Thermodynamics Demonstrations

• UC Berkeley Thermodynamics Demonstrations
• Thermal Properties Of Matter
  • Liquid Expansion
    • Torchelli Tube (4a20.10)
    • Bimetal Strip (4a30.10)
    • Wire Coil Thermostat (4a30.15)
    • Balls And Ring (4a30.20)
    • Break The Bolt (4a30.30)
    • Expansion Of Quartz And Glass (4a30.50)
    • Sagging Wire (4a30.60)
    • Heat Rubber Bands (4a30.80)
  • Properties Of Materials At Low Temperatures
    • Lead Bell (4a40.10)
    • Solder Spring (4a40.15)
    • Smashing Rose And Tube (4a40.30)
    • Cool Rubber Band (4a40.35)
• Heat And The First Law
  • Heat Capacity And Specific Heat
    • Water And Al On The Hot Plate (4b10.10)
    • Water And Oil On Hot Plate (4b10.15)
    • Melting Wax (4b10.30)
    • Clement's And Desormes' Experiment (4b10.60)
    • Elastic Properties Of Gases (4b10.70)
  • Convection
    • Convection Tube (4b20.10)
    • Convection Flasks (4b20.15)
    • Two Chimney Convection Box (4b20.20)
    • Convection Chimney (4b20.25)
    • Burn Your Hand (4b20.40)
    • Barnard Cell (4b20.50)
  • Conduction
    • Dropping Balls (4b30.10)
    • Melting Paraffin - Sliding Pointer (4b30.15)
    • Four Rods (4b30.25)
    • Copper And Stainless Tubes (4b30.30)
    • Toilet Seats (4b30.35)
    • Heat Propagation In A Copper Rod (4b30.50)
  • Radiation
    • Light The Match (4b40.10)
    • Leslie's Cube (4b40.30)
    • Selective Absorption And Transmission (4b40.50)
  • Heat Transfer Applications
    • Four Thermos Bottles (4b50.10)
    • Boil Water In A Paper Cup (4b50.20)
    • Water Balloon Heat Capacity (4b50.25)
    • Finger In Hot Oil (4b50.35)
    • Reverse Leidenfrost (4b50.40)
  • Mechanical Equivalent Of Heat
    • Dropping Lead Shot (4b60.10)
    • Hammer On Lead (4b60.15)
    • Copper Barrel Crank (4b60.20)
    • Boy Scout Fire Maker (4b60.55)
  • Adiabatic Processes
    • Fire Syringe (4b70.10)
    • Expansion Cloud Chamber (4b70.20)
    • Big Expansion Cloud Chamber (4b70.25)
• Change Of State
  • Pvt Surfaces
    • PVT Surfaces (4c10.10)
    • Phase Changes: Liquid-Solid
      • Supercooled Water (4c20.10)
      • Ice Bomb (4c20.20)
      • Regelation (4c20.30)
      • Liquefying Co2 (4c20.35)
      • Freezing Liquid Nitrogen (4c20.40)
      • Fire Extinguisher (4c20.45)
    • Phase Changes: Liquid-Gas
      • Boiling By Cooling (4c30.10)
      • Burst A Balloon (4c30.35)
    • Cooling By Evaporation
      • Cryophorus (4c31.10)
      • Drinking Bird (4c31.30)
    • Dew Point And Humidity
      • Sling Psychrometer (4c32.10)
    • Vapor Pressure
      • Vapor Pressure In Barometer (4c33.10)
      • Addition Of Vapor Pressures (4c33.20)
    • Sublimation
      • Carbon Dioxide (4c40.10)
    • Phase Changes: Solid - Solid
      • Phase Change In Iron (4c45.10)
    • Critical Point
      • Critical Point Of Co2 (4c50.10)
      • Critical Opalescence (4c50.20)
  • Kinetic Theory
    • Brownian Motion
      • Smoke Cell (4d10.10)
      • Brownian Motion Simulation (4d10.20)
    • Mean Free Path
      • Crookes' Radiometer (4d20.10)
    • Kinetic Motion
      • Cenco Kinetic Theory Apparatus (4d30.10)
      • Big Kinetic Motion Apparatus (4d30.11)
      • Molecular Motion Simulation (4d30.20)
    • Diffusion
      • Fragrant Vapor - Ethyl Ketone (4d50.10)
      • Diffusion Through Porcelain (4d50.20)
      • Bromine Cryophorus (4d50.50)
      • Permeable Membrane (4d50.70)
      • Osmosis Simulation (4d50.80)
  • Gas Law
    • Constant Pressure
      • Hot Air Thermometer (4e10.10)
      • Balloon In Liquid Nitrogen (4e10.20)
    • Constant Temperature
      • Square Inch Syringe (4e20.10)
      • Boyle's Law Apparatus (4e20.20)
      • Balloon In A Vacuum (4e20.40)
    • Constant Volume
      • Constant Volume Bulb (4e30.10)
  • Entropy And The Second Law
    • Entropy
      • Time Reversal (4f10.10)
      • Balls In A Pan (4f10.20)
      • Hilsh Tube (4f10.30)
      • Dust Explosion (4f10.40)
    • Heat Cycles
      • Stirling Engine (4f30.10)
      • Steam Engine (4f30.20)
      • Refrigerator (4f30.40)
      • Nitinol Engine (4f30.60)