, c=3.00E8 only in a vacuum

[Anonymous No.2029273]

The speed of light in an undisrupted vacuum is constant. When shot through a gas, it bounces of the individual molecules either slowing it down or absorbing it.

[Anonymous No.2029302]

>>2029267
>>2029273
Right on.

[Anonymous No.2029581]

>>2029242
>>2029242
>>2029242
>>2029242

NOOO THAT REACTION IS WRONG!!!! u missed ""heat""

[Anonymous No.2029676]

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[Anonymous No.2030416]

testing latex, saging

<span class="math">\frac{X'(s)}{X(s)} = \frac{s}{s^2 +1}
X(s) = \frac{C}{\sqrt{s^2 + 1}}[/spoiler]

[Anonymous No.2030438]

testing latex, saging

<div class="math">\frac{X'(s)}{X(s)} = \frac{s}{s^2 +1}</div>

[eqnX(s) = \frac{C}{\sqrt{s^2 + 1}}