• ID Code: I4-14
  • Purpose: Demonstrate that the volume of a gas is much greater than the volume of the same amount of liquid.
  • Description: Fill the small flask with liquid nitrogen and place the balloon over the top. As the liquid nitrogen turns to gas its volume increases, ultimately bursting the balloon. This is a change of state with a bang, hee, hee, har, har.
  • Availability: Available
  • References: http://lecdem.physics.umd.edu/images/refs/refsi.htm#I4-14
  • Loc codes: I4, I0