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QuentaAman t1_je6oy0t wrote
Reply to comment by pewpewbrrrrrrt in How does an ideal vacuum have a dielectric breakdown voltage of 10^12 MV/m? If there is nothing there, then how can electricity pass through it? by skovalen
You can shield against electric fields by using a faraday Cage. This is above highschool level but the wuick answer is that, using maxwells equations, you find the the electric potential inside such a cage is exactly 0 no matter what charges there may be outside the cage. And since the electric field is the gradient of the potential (again, sorry if that's too advanced for you) it is also 0.
QuentaAman t1_jd52mw9 wrote
Reply to comment by amypinecone in What the hell is the actual difference between an isotope and a nuclide?? by amypinecone
Just think of nuclide as describing a random atom the has Z protons and N neutrons whereas isotopes is refering to a specific element (Z) with varying number of neutrons N.
QuentaAman t1_jc3kdtz wrote
Reply to comment by Perfect-Editor-5008 in Full moon, southern hemisphere shot by EduardoVrd
I mean it is wrong. From the reference of the rotation of the earth around the sun and the moon around the earth this is upside down
QuentaAman t1_je6pbn0 wrote
Reply to comment by LeN3rd in How does an ideal vacuum have a dielectric breakdown voltage of 10^12 MV/m? If there is nothing there, then how can electricity pass through it? by skovalen
But we're not talking about quantum fields here, right? I also think that's a wee bit too complicated for what he's asking about.