If something is in a state of flux like the transfer of energy, then is it safe to say the conduit or medium it passes through would also be in a state of flux?

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• sunsofold@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I would say it depends on whether the flow is part of the carrier or not. A conductor carrying a flow of electricity is in a state of flux as the electricity that moves through it is part of it. A pipe carrying a flow of water would not because the flow is not part of it, merely limited by it.

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  • Miller@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Would not the water moving through the pipe be more correctly described as moving through the air in the pipe rather than the metal of the pipe.

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    • sunsofold@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Not totally sure what you mean. What effect does the strata outside the pipe have on whether the pipe itself is in flux? Or are you describing a pipe carrying water vapor?

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