PY410 Demos - Spring 1999

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Course schedule:

• TR 2:00 pm in PRB 146 - Ludwig

Day 1 - 1-12-99
Thermal expansion

• Bimetallic strip 4A30.10
• Ball and ring 4A30.21
• Break the bolt 4A30.30

Day 2 - 1-14-99
Thermal expansion; Conduction

• Bimetallic strip 4A30.10
• Ball and ring 4A30.21
• Break the bolt 4A30.30
• Conduction with liquid crystal indicator 4B30.53

Day 3 - 1-19-99
Heat transfer

• Conduction with liquid crystal indicator 4B30.53
• Convection with rheoscopic fluid 4B20.77
• Two can radiation 4B40.40

Day 4 - 1-21-99
Ideal gases

• Balloon in liquid nitrogen 4E10.20
• Constant volume bulb 4E30.10

Day 5 - 1-26-99
Ideal gases

• Free expansion with a fire extinguisher

Day 6 - 1-28-99
Heat engines

• Heat engine 4F30.15
• Stirling engine 4F30.10
• Thermoelectric engine with liquid nitrogen

Day 7 - 2-2-99
Thermodynamic cycles

• Transparencies showing a steam engine; 4-cycle internal combustion engine; Carnot cycle; and refrigerator