Thermodynamics Index
Demonstrations are listed under the major divisions in the PIRA DCS. See here for subheadings in the DCS.
- 4A-Thermal Properties of Matter
- 4A.10. Thermometry
- Various thermometers
- "Galileo's thermometer"
- 4A.20. Liquid Expansion
- Thermal expansion of water
- 4A.30. Solid Expansion
- Bimetal strip
- Ball and ring
- Jumping discs
- Sagging wire
- Heat rubber bands
- Cool plastic rulers
- 4A.40. Properties of Materials at Low Temperatures
- 4A.50. Liquid Helium
- 4B-Heat and the First Law
- 4.B.10. Heat Capacity and Specific Heat
- 4.B.20. Convection
- Convection Tube
- Convection Currents
- 4.B.30. Conduction
- 4.B.40. Radiation
- Light the Match
- 4.B.50. Heat Transfer Applications
- Boil water in a paper cup
- Leidenfrost effect
- 4.B.60. Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
- Dropping lead shot
- Drill and dowel
- 4.B.70. Adiabatic Processes
- Fire syringe
- Adiabatic cooling
- Sight of Sound (transparency)
- 4C-Change of State
- 4C.10. PVT Surfaces
- PVT surfaces of water, caron dioxide
- 4C.20. Phase Changes: Liquid-Solid
- Heat pack
- Freezing tin
- 4C.30. Phase Changes: Liquid-Gas
- Methane balloon in liquid nitrogen
- Liquid ntrogen in a balloon
- 4C.31. Cooling by Evaporation
- Drinking Bird
- 4C.32. Dew Point and Humidity
- dew point hygrometer
- 4C.33. Vapor Pressure
- Pulse glass
- 4C.40. Sublimation
- Dry ice rocker
- 4C.45. Phase Changes: Solid - Solid
- Iron wire
- 4C.50. Critical Point
- Critical opalescence, freon
- Critical point of CO2 (video disc)
- 4D-Kinetic Theory
- 4D.10. Brownian Motion
- 4D.20. Mean Free Path
- Crooke's radiometer
- 4D.30. Kinetic Motion
- 4D.40. Molecular Dimensions
- 4D.50. Diffusion and Osmosis
- Diffusion through porcelain
- 4E-Gas Law
- 4E.10. Constant Pressure
- Balloon in liquid nitrogen
- 4E.20. Constant Temperature
- Balloon in vacuum
- 4E.30. Constant Volume
- Constant volume gas thermometer
- 4F-Entropy and the Second Law
- 4F.10. Entropy
- 4F.30. Heat Cycles
- Stirling Engine-1
- Stirling Engine-2
- Steam Engine
- Nitinol Engine