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Subject: Can mechanical vibration reduce temp. by countering molec. vibration?

Date: Thu Feb 24 13:55:09 2000
Posted by Derek D. Bass
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: Personal Interest
City: El Cajon State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 951422109.Ph
Message:

I am very interested in new and unusual uses of sound and vibration, and 
the thought occurred to me: if a molecule's temperature is the result of 
mechanical vibration, could an inverse frequency be applied so that the 
molecule is slowed (and therefore, cooled) via distructive interference? 
Could (or does) matching the molecule's vibrational frequency result in 
more efficient heating?


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