Once in a while a question comes up that I can’t think my way through.  Here is one.  Within an insulated system there is air passing over a heat source that constantly produces a certain number of BTU’s per hour.  In the process, the air is heated from the inlet temperature to an elevated temperature …

It was in 1962 during my junior year in high school when my chemistry teacher, Mr. McBain, described an unusual phenomenon related to a specific element.  At the time, I think it was more intended as a test question to see who had studied their notes.     I recently witnessed this phenomenon for the first …