Thermodynamics Demonstrations

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4A-Thermal Properties of Matter

• 10. Thermometry
• 20. Liquid Expansion
• 30. Solid Expansion
  • 10. Bimetal Strip
  • 21. Ball and Ring
  • 30. Pin Breaker
  • 80. Rubber Band on Lips
• 40. Properties of Materials at Low
  • 32. Low Temperature Behavior
  • 73. Charcoal in Liquid Oxygen
• 50. Liquid Helium

4B-Heat and the First Law

• 10. Heat Capacity and Specific Heat
• 20. Convection
  • 10. Convection with Food Coloring
  • 25. Convection Chimney
• 30. Conduction
• 40. Radiation
  • 10. Light the Match
• 50. Heat Transfer Applications
  • 20. Boil Water in a Paper Cup
  • 30. Leydenfrost Effect
• 60. Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
  • 10. Dropping Lead Shot
  • 55. Drill and Dowel
• 70. Adiabatic Processes

4C-Change of State

• 10. PVT Surfaces
  • 10.PVT Surfaces
• 20. Phase Changes: Liquid-Solid
• 30. Phase Changes: Liquid-Gas
  • 10. Boil by Cooling
  • 25. Artificial Geyser
  • 35. Burst a Balloon
  • 37. Liquid Nitrogen Cannon
• 31. Cooling by Evaporation
  • 30. Drinking Bird
• 32. Dew Point and Humidity
• 33. Vapor Pressure
• 40. Sublimation
  • 10. Sublimation of Dry Ice
  • 15. Blow up a Balloon with Dry Ice
• 45. Phase Changes: Solid - Solid
• 50. Critical Point

4D-Kinetic Theory

• 10. Brownian Motion
• 20. Mean Free Path
  • 10. Radiometer
• 30. Kinetic Motion
• 40. Molecular Dimensions
• 50. Diffusion and Osmosis

4E-Gas Law

• 10. Constant Pressure
  • 20. Balloon in Liquid Nitrogen
• 20. Constant Temperature
  • 40. Balloon in Vacuum
  • 41. Marshmallow Man in Vacuum
  • 42. Shaving Cream in Vacuum
• 30. Constant Volume

4F-Entropy and the Second Law

• 10. Entropy
  • 40. Dust Explosion
• 30. Heat Cycles
  • 20. Steam Engine