Why cant Chinese people play baseball

"why is graphite used instead of gold or copper wires to conduct electricity in very hot situations such as an industrial kiln? " that's the question, but the thing is, i don't even understand what an "industrial kiln" xd assistance would be < 3

The position of a dragonfly that is flying parallel to the ground is given as a function of time by r⃗ =[2.90m+(0.0900m/s2)t2]i^− (0.0150m/s3)t3j^. a: at what value of t does the velocity vector of the insect make an angle of 34.0 degree clockwise from the x-axis? b: at the time calculated in part (a), what is the magnitude of the acceleration vector of the insect? c : at the time calculated in part (a), what is the direction of the acceleration vector of the insect?

The a992 steel rod bc has a diameter of 50 mm and is used as a strut to support the beam. determine the maximum intensity w of the uniform distributed load that can be applied to the beam without risk of causing the strut to buckle. take f. s. = 2 against bucklin